This work, Fairsinge: Prologue, is rooted in my ongoing compositional research into what I call "Sonic Phantoms," a concept I have been developing for many years and which remains central to my artistic practice. My book, Sonic Phantoms: Composition with Auditory Phantasmatic Presence (Bloomsbury, 2020), offers an in-depth exploration of this process and its broader context. In my practice, I have developed strategies and techniques to give rise to sonic phantoms, making them perceivable as integral elements of my work. These tools, honed across diverse instrumental and material realms, eme...