RELEASE OF NEW SINGLE: “Trance Mission” was released as a single on 14th November 2025. It is available to download or stream on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Deezer and Tidal. The artwork on the cover is by Roberta Houston.

SUCCESS IN UK SONGWRITING CONTEST 2025

“Trance Mission” and “Classical Trance” were both selected as Semi-Finalists in the Instrumental category of the UK Songwriting contest 2025 and are still active in the contest.

RELEASE OF FIRST ALBUM: “Aestas” was released on digital download and CD on 16th August 2024. Tracks on the album are on the cover reverse shown below. The CD may be purchased on Bandcamp or in our website store.

“To Andromeda and Beyond” was a Finalist (one of six) in the EDM category of the UK Songwriting Contest 2020. “The Alchemist” was played on Sound Street Radio and featured at number ten on the Radio Indie Alliance chart compiled for the station for the week ending March 13th, 2023. “Rebirth of Venus” was played on Forth Valley Radio on September 6th, 2024 and I was a guest on D.J. Bovs’ show on September 11th, 2024, as well as being the subject of a two page article in the Alloa Advertiser on 21st August 2024. “Jukebox In My Head” was played on “The Millennium Show with Bovs” on Forth Valley Radio on Friday, 23rd May 2025. The above tracks can be heard or downloaded on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Deezer and Tidal. Extracts of the versions on Spotify can be heard on the Music page of this site. Other releases include “Song of Prometheus”, “Music of the Fjords”, “Kiss of Life”, “Quintessence”, “Out of Lockdown”, “Classical Trance”, “Waiting for the Day”, “Race to the Finish”, “All Burnt Out”, “Rainbow’s End”, “Through the Darkness”, “Trance Mission”, “Aurora Skies” (original version and remix) and the album “Aestas”, including the previously unreleased title track.

Roberta’s photograph “Stirling Skyline” was selected for publication in the 2024 Stirling Photography Festival book, a feat that she has achieved at the last five festivals.

Roberta’s photograph “Under the Bridge”, shown below, was selected by Stirling and District Camera Club for inclusion in four inter-club competitions in season 2020-21. In these competitions it scored 20, 19, 19 and 18 out of a maximum of 20. It was also selected as one of six photographs to represent the club at the Scottish Photographic Federation (SPF) Portfolio.

More recently, Roberta’s photograph “Minnie the Minx”, shown below, won the creative PDI shield in the 2023 Annual Competition at Stirling and District Camera Club.

© Roberta Houston 2021-24. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this photograph without express and written permission from the copyright owner is strictly prohibited. Permission should be requested using the form on the Contact page.