Compositions
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Wind Orchestra
like the very heaven for clearness: concerto for clarinet and wind orchestra (2024)
Duration: 17:30
Premiere by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra on July 16, 2024 (cond. Bryan Griffiths, soloist Lloyd Van't Hoff: Grand Theatre, Namhansanseong Art Hall, Gwangju)
fl.1,2,3, ob.1,2, Eb.cl., Bb.cl.1,2,3, bsn.1,2, satb, Bb.tpt.1,2, hn.1,2,3,4, tbn.1,2, b.tbn, euph, tba, d.bass, timp, perc, pno, hp, solo Bb.cl
Commissioned by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra for the 20th WASBE conference in South Korea, July 2024.
Dissenting Views (2022)
Duration: 8:00
picc, fl.1,2,3,4, ob.1,2, bsn.1,2, cbsn, Eb.cl., Bb.cl.1,2,3,4, b.cl, satb, Bb.tpt.1,2,3,4, hn.1,2,3,4, tbn.1,2,3, b.tbn, euph, tba, d.bass, pno, timp, perc
Tangent: symphony for wind orchestra (2021)
Duration: approx. 33:00
Premiered by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra (cond. David John Lang: St Peter's Girls Arts Centre, Adelaide)
I. a thought (2:00)
II. to distract (5:30)
III. to forget (8:30)
IV. to remind (8:30)
V. a memory (7:30)
picc, fl.1,2,3,4, ob.1,2, bsn.1,2, cbsn, Eb.cl., Bb.cl.1,2,3,4, b.cl, satb, Bb.tpt.1,2,3,4, hn.1,2,3,4, tbn.1,2,3, b.tbn, euph, tba, d.bass, pno, timp, perc
Digital recording available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and many other online streaming platforms
Auguries of Innocence (2019)
Text by William Blake
Duration: 11:00
Premiered by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra and Graduate Singers on October 19, 2019 (cond. Karl Geiger: Elder Hall, Adelaide)
I. sand (3:30)
II. howl (3:00)
III. go (4:30)
fl.1,2, ob.1,2, Bb.cl.1,2,3, bsn.1,2, satb, hn.1,2,3,4, d.bass, SATB divisi choir (can be performed without the SATB divisi choir if desired)
Symphony Orchestra
Penchant (2023)
Duration: 9:00
Premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on January 30, 2024 (cond. Carlo Antonioli: Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne)
fl.(picc), ob., Bb.cl.1,2(b.cl), bsn.(cbsn), hn.1,2, C.tpt.1,2, tbn, tba, timp, perc, hp, strings
Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the 2023 Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers' Program
Memory, let all slip (2018)
Text by I. Gurney & M. Gilmore
Duration: 8:00
Premiered by Concordia College tour orchestra on July 1, 2018 (cond. Martin Cheney: Pozieres, France)
For reduced school orchestra: fl.1,2,3, ob, Bb.cl, a.sax, t.sax, Bb.tpt.1,2, tbn, euph, pno, strings (no viola), solo voice
includes optional acoustic guitar
Commissioned by Concordia College (Adelaide) for their 2018 concert tour of France and Belgium, commemorating the centenary of the end of WWI
Chamber
Fancy Panic (2022)
Trio: fl, cl, b.cl
Duration: 4:00
Premiered by Melanie Walters, Dean Newcomb & Mitch Berick on November 13, 2022 (Z Ward, Adelaide)
Commissioned by Recitals Australia for the 2022 ReClassified Festival
sand (2022)
Trio: mezzo, vln, vlc
Duration: 3:30
Premiered by Cheryl Pickering, Helen Ayres & Thomas Marlin on November 20, 2022 (Stangate House, Aldgate)
Commissioned by Recitals Australia for the 2022 ReClassified Festival
(sand is a trio arrangement of Auguries of Innocence: I. sand)
Dissenting Views (2018)
Woodwind quartet (fl, ob, cl, s.sax), pno, vib
Duration: 8:00
Premiered by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra on October 26, 2018 (Concordia College Chapel, Adelaide)
(Dissenting Views has also been transcribed for wind orchestra)
Synecdoche (2018)
Piano duo (two pianos, four hands)
Duration: 6:30
Composed for the 2018 Accompanists' Guild Composition Award
for Lisa Moore and Sonya Lifschitz
Balance (2015)
Saxophone quartet (SATB)
Duration: 3:00
Choral
Auguries of Innocence (2019)
SATB divisi a cappella
Duration: 11:00
I. sand (3:30)
II. howl (3:00)
III. go (4:30)
Premiered by the Graduate Singers on October 19, 2019 (with the Adelaide Wind Orchestra) (cond. Karl Geiger: Elder Hall, Adelaide)
(Auguries of Innocence can be performed a cappella or with wind orchestra)
Irish Blessing (2019)
SAB and piano
Duration: 2:30
Premiered by Concordia College's Concert Vocal ensemble on October 23, 2019 (cond. Bronwyn Elsegood: Adelaide Town Hall)
Commissioned by Concordia College (Adelaide)