Compositions

2017-2018
While You Sleep
String Quartet 60′

Large Ensemble
Monash Art Ensemble
12′

2017
Valley of Lost Things
Orchestra 7′

Eurus
Wind Quintet 5′

2015-2016
Permission To Speak – 60′
directed by Tam Saulwick, 4 singers

2014-2015
Semaphore – 60′
9 musicians, 3 dancers & amp; annimation

Tomatoes – 7min’
Song Company

2014
Self Accusation – 7′
Vanessa Tomlinson
2013

Tracks – 20′
for String Quartet and singer
lyrics: Herb Wharton

10 Arrangements of Cole Porter songs for large ensemble – 45′
(for Michelle Nicole)

Piano and Bells – 12′
Yarn Wire, USA

This moment of Inertia – 10′
Crash Ensemble, IRE

2012

Yes No, Walk-Walk – 11′
Percussion Septet
SoSi – So Percussion Summer Institute

What Hath II – 13′
Percussion Quartet, 2012

2011

What Hath I 6’
Percussion Quintet 2011 –
So Percussion (Summer Institute)
Princeton, NJ

Piano Trio No. 4 – 11’
Piano Trio (Piano, Violin, Cello), 2011

City of Dogs – 7’
String Quartet and Animation
Taplin Auditorium, 5th May, 2011
Performed by Jack String Quartet
Commissioned as part of the Albert Maggs Composition Award
Premiered at 1000pound Cinema, Melbourne, 11th January, 2011
Performed by Aaron Barnden, Billie-Jean Clancy, Jason Bunn, Judith Hamann

Paper Scissors Dog – 5’
Wind Quintet and Animation
Taplin Auditorium, 24th April, 2011
Performed by the Wind Quintet of the Americas
Commissioned as part of the Albert Maggs Composition Award
Premiered at 1000pound Cinema, Melbourne, 11th January, 2011
Performed by Belinda Woods, Karen Heath, Jessica Foot, John Myatt, Rosemary Savage

2010

Piano Trio No. 3 – 7’
(From Particle Zoo II), 2010
Piano Trio (Piano, Violin, Cello)
Premiered Queensland Conservatory and Beijing MMF
Commissioned Beijing Modern Music Festival & QC

Semaphore – 35’
Large Scale Music-Theatre-Dance work, in progress
5 week development period
Direction: Karen Berger
Dancers: Tim Darbyshire, Melissa Jones, Rob McCredie, Jade Dewi, Joe Jurd
Musicians: Flute – Belinda Woods; Clarinets – Karen Heath; Saxophones – Gideon Brazil; Violin – Aaron Barnden, Andrea Keeble; Viola – Cerridwen Davies; Cello – Caerwen Martin; Percussion – Arwen Johnston.
Conductor: Tim Phillips
Commissioned/ Supported by:
Australia Council for the Arts; Arts House Culture Lab; Arts Victoria; Myer Foundation.

2009/10

Particle Zoo – 20’
Piano and Large Ensemble
(Piano, Harp, El. Guitar, El. Bass, 2 x percussion, Contra bass, 4 x violin, 2 x viola, 2 x cello)
Commissioned and performed by Sonya Lifschitz
Princeton, May 2010 conducted by Michael Pratt
Melbourne, July 2010 conducted by Tim Phillips (ARCKO Ensemble)

2009

Hourly Scrutinising 7’
Soprano and Ensemble
Text: Charles Darwin (Ed. Peter Godfrey-Smith)
Soprano: Jane Sheldon
Premiered: Firebird Ensemble, Harvard 2009
Ensemble Offspring, 09/10
Commissioned by: Jane Sheldon, Peter Godfrey-Smith

2009/08

Song for a Comb
Piano and animation
Piano: Sonya Lifschitz
Winner- best Animation, Tropfest 09’

Trio No. 5
Golden Furr: Piano, Clarinet, Cello
Commissioned by Golden Furr
Performed in Melbourne, 2009

Semaphore Part B – 11’
Royal Northern College of Music
Steve Mackay Festival, Manchester, June 09

2007/8

Dead Horse 3 – 9’
Dead Horse Band
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Speigel Tent
Aaron Barnden – Violin, Caerwen Martin – Cello, Chris Hale – Bass, Rohan Murray – Piano, Phil Collings – Drums, Elliott Folvig – Guitar

The Gift – 6’
Solo Piano –
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Speigel Tent
Performed by Rohan Murray, 2007

Particle Zoo (ORIGINAL) – 5’
Dead Horse Band
Various Performances

Concave City (Band Arrangement) – 19’
Dead Horse Band
Various Performances
FULL TILT
Arts Centre, Melbourne

2007/6

Semaphore Part A –
Dead Horse Productions
Forum Theatre
‘Ground Elastic Sound , 2006

Concave City – A Love story for Two Cars
Arts House Meat Market
String Orchestra
Conductor: Brett Dean
Dancers: Lina Limosani, Anton
Devised/Artistic Direction/Music – Kate Neal

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