Solos
un-tempered (2007, for viola), duration: 8 min.
The Outward Impulse (2007, for contrabass clarinet with tam-tam), duration: 13 min. Dedicated to Fritz Kronthaler, who premiered the work on 27 April 2007 at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Austria. > Listen to sample
(e)motion of forms (six fragments for solo violin, 2005), duration: 10 min. Dedicated to Elizabeth Sellars (Melbourne, Australia), who also commissioned the work with funds from the Australia Council for the Arts. Premiered on the 27 November 2005 in Melbourne. > Listen to sample
Streamforms II (2004, for amplified violoncello), duration: 10 min. Composed for, and dedicated to, Geoffrey Gartner, who premiered it on 15th July 2004 in Sydney, Australia. > Listen to sample
open cluster M45 (2003, for bass flute), duration: 12 min, dedicated to Liz Hirst. Commissioned by ELISION with support from ArtsWA, premiered by Liz Hirst on 22.05.07 in Melbourne, Australia. > Listen to sample
Streamforms (2003, for amplified bass flute), duration: 6 min.
Beginnings To No End (solo percussion: marimba plus 2 bongos), duration: 9 min. Supported by the Australia Council, premiered by Peter Neville in Melbourne on the 23rd of February 2003. Numerous performances by Claire Edwardes, who also recorded the work (Tall Poppies TP193). > Listen to sample
Along the Edge of Darkness (1999, for amplified double bass), duration: 8 min. Composed at the request from Joan Wright (ELISION, WASO), premiered on the 12th of May 2000 at the Totally Huge Festival of New Music in Perth, Australia.
Chamber Instrumental
entangled (2007/2008, for trombone and violoncello), duration: 10 min. First performed by ELISION soloists Ben Marks - tbn, and Séverine Ballon - vc, 13.07.2008, Government House, Sydney, Australia.
The Source Within (2006, for piano solo and three instrumental groups), duration: 25 min. Commissioned by ELISION Ensemble with the support of ArtsWA and Australia Council for the Arts. First performance: 26 May 2007, Melbourne, Australia. The Source Within integrates the following smaller self-contained works:
RiverBed (2006, for flute, guitar, harp and violin), duration: 9 min. Premiered by ELISION at the 2006 Huddersfield Festival, UK
WaveLength (2006, for piccolo clarinet, contrabass clarinet, horn and violoncello), duration: 8 min.
OverFlow (2006, for oboe, trumpet/picc. trumpet, trombone, percussion), duration: 10 min. Premiered by ELISION Ensemble on the 22nd September 2007 at the 50th Warsaw Autumn Festival, Poland,
The Source (2006, for piano), duration: 20 min.
To Remain in Change (2005, for piccolo flute/flute/alto flute/bass flute and violoncello), duration: 7 min. Dedicated to Liza Lim. Commissioned by Kathleen Gallagher and Geoffrey Gartner (University of California San Diego) with funding from ArtsWA. Performed in San Diego, USA, on 26 January 2006.
The Impulse Within (2004, for five players: percussion and string quartet), duration: 14 min. Commissioned by Claire Edwardes and Zephyr Kwartet of Amsterdam, with funds from ArtsWA; performed in Utrecht on 29 October 2005 and in Amsterdam at the Concertgebouw on 30 October 2005. > Listen to sample
inward (2004, for piccolo flute, bass clarinet, and piano), duration: 8 min. Dedicated to Libra Ensemble. Composed in response to receiving the 2003 Albert H. Maggs Composition Award funded by The University of Melbourne. Premiered on 28 March 2005 in London by the Libra Ensemble.
motion+form (2003, for percussion, harp, and double bass), duration: 7 min. Commissioned by ELISION with support from ArtsWA, premiered on 22nd January 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. > Listen to sample
Streams Within (2003, for 14 musicians), duration: 23 min, dedicated to Mark Knoop and the Libra Ensemble. Commissioned by the Libra Ensemble with support obtained from the Australia Council; premiered on the 12th of November 2003 at the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Centre, Melbourne, by the Libra Ensemble conducted by Roland Peelman. > Listen to sample
Streams Within is a large-scale work that integrates three duos, which can also be performed as self-contained works:
Glimmer (2002, for alto flute and bass flute), duration: 7 min. Honorable mention at the 2002 Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, where it was premiered by Harrie Starreveld and Michael Schmid. > Listen to sample
Further performances:
- The ISCM World New Music Days Trans-it 2004 in Switzerland,
Philippe Racine and Matthias Ziegler, Biel, November 2004;
- Lisa Cella and Kathleen Gallagher, University of California San
Diego, January 2005; An die Musik Baltimore, September 2006;
- Janet McKay and Antares Boyle, Sydney, May and September 2007
Inner Stream (2002), for bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet, duration: 8 min. This work was recently revised and given new title Oscillations of Presence.
Inner Stream II (2002), for vibraphone and piano, duration: 12 min. Premiered at the 2003 Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam by Claire Edwardes and Ralph van Raat. > Listen to sample
Streams of Consciousness (2000, for viola and violoncello), duration: 8 min. Premiered by Ensemble Offspring on the 30th of November 2001 in Sydney, and also performed during the ensemble’s 2003 Europe Tour: London (19 Sept), Amsterdam (21Sept), The Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music (23 Sept), and Cracow (26 Sept). > Listen to sample
Streams of Consciousness (2) (2001, for oboe, bassoon, viola, violoncello), duration: 5 min. Premiered at the 2002 Asian Contemporary Music Festival in Seoul, South Korea.
Streams of Consciousness (3) (2001, for piccolo, oboe, contrabassoon, viola, violoncello), duration: 5 min. Premiered by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne conducted by Lorraine Vaillancourt on the 23rd of August 2001 during the New Music Symposium at Le Domaine Forget, Canada. > Listen to sample
Threads of Fate (2001, for violin, violoncello and piano), duration: 14 min. The work was awarded the First Prize in The 2001 Andrzej Panufnik International Young Composers Competition (Cracow, Poland); the premiere was given by Aleksandra Honcel (violin), Bartlomiej Kominek (piano), and Marcin Bielawski (violoncello) on the 25th November 2001 at the “Manggha” Centre for Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków, Poland. The Australian premiere was given by Trio Erytheia on the 26 October 2003 at the Parliament House, Melbourne. > Listen to sample
Wildchild (2000, for violin and piano), duration: 4 min 30 sec. Composed in response to a call for scores on the theme of the Reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Premiered by violinist Brendan Joyce in Washington D.C. (USA) on the 14th of May 2001.
Flexible Strings (2000, for guitar ensemble), duration: 13 min. Commissioned by Guitarstrophe! (a West Australian guitar ensemble) with funds obtained from ArtsWA. The work received numerous performances by Giutarstrophe!, including at the University of Western Australia’s New Music Week 2001, the 2002 Darwin International Guitar Festival, and ABC Classic FM’s Sunday Live program.
Matter of Perspective (2000, for piccolo offstage/amplified bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin and violoncello), duration: 12 min. Supported by The 1999 Ian Potter Music Commissions, premiered by the Libra Ensemble on 23rd of August 2001, and 28th of September 2001 in Melbourne during the Federation Music Week; also performed by the IXION Ensemble at the 2003 Brighton Festival (UK); and presented at the 2003 International Rostrum of Composers in Vienna.
Les éruptions du rêve (1999/2000, for 15 musicians), duration: 10 min. Composed for Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne for the occasion of FORUM 2000. Premiered on the 18th of March 2000 in Adelaide, Australia, also performed on the 18th of October 2000 in Montreal, and by the WASO New Music Ensemble conducted by Roger Smalley on the 12th of May 2000 at the Totally Huge Festival of New Music in Perth, Australia. Available on CD: Forum 2000/2002, ATMA Classique, ACD 2 2328. > Listen to sample
Floating on the River of Time (1997, for 15 musicians), duration: 10 min. The winning work in the 1998 ABC Classic FM Young Composers’ Award, premiered at the competition’s final by the WASO New Music Ensemble conducted by Roger Smalley on the 14th of May 1998.
The Seventh Star (1996, for solo flute and 16 musicians), duration: 14 min. Performed at the West Australian Conservatorium and the Queensland Conservatorium by student ensembles which I conducted.
Voice and instruments
Gates of the Irrational (2007, for bass-baritone voice and piano), duration: 10′. Commissioned by Theater Kempten (Germany), first performance by Lukasz Tyszka - voice, and Jone Punyte - piano, festival Lied:Strahl, Görlitz (Germany), 5.01.08.
Vocal
Galileo’s Idea (2002, for chamber choir), duration: 6 min. Commissioned by the Sydney Philharmonia (Australia). Unperformed.
Orchestral
Streaming Voices (2000, for orchestra), duration: 12 min. Commissioned by Symphony Australia for performance by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. The premiere was conducted by Graham Abbott during a live broadcast on New Music Australia (ABC Classic FM) on the 18th of October 2000.
The Secret Mirror (1999, for orchestra), duration: 7 min. Premiered by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gottfried Rabl on the 6th of April 2000 in Brisbane, Australia.
The Luminous Chariot (1998, for orchestra), duration: 21′. Unperformed.
Aphrodite (1996, for orchestra), duration: 11 min. Composed for the 1997 Australian Composers’ Orchestral Forum and performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
La Musique (aprés Henri Matisse) (1995, for chamber orchestra), duration: 5 min. Composed for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for the 1996 WASO Composers’ Workshop.