A new work has just been completed: Video Game Dreaming for clarinet quartet (1xEb, 2xBb, bass clarinets). It is a work in three movements with a duration of approximately 14 minutes. It was composed for the Clarity4 clarinet quartet, an excellent ensemble based in Canberra.
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for large chamber ensemble 1.1.1.1 1.1.1.0 harp or piano 1.1.1.1.1
duration: 14 minutes
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technologic 145 is a work in three movements. The first is a slow-moving, grinding introduction which features a didjeridu-like cello solo. The second movement is an energetic and vibrant work featuring virtuosic and rhythmic playing from most members of the ensemble. The final [...]
for two pianos and two percussion
duration: 16 minutes
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Pulse Magnet has been described as a rhythmic exploration of attraction and repulsion, exploring the vibrancy of sonic interaction between piano and percussion. It is a work in three movements, following a fast-slow-fast structure.
This piece is scored for two pianos and two percussionists, and was [...]
for mixed chamber ensemble version 1: amplified ensemble of clarinet, bassoon, trpt, trom, kit, pno, vln, db version 2: 15 member chamber ensemble: 1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1 kit pno 1.1.1.1.1
duration: 9-10 minutes
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The initial source of inspiration for Comin’ Right Atcha came from a conversation with the conductor of the Absolute Ensemble, Kristjan Jaarvi. He encouraged me [...]
for amplified flute (with effects - distortion and octaver pedal), amplified clarinet (with effects - reverb pedal) and amplified piano. Optional drum machine.
duration: 14 minutes
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DeathStench is concerned with three main ideas:
firstly, a programmatic reference to physical death, and the instinctive fight of any being to resist its onset;</ul>
secondly, [...]
for two guitars duration: 3 minutes
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Velvet was especially written for the Australian Guitar Miniatures book published by Red House Editions in Melbourne. For two guitars, it was described by the Melbourne reviewer Joel Crotty as “an effective exploration of the composer’s merging of popular and contemporary music styles”. notes by Matthew Hindson.
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