for cello and piano duration: 8-10 minutes
Audio Excerpt Available on my Myspace page.
Programme Notes
Lament was written not long after the memorial service for the victims of the Port Arthur massacre of May 1996. It is not so much a direct response to this event in particular, but rather an attempt to capture the feeling of immense sadness [...]
for alto saxophone and piano also available for tenor saxophone and piano duration: 6 minutes
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In Search of Ecstasy was written in 1996 at the request of a young saxophonist who wanted a piece that was not phenomenally difficult for the instrument, and yet was still effective and which fitted into the everyday conception of what [...]
for oboe and piano also available in a version for soprano saxophone and piano duration: 7 minutes
Audio Excerpt Mvt. 1: Night Song Mvt. 2: Night Dance
Programme Notes
The two Night Pieces were written as contrasting movements.
The first movement, “Night Song” contains a lyrical quality, and in particular there is a sense of nostalgic poignancy that is intended.
As the title [...]
for clarinet and piano
duration: 6 minutes
Programme Notes
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was a revolutionary video game system that took the world by storm in the 1980s and early 1990s. One of its main features was its use of music: in particular, its design limitations with three monophonic synthesizers and one ‘noise’ chip embedded within [...]
for trumpet in C and piano also available for alto saxophone and piano duration: 5 minutes
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There are two ideas contained within the title of the piece - “ignition” refers to an image of colorful sparking lights that set varying processes (such as mechanical movement) in motion, and “positive” to the dominant character that pervades the [...]
for cello and piano also available for tenor saxophone and piano duration: 6 minutes
Audio Excerpt from Reed Music’s Beat Me disc Excerpt from the tenor sax/piano version, perf. Barry Cockroft and Adam Pinto.
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The “Jungle” in Jungle Fever has two meanings - firstly a reference to ‘jungle’ music, a style of popular music style derived from the techno genre, [...]