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I have been recently commissioned to write a new work for amplified cello and orchestra for premiere by Li-Wei Qin and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. This new […]
Recently I attended some performances at the Camden Haven Music Festival, a festival of various types of music held in the Camden Haven region of Australia (about 30 minutes south of Port Macquarie, or about 3 1/2 hours north of Sydney).
What made this event particularly special (for me at least!) was the fact that this […]
I’m off to the US in a couple of days time to see the premiere of a new ballet, “Concordia“, choreographed by Toronto-based choreographer Matjash Mrozewski. The ballet is the middle section of a triple bill presented by the San Franscisco Ballet. There are seven performances between 11 - 24 April 2007.
The dance […]
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.
Here are the programme notes.
i. Start Select Pause […]
I have recently completed a new work for woodwind quintet, commissioned by Fr. Arthur Bridge on behalf of Ars Music Australis. The work is entitled Light Music.
There are full programme notes available here, but in any case, suffice to say that at times my music has been derided by critics and maybe even some […]
Two new works have recently been completed.
My Piano Trio was to have been premiered by the Macquarie Trio in 2006, however due to a range of factors it will now be premiered by a piano trio at the Camden Haven Festival in Kendall, NSW on 21 April 2007 as part of a concert of my […]