Music Publications
Serenade for Strings. An Eighteen-minute symphony for string orchestra recorded by the Moravian Orchestra (2013) and released by PARMA recordings 9th September 2014 through Navona records on the Luminescence CD. NV5969.
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The Abbey Steps. For Choir or vocal ensemble. Indeterminate duration.
The Abbey Steps began its life as a haiku of the worn the steps that lead up into the side chapel of Salisbury Cathedral. Music written for voices in the post-modern style.
Composed 2014. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720146843
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An Ear to Hear. For solo flute and/or electroacoustic soundscape. The accompaniment is an audio recording of bird calls, Brisbane State Forest and Mt Mee. Composed 2011. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720140551
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Fantasia Rasa Sayang. Symphonic Wind Ensemble. A popular folk song of Malaysia and Indonesia where this simple song is made into a larger work by moving the anacrusis (upbeat) over to the first beat of the next bar, thus altering the nature of the song Composed 2014. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720146690
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Grey Butcherbird. Xylophone and marimba. The xylophone performs exclusively melodic and harmonic material derived from transcriptions of the call of the Grey Butcher Bird, while the marimba is an accompaniment using the notes that are also derived from the bird call. Composed 2011 Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720140926
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Praeterita Parant. SATB, c.2’30. Prætarita Parant began as an English text, which attempts to convey some of the notions of process philosophy. The past provides, The present lives, The future has hope; We give thanks. Composed 2014. ISMN 9790720146683
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Ramrus Rag. Guitar Quintet, c.2’00. This is a light pleasant work, which is entertaining and suitable for concerts and features various levels of capability to accommodate players of differing skill levels. Composed 2014. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720146706
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Red Wattlebird. Xylophone and two marimbas. A tuned percussion work that uses the call of the Red Wattlebird for its melodic and harmonic material. Composed 2011. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720140919
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Tango. Violin, violoncello and double bass, c.3’45. It is styled after the Argentinian composers of tangos and orchestrated here for chamber group with the melodic interplay between the violin and cello. The piano creates a rhythmic percussiveness with chord clusters and support from the bass. Composed 2014. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720146713
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Why Should I Seek. SATB and piano, c.4’30. This is a setting of a translated text of the C13th Persian sufi mystic and poet Jalâl ad-Dîn Muhammad Balkhî, commonly called ‘Rumi’. Composed 2014 Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720146720
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Woodwind Quintet. A three-movement work for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. The first movement is primarily derived from a motif isolated from a transcription of the call of a Willy Wagtail; the second movement uses a derivative series of notes extracted from the ‘chatter’ of the White-breasted Honeyeater; while the final movement is a rondo based on ornithological recordings made at The Diamantina Lakes National Park in the channel country of Far Western Queensland. Composed 2010. Published by Wirripang, 2014. ISMN 9790720140568
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