Commissioned by Plexus
First performance by Plexus, Melbourne Recital Hall, Melbourne, 29 May 2017
Never (2016)
11 mins
For clarinet/bass clarinet. violin and piano
1. Night Flight -- 2. Fanfares -- 3. Lullaby for Lost Children.
Chamber music - mixed instrumentation
This is a large section containing music for different combinations of winds, strings, percussion and keyboards, including four chamber concertos.
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Contradance (2015)
13 minutes
for 11 players
1(=picc)-1-1(=bass cl)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-0-0-0 / pno / 1-1-1-1-1
Commissioned by Steven Alward for the Omega Ensemble to celebrate the 60th birthday of Mark Wakely
First performance by the Omega Ensemble, City Recital Hall, Sydney, 20 April 2016
Slow Air (2014)
8 mins
for trumpet, trombone and guitar
Commissioned for Ensemble Three by the University of Melbourne
First performance by Ensemble Three, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 10 July 2014
The Scattering of Light (2010)
16 minutes
for piano quartet
violin, viola, cello and piano
Commissioned by the University of Queensland to mark its centenary
First performance by Elizabeth Sellars, violin, Patricia Pollett, viola, Patrick Murphy, cello and Liam Viney, piano, Customs House, Brisbane, 10 December 2010
The spirit of the staircase (2009)
5 minutes
for piano trio
Commissioned by TriOz with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by TriOz, City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, 17 November 2009
On Winter’s Traces (2009)
6 minutes
for piccolo, bass clarinet, piano and string quartet
Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble to mark its 30th birthday
First performance by the Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 September 2009
Oma kodu (2006)
9 minutes
for clarinet in A and string quartet
Commissioned by Colin Gray and Jenny Kena
First performed by Catherine McCorkill (clarinet), Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney 19 May 2007
Chamber Concerto No 4 (2002)
13 minutes
for flute (= piccolo), clarinet (=bass clarinet), piano and string quartet
1. Chacony
2. Salsa
Commissioned by the University of New South Wales for the Australia Ensemble
First performance by the Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 October 2003
Hymn to the Sun (1999)
2 minutes
for clarinet, celesta and harp
After Mesomedes of Crete (c. 140 CE)
First performance by Peter Jenkin (clarinet), Daryl Pratt (celesta) and Alice Giles (harp), Kowmung Music Festival, Abercrombie Caves, NSW 27 March 1999
Estampie (1999)
2 minutes
for clarinet, darabouka, harp and sting quartet
Arrangement of 13th-century English estampie
First performance by Kowmung Music Festival Ensemble, Kowmung Music Festival, Abercrombie Caves, NSW, 27 March 1999