Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
This largest section of the site contains solos and duos for most instruments in various combinations. The pieces range from solo piano works to a piece for carillon, a solo for sleighbells and a duo for recorder and harp.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) as part of The ANAM Set (2021), funded by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government Initiative.
First performance by Eve McEwen (horn) and Louisa Breen (piano), The ANAM Set Festival, Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, 15 May 2022
Commissioned by Visa Haarala
Commissioned by the Australian National University as part of the H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship
First performance by Tor Frømyhr (violin) and David Pereira (cello), Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Canberra, 4 October 2019
Commissioned for Claire Edwardes by Julian Burnside AO QC
First performance by Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), home Zoom concert, 26 April 2020
Commissioned by the Australian National University as part of the H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship
First performance by David Pereira (cello), Larry Sitsky Recital Room, Australian National University, Canberra, 24 April 2018
Text: Anne Carson
soprano, metal percussion
Commissioned by Julian Burnside AO QC for Jane Sheldon and Claire Edwardes
First performance by Jane Sheldon and Claire Edwardes, Port Fair Spring Music Festival, Reardon Theatre, Port Fairy, 13 October 2018
Commissioned by the National Carillon, Canberra
First performance by Thomas Laue, Canberra International Music Festival, National Carillon, Canberra, 5 May 2017