Commissioned by Ken Murray with financial support from Creative Australia
First performance by Ken Murray (electric guitar), Tempo Rubato, Melbourne, 20 March 2025
Deep Riffs (2024)
15 minutes
for electric guitar with looping pedal
Instrumental - strings
There are solos and duos here for violin, viola, cello and bass, as well as harp pieces.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
In My Solitude (2020)
8 minutes
for solo viola
Commissioned by Tim Senior
First performed by Tim Senior (viola), YouTube, 4 May 2020
First live performance by Katie Yap (viola), Canberra International Music Festival, Juliet Room, Verity Lane Market, Canberra, 3 May 2023
Hearing Voices (2018)
9 minutes
for solo cello
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
The Sea and the Mirror (2018)
12 minutes
for violin and cello
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
Cradle Song (2012)
4 minutes
for violin and piano
First Performance by Michele Walsh (violin), Stephen Emmerson (piano), Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane, 24 August 2012
You Must Sleep, but I Must Dance (2010)
18 minutes
for viola and percussion
Commissioned by the University of Sydney to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
First performance by Roger Benedict (viola), Daryl Pratt (percussion), Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 17 September 2012
Bagpipe Music (2007)
8 minutes
for alto recorder (= tenor) and harp
Commissioned by Marshall McGuire
First performance by Genevieve Lacey (recorders), Marshall McGuire (harp), Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 23 September 2007
Chorales from an Ox Life (2007)
9 minutes
for viola and double bass
There is another version of this piece for viola, cello and double bass
First performance by Heidi von Bernewitz (viola) and Robert Nairn (bass), Esber Recital Hall, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, 25 March 2008
War and Peace (2004)
15 minutes
for violin and percussion
- March -
- No Man's Land -
- The Armed Man
- violin and drum (say darabuka or djembe)
- violin and mmetal percussion (including vibraphone)
- violin and drum kit
Commissioned by Claire Edwardes, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Antipoduo - Sarah Oates (violin), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Noordekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 January 2005
Extended Radiance (2004)
12 minutes
for electroacoustic harp
This is a version of Five Studies in Radiance
Commissioned by Alice Giles
First performance by Alice Giles, Canberra Museum, Canberra, 15 March 2004