Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
This section contains a lot of frequently played music for flute (Including piccolo, alto and bass flutes), as well as solos for oboe, clarinet and bass clarinet.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
1. Composition with Yellow Square
2. Female Nude
3. Composition in blue, grey and pink
Commissioned by Strange Attractions
First performance of movements 1 and 2 by Strange Attractions - Kathleen Gallagher (flutes), Sue Dennis (percussion), Old Darlington School, Sydney, 29 October 1993
First performance of third movement by Lamorna Nightingale (bass flute), Joshua Hill (drums), Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 9 August 2009
First performance by Kathleen Gallagher, Old Darlington School, Sydney, 1992
First performance by Bronwen Jones, Bloomingdale's House of Music, New York, NY, USA, October 1992
See also James Nightingale's version for alto saxophone.
Commissioned by Harry Sparnaay with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Harry Sparnaay, De Bleeker, Haarlem, Netherlands, September 1991
Version by James Nightingale, 1997. Originally composed for alto clarinet.
First performance by James Nightingale, Sydney Classical Saxophone Convention, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, April 1998
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Duo Contemporain, De Link, Tilburg, Netherlands, November 1992
First performance Tara Helen O'Connor (alto flute), Aspen Festival, Aspen, Colorado, 4 July 1988
Commissioned by Murray Khouri with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Murray Khouri (clarinets) and Stephanie McCallum (piano), Music Ausitorium, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, April 1986
percussion: marimba, vibraphone, gong, tam-tam
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain
First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (bass clarinet), Evert le Mair (percussion), De Suite, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2 May 1983
Commissioned by the Yorkshire Arts Association
First performance by Joan Dixon and Peter Seymour, Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, 28 January 1982