3(=picc)-3-3(III=bass clar).3(III=contrabsn)/4.3.3.1/timps/4 perc/harp/strings
Commissioned by the Australian Youth Orchestra
The Meaning of Trees (2019-20)
20 minutes
for orchestra
Symphony orchestra
These works are mostly for standard symphony orchestra, though they range in size.
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Big Bang (2019)
8 minutes
for orchestra
2 (II=picc)-2-2 (II=bass clar)-2 / 4-3-3-1 / timps / 4 perc / harp / strings
Commissioned by the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra with backing from Create NSW’s Country Arts Support Program, a devolved funding program administered by Regional Arts NSW and Southern Tablelands Arts on behalf of the NSW Government
First performance by the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ford, Bowral Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW, 30 November 2019
Blitz (2011)
28 minutes
for orchestra, optional chorus and prerecorded voices
Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with support from the Sidney Myer Fund
First performance by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Marko Letonja, Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, 18 August 2012
Symphony (2008)
18 minutes
3 (=picc)-2-2 (II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 2-2-0-1 / piano / timps / 2 perc / strings
Composed for the Australian National Academy of Music, funded by a fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Orchestra of the Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean, ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 28 November 2008
Headlong (2006)
7 minutes
for orchestra
2-picc-2-cor ang-2-bass cl-2-contrabsn / 4-3-3-1 / timps / 3 perc / cel / hp / strings
Commissioned by Symphony Australia for the Sydney Symphony with financial assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
First performance by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Jeffrey Tate, Sydney Opera House, 1 August 2007
The Furry Dance (1999)
8 minutes
for orchestra
2(II=picc)-2-2(II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2(I=cornet)-2-euph / timps / 2 perc / piano (ad lib) / strings (incl. solo back-desk violin)
First performance by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Barlow (Leanne Bear, solo violin), Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, 22 September 1999
The Great Memory (1994)
24 minutes
for solo cello and orchestra
2(I=bass fl; II=picc)-2(II=cor ang)-2(I=Ebcl; II=bass cl)-sop sax-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / timps (=lion's roar) / elec org (=cel, pno) / hp / 14-0-0-4-3
First performance by Sue-Ellen Paulsen and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by En Shao, Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 22 August 1995
Patapan (1992)
1 minute
for orchestra
2(2+picc)-2-2-2 / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc /hp / strings
Commissioned by Tall Poppies Records
First performance by Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Graham Abbott, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney,
Piano Concerto: Imaginings (1990-91)
26 minutes
for solo piano, concertino group and orchestra
Concertino: vibraphone (also side drum), celesta, harp, electronic organ
Orchestra: 2(II=picc)-2(II=cor ang)-2(I=Ebcl; II=bass cl)-sop sax-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / pno / strings
Commissioned by Lisa Moore with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
The Big Parade (1985-1986)
20 minutes
For concertino group, string quintet, string octet and three orchestras
Concertino: bass clarinet, mandolin, guitar, celesta, harp, violin, viola and cello
String quintet: 1-1-1-2-0
String octet: 2-2-2-2-0
Orchestra I: 4(1=bass fl, picc; 2=picc; 4=alto fl)-3-0-3(3=contrabsn) / 0-0-0-0 / pno / 0-0-0-0-8
Orchestra II: 0-0-4(=bass cl)-0 / 0-0-0-0 / elec.org / hp / 0-0-10-0-0
Orchestra III: 0-0-0-0 / 6-6-4-2 / 6 perc / 0-0-0-0-0