First performance by Iva Bittová and Lisa Moore, Canberra International Music Festival, Street Theatre, Canberra, 16 May 2008
Golden Slumbers (2008)
3 minutes
for voice and piano
Voice and instrument
These pieces set to music poems by Anne Carson, Elizabeth Smart, Christina Rossetti and Shakespeare, together with words from the Book of Proverbs and the Girls’ Own Annual of 1919
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Domestic Advice (2007)
16 minutes
for soprano and piano
Commissioned by Jane Edwards with funds provided by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Jane Edwards (soprano) and David Miller (piano), Manly Council Chambers, Sydney, 14 September 2008
Three Shakespeare Songs (2006-09)
9 mins
for soprano and piano
1. Orpheus with his Lute (Henry VIII)
2. Chimney-sweepers (Cymbeline)
3. Winter Song (Love's Labours Lost)
Nos 1 and 3 commissioned by the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. No 2 commissioned by the Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival (Arts in the Valley) with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by Margaret Schindler and Kevin Power Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Ballroom, Jupiter's Casino, Townsville, Queensland, 7 August 2009.
Chimney-sweepers (2006)
4 mins
for soprano and piano
Also available as part of Three Shakespeare Songs and as a SATB choir version.
Commissioned by the Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival (Arts in the Valley) with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Andrea Katz (piano), Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 21 April 2007.
A Walk to the Japanese Garden (2001)
4 minutes
for soprano and vibraphone
A song from Learning to Howl
First performance by Justine Anderson (soprano) and Peter Neville (vibraphone), Toorak Uniting Church, Melbourne, 25 September 2005
Three Songs for the Lady Pan (2001)
5 minutes
for soprano and soprano saxophone
From Learning to Howl
First performance by Belinda Montgomery (soprano) and Margery Smith (soprano saxophone), Government House, Sydney, 3 November 2004
The Birthday of My Life (from Learning to Howl) (2001)
3 minutes
for high voice and harp
First performance by Jane Edwards (soprano), Marshall McGuire (harp), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 18 March 2005
Published by Wise Music G. Schirmer Australia
And now (1998)
2 minutes
for high voice and piano
First performance by Merlyn Quaife (soprano) and Stephen Delaney (piano), Neuer Konzertsaal, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna, Austria, 12 January 2007
Dancing with Smoke (1995)
10 minutes
for high voice and harp
1. Moment (Christopher Reid)
2. With (Martin Turner)
3. Choosing a Name (Anne Ridler)
4. In Modern Dress (Craig Raine)
5. Hold On (Thomas Shapcott)
6. Dutch Uncle (Christopher Reid)
Commissioned by Gerald English for his 70th birthday concert
First performance by Gerald English (tenor) and Marshall McGuire (harp), Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, 5 November 1995
A Salt Girl (1994)
5 minutes
for high voice and piano
First performance by Gerald English (tenor) and Helen O'Brien (piano), Piper's Brook Vineyard, Piper's Brook, Tasmania, February 1994