
photo © Chris Donaldson
Performance highlights of Andrew Ford’s works from 2023 to late 2019
2023
- 23 January Female Nude, Malla Vivolin (alto flute), University of Arts, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
- 4 February ‘No Man’s Land’ from War and Peace, Kyla Matsuura-Miller (violin), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Woodburn Creatives, Sydney
- 25 March ‘Between Birds’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Auditorium, Bowral, NSW
- 25 March WORLD PREMIERE Shh . . ., David Elton (trumpet), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
- 25 March Sad Jigs, ACO Collective directed by Helena Rathbone, The Neilson, Australian Chamber Orchestra Pier 2/3, Sydney
- 12 April WORLD PREMIERE Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife, Simon Docking (piano), The Music Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 30 April WORLD PREMIERE String Quartet No 7: Eden Ablaze, Brodsky Quartet with William Barton (didgeridoo), Canberra International Music Festival, Fitters’ Workshop, Canberra
- 3 May In My Solitude, Katie Yap (viola), Canberra International Music Festival, Juliet Room, Verity Lane Market, Canberra
- 5 May Uproar, Brass and percussion students of Queensland Conservatorium, directed by Ben Marks, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith Unversity, Brisbane
- 14 May Little Star, Michael Petrucccelli (tenor), Coady Green (piano), St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne
- 19 May Nature, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Laila Engle (flute/piccolo), Ken Murray (guitar), Campbell Banks (cello), Alexander Meagher (percussion), Magdalen Laundry, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
- 8 June Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife, Simon Docking (piano), Scotia Festival of Music, Dalhousie Arts Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 12, 13 June ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, RISING Festival, Playhouse, Arts Centre, Melbourne
- 17, 18 June ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide
- 18 June Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, Choir of Christ Church St Laurence conducted by Sam Allchurch, David Tagg (organ), Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney
- 6, 7 July ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
- 19, 20 August ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Darwin Festival, Entertainment Centre, Darwin
- 21 September Soave sia il vento, Canberra Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
- 24 September Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, Choir of Christ Church St Laurence conducted by Sam Allchurch, David Tagg (organ), Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney
- 25 September Little Star, Anna Khan (soprano), Eun-Jung Byun (piano), Festival of Australian Art Song, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
- 27 September ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (soprano), Theresa Leung (piano), Festival of Australian Art Song, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
- 18 – 22 October ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Upstairs at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
- 22 October WORLD PREMIERE ‘Syreeni’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, St Andrew’s Church, Braidwood, NSW
- 23 October ‘Syreeni’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, All Saint’s Anglican Church, Ainslie, Canberra
- 23- 28 October ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Upstairs at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
- 28 October ‘Syreeni’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Glebe Town Hall, Sydney
- 29 October ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Upstairs at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
- 29 October ‘Syreeni’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Hume Conservatorium, Goulburn, NSW
- 3, 4 November ‘dark cloud’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Robyn Archer in Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook, Theatre Royal, Hobart
2022
- 8 February Getting Blue, Manuel Teles (saxophone) and Paulo Amendoeira (vibraphone) – Astrus Duo, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 24 March Blood Red Roses, Australian Brass Quintet, Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
- 26 March WORLD PREMIERE ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), St Andrew’s Church, Braidwood, NSW
- 2 April ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), Hume Conservatorium, Goulburn, NSW
- 3 April ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), All Saints Church, Ainslie, Canberra
- 10 April ‘Our Mother’s Heart’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Jess Green (electric guitar), Glebe Town Hall, Sydney
- 15 May WORLD PREMIERE Confused Alarms, Eve McEwen (French horn), Louisa Breen (piano), Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
- 21 May WORLD PREMIERE The Blessing, Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano), Celia Craig (oboe), Coriole Music Festival, Coriole Vineyards, McLaren Vale, South Australia
- 5 June In transit, Ian Munro (voice and piano), Scotch College, Melbourne
- 3 July WORLD PREMIERE Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, The Cathedral Singers conducted by Graeme Morton, Andrej Kouznetsov (organ), St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
- 3 July WORLD PREMIERE Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, St David’s Cathedral Choir conducted by Thomas Rimes, Peter Warren (organ), St David’s Cathedral, Hobart
- 3 July WORLD PREMIERE Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, Christ Church Choir conducted by Georgia Simmons, Andrew Georg (organ), Christ Church, North Adelaide
- 30 July WORLD PREMIERE Goldner Variations on ‘Ode to Joy’ (with 24 other composers), Goldner Quartet, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Civic Theatre, Townsville, Queensland
- 11 August Female Nude, Lina Andonovska (alto flute), Green Note, London, UK
- 20 August ‘Between Birds’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
- 21 August ‘Between Birds’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Braidwood Uniting Church, Braidwood, NSW
- 28 August ‘Between Birds’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, Canberra
- 10 September WORLD PREMIERE ‘Hymn to the Garden’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), James Larsen (cello), Summer Hill Church, Sydney
- 11 September Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, The Cathedral Singers conducted by Graeme Morton, Andrej Kouznetsov (organ), St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
- 15 October ‘dark cloud’ and ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, St Andrew’s Church, Braidwood, NSW
- 16 October ‘dark cloud’ and ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
- 21 October ‘dark cloud’ and ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Hume Conservatorium of Music, Goulburn, NSW
- 23 October ‘dark cloud’ and ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Glebe Town Hall, Sydney
- 24 November Folly, Deborah Lee (piano), Conservatoire de musique de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
- 15 December WORLD PREMIERE The Meaning of Trees, Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Matthew Coorey, Town Hall, Melbourne
2021
- 28 February Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Chevalier College, Burradoo, NSW
- 2 March The Scattering of Light, Adam McMillan (piano), Madeleine Jevons (violin), Eunise Cheng (viola), Daniel Smith (cello), Musica Viva, Elizabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
- 6 March Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW
- 7 March Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, School of Arts, Nowra, NSW
- 19 March WORLD PREMIERE ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Deborah Cheetham (soprano) Toni Lalich (piano), Opera Queensland Studio, Brisbane
- 20 March ‘Isolation Hymn’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Deborah Cheetham (soprano) Toni Lalich (piano), Opera Queensland Studio, Brisbane
- 26 March Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
- 27 March Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW
- 25 April Female Nude, Malla Vivolin (alto flute), Tampere Flute Festival, Tampere, Finland
- 1 June Female Nude, Malla Vivolin (alto flute), Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 24 June Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 10 July WORLD PREMIERE The Meaning of Trees, Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Matthew Coorey, Town Hall, Sydney
- 17 July The Sea and the Mirror, Sophie Rowell (violin), Louise King (cello), Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival, Point Lookout Community Hall, North Stradbroke Island. Queensland
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 20 September WORLD PREMIERE Confused Alarms, Eve McEwen (French horn), Louisa Breen (piano), Australian National Academy of Music, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
- 26 – 28 September WORLD PREMIERES ‘dark cloud’ and ‘Between Birds’ from Red Dirt Hymns, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Fable Arts online film
- 17 October Cradle Song, Adam Chalabi (violin), Anna Grinberg (piano), Richard Pollett 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert, Customs House, Brisbane
- 28 October Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
- 19 December WORLD PREMIERE Lullay, my liking, Choir of St George’s Cathedral, conducted by Joseph Nolan, St George’s Cathedral, Perth
- 23 December Lullay, my liking, Choir of St George’s Cathedral, conducted by Joseph Nolan, St George’s Cathedral, Perth
- 24 December Lullay, my liking, Choir of St George’s Cathedral, conducted by Joseph Nolan, St George’s Cathedral, Perth
2020
- 18 January Peter Pan (excerpts/creative development), Jane Sheldon (Mrs Darling/Capt Hook), Maja Burggraaff (Wendy), Charlotte Rogers (Peter Pan), Gondwana Choirs in collaboration with Sydney Chamber Opera conducted by Jack Symonds, Alexander Berlage (director), Leighton Hall, University of NSW, Sydney
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 19 March In transit, Aura Go (piano), Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music Auditorium, Monash University, Melbourne
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 27 March WORLD PREMIERE Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), Bowral Autumn Music Festival, St Jude’s Auditorium, Bowral, NSW
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 29 March Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, School of Arts, Nowra, NSW
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 4 April Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Town Hall, Wollongong., NSW
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 5 April Bright Shiners, Blue Poles, Steel City Strings conducted by Shilong Ye, Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 23 April WORLD PREMIERE String Quartet No 7: Eden Ablaze, Brodsky Quartet, William Barton (didgeridoo), St George’s, Bristol, UK
- 26 April WORLD PREMIERE Hook, Claire Edwardes (vibraphone), home Zoom concert
- 4 May WORLD PREMIERE In My Solitude, Tim Senior (viola), YouTube concert
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 10 May WORLD PREMIERE The Star of the County Down, Lisa Moore (piano), Canberra International Music Festival, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- 29 June Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink, Jabi Alonso (txalaparta), YouTube concert
- PERFORMANCES CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 16, 17, 18, 19 September Rembrandt’s Wife, Opera Australia, Taryn Fiebig (Saskia von Uylenberg/Hendrickje Stoffels), Richard Anderson (Rembrandt van Rijn), Agnes Sarkis (Geertje Dircx), Benjamin Rashid (Govert Flick/Torquinius/Judge) Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Stengards, Tabatha McFadyen (director), Mark Thomson (designer), Niklas Pajanti (lighting), Opera Scenery Workshop, Sydney
- PERFORMANCE CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 30 September Rembrandt’s Wife, Opera Australia, Taryn Fiebig (Saskia von Uylenberg/Hendrickje Stoffels), Richard Anderson (Rembrandt van Rijn), Agnes Sarkis (Geertje Dircx), Benjamin Rashid (Govert Flick/Torquinius/Judge) Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Stengards, Tabatha McFadyen (director), Mark Thomson (designer), Niklas Pajanti (lighting), Merlyn Theatre, Cooper’s Malthouse, Melbourne
- PERFORMANCES CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19 1, 2, 3 October Rembrandt’s Wife, Opera Australia, Taryn Fiebig (Saskia von Uylenberg/Hendrickje Stoffels), Richard Anderson (Rembrandt van Rijn), Agnes Sarkis (Geertje Dircx), Benjamin Rashid (Govert Flick/Torquinius/Judge) Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Warwick Stengards, Tabatha McFadyen (director), Mark Thomson (designer), Niklas Pajanti (lighting), Merlyn Theatre, Cooper’s Malthouse, Melbourne
2019
- 21 May, Sounds and Sweet Airs, Brenda Arriaga (flute), Jorge José Dominguez (clarinet), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- 8 June WORLD PREMIERE Three Northumbrian Songs, Fiona Campbell (mezzo-soprano), Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney
- 20 July WORLD PREMIERE Polly’s Dance, Dinah Woods (cor anglais), Jules Evans (horn), Helen Mountfort (cello), Midland Hotel, Castlemaine, Victoria
- 5 September WORLD PREMIERE Nature, Karin Lovelius (mezzo-soprano), Sareidah Hildebrand (flute), Suranjana Ghosh (percussion), Joakim Lundström (guitar), Mattias Rodrick (cello), Norrtullskyrkan, Söderhamn, Sweden
- 7 September Female Nude, Phoebe Bognár (alto flute), Café de Concert, Oslo, Norway
- 4 October WORLD PREMIERE The Sea and the Mirror, Tor Frømyhr (violin), David Pereira (cello), Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
- 8 October On Winter’s Traces, Australia Ensemble, Tyree Room, University of New South Wales, Sydney
- 9 October WORLD PREMIERE Scenes from Streeton, Arcadia Winds, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
- 12 October Nature, Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Halcyon, Summer Hill Church, Sydney
- 20 October Nature, Karin Lovelius (mezzo-soprano), Sareidah Hildebrand (flute), Suranjana Ghosh (percussion), Joakim Lundström (guitar), Mattias Rodrick (cello), Riddarhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
- 9 November WORLD PREMIERE Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra
- 10, 11 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
- 12 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
- 14 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Hall, Newcastle, NSW
- 16 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Recital Hall, Sydney
- 17 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
- 18 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane
- 19, 20 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Recital Hall, Sydney
- 21 November Nature, Karin Lovelius (mezzo-soprano), Sareidah Hildebrand (flute), Suranjana Ghosh (percussion), Joakim Lundström (guitar), Ola Karlsson (cello), Iš Arti Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
- 22 November Fanfare for Neverland, Visa Haarala (trumpet), Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Recital Hall, Sydney
- 30 November WORLD PREMIERE Big Bang, Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ford, Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW
- 1 December Big Bang, Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ford, Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW
- 18 December Christmas List, Choir of St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane Chamber Choir, Andrej Kouznetsov (organ), Graeme Morton (conductor), St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane