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Archives

1 Nov 2023 Fulsome Weight

7 May 2023 Crowning Perpendicular

15 Dec 2018 AntipodEntoMenagerie

19 Mar 2017 Indie Ditties

1 Jan 2012 Gyndl

1 Jan 2011 Uncanny Valley

1 Jan 2011 Les Effaceurs

1 Jan 2007 A Queen’s Paranoia

1 Jan 2006 Monsoon Melancholy

1 Jan 2004 Reflection (after Rupert Brooke)

1 Jan 2002 Medication

1 Jan 2001 Processional

1 Jan 2000 Terminus In Time

1 Jan 1999 Terraformation

 

Fulsome Weight

1 November 2023

for marimba & digital percussion

Crowning Perpendicular

7 May 2023

for carillon

commissioned by Grace Chan

AntipodEntoMenagerie

15 December 2018

twenty-one miniatures for piano with rolling preparation

commissioned by Clemens Leske

Indie Ditties

19 March 2017

twelve scapes for piano

(2014-17)

     I. Grease On The Handlebars

     II.  organic, VG, fair trade

     III. Bad Appletude

     IV.  20/20 frames

     V.  HRH Prince Albert

     VI.  … my love is like a dead, dead pose…

     VII.  Crucifixie 

     VIII.  skinny, skinny jeans

     IX.  … for the freak shall inherit the earth… 

     X.  Bob Springmones Holed My Pink Stones

     XI.  Microbrew IV

     XII.  Too Much Ink

Released by Navona Records

Gyndl

1 January 2012

for mixed percussion

Commissioned by Iain Scotland & Jamie Bulman

Uncanny Valley

1 January 2011

Variations & Theme for pianoforte

     I.  An Industrial Robot

     II.  A Humanoid Robot

     III.  A Stuffed Animal

     IV-VI.  A Corpse, A Zombie, A Bunraku Puppet

     VII.  A Healthy Person  

Commissioned by Zubin Kanga

Released by Navona Records & Move Records

Selected Other Performances:

Ryan McCullough ~ Issue Project Room, Brooklyn; 23 May 2016 & 

Carriage House, Ithaca; 18 May 2016 & 

Festival Barn, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival; 25 August 2015 & 

Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory; 20 June 2014

Zubin Kanga ~ Stuart and Sons Showroom, Newcastle; 24 July &  

Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne; 29 July  &

Sydney Grammar School; 18 Nov 2011

See Press for review

Les Effaceurs

1 January 2011

for solo guitar

Commissioned by Maarten Stragier & the Boston Classical Guitar Society

Selected Performances:

Maarten Stragier ~ (I., II.) Gore Place, Waltham, MA; 3 April & Old South Church, Boston; 16 April 2011

Maarten Stragier ~ (I.) Hingham Library, Hingham, MA; 19 Feb & Boston Center for the Arts; 5 March 2011

A Queen’s Paranoia

1 January 2007

for solo violoncello

Commissioned by Jason Calloway

Selected Other Performances:

Matthew Beckmann ~ The Stone, New York, NY; 3 March 2010  

David Russell ~ Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, Leavenworth, WA; 22 July 2009

Monsoon Melancholy

1 January 2006

for pianoforte

Reflection (after Rupert Brooke)

1 January 2004

for organ

Commissioned by Carson Cooman

Medication

1 January 2002

for solo violin

Commissioned by Matthew Hindson

Processional

1 January 2001

for organ

Terminus In Time

1 January 2000

suite for solo ‘cello

2000

Commissioned by the Tait Memorial Trust

Awarded the 2002 Bohemians Prize (Harvard)

  1. Anitpathy
  2. A Recollection: Frame – Proper
  3. A Recollection: Frame – Proper
  4. A Recollection: Frame – Proper
  5. Acceptance

Selected Other Performances:  

Jason Calloway ~ Paine Hall, Harvard University; 7 April 2007

Jennifer Lucht ~ Paine Hall, Harvard University; 17 Nov 2001

Terraformation

1 January 1999

for solo pianoforte

Commissioned by Father Arthur Bridge & Ars Musica Australis
 
Released by Navona Records
  1. Soletta (Prelude and Double Canon)
  2. Windmill (Scherzo)
  3. Cyanophyte Primares (Passcaglia)
  4. Permafrost Pump (Rondo-Sonata)

Selected Other Performances:  

Stephen Drury (in part) ~ The New Hall, Sydney Grammar School; 23 Nov 2012

Yukiko Takagi ~ Williams Hall, New England Conservatory; 17 June 2008

Yukiko Takagi (in part) ~ Brown Hall, New England Conservatory;  24 June 2006 & University of Alaska, Fairbanks; 4 Feb 2007

Blair McMillen (in part) ~ Paine Hall, Harvard University; 27 Oct 2001

Kimbali Harding (in part) ~ Great Hall, University of Sydney