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All Works

The following is a mostly-comprehensive list of all my compositions, beginning with the most recent and ending with my earliest works. Click on any links to discover more about a piece. If you can't find what you need or have any questions, please get in touch!

Works have been color-coded by instrumentation to help you find what you might be looking for:
Red for chamber works with voice
Purple for chamber works without voice
Pink for acapella choral/vocal ensemble works
Blue for orchestral (wind and symphony) & large ensemble (including string orchestra)
​Green for solo, including Piano solo.
2025
The King Walks in the Orangerie

     Song cycle for Tenor and String Orchestra (c. 35 mins). Commissioned by John & Irene Garran. Text from the poem by Kathryn
     Purnell, with libretto edited by Emma Muir-Smith

Canopy
      Clarinet Quartet with String Orchestra (c. 7 mins). Commissioned by the Warren Chamber Music Festival    
Glenelg Sunset
      SSATB choir (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by Ukaria for Academy Voices and Nobuntu
Kairos
     Tenor recorder (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by Alicia Crossley
Anon
     String Quartet (c. 8 mins). Movement 3 from 'A Room of Her Own', (2020) 

2024
Falling Upward

     String Orchestra (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) Collective
The Greatest of These
     SATB choir (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by Sydney Chamber Choir
She Who Knows Strange Songs
     Four songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Cello (c. 15 mins). Commissioned by Chamber Music Adelaide.
All That We Bear
     Song for Mezzo Soprano and Piano (c. 7 mins). Commissioned by Katrina Waters.
Three Hildegard Fantasies
     Suite for Solo Guitar (c. 16 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Guitar Festival (no. 1) and Jane Lambert (no. 2)
Art of the Determined
     Piano Quintet in 3 movements (c. 22 mins). Commissioned by John Daly.
Muse: a self portrait
     Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano (c. 12 mins). Commissioned by the Albert Maggs Composition Prize (University of Melbourne)
     for Syzygy Ensemble,


2023
Dare to Declare: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
     Solo Marimba with Orchestra [2222.4221.Timp 1 Perc Hp St] (c. 25 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for
     Claire Edwardes.

All Flesh is Fire
     Choral Song Cycle for unaccompanied SATB choir (c. 35 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Singers.
Snapshots of Love and Life
     Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano Trio (c. 30 mins). Commissioned by Seraphim Trio.
Honeybee
     Wind Quintet (c. 9 mins). Commissioned by the Australasian Double Reed Society - SA Chapter, for Arcadia Winds.
Anniversary Trio
     Piano Trio (c. 20 mins). Commissioned by Don & Veronica Aldridge for the Lyrebird Trio and Coriole Music Festival.
Three Night Pieces
     Guitar Ensemble (c. 10 mins). Commissioned by Oliver Farach-Naini for the Elder Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble.
Of Mice and Men
     Song for Mezzo Soprano and Piano (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by the Barr Family for Cate Barr.
Patience and Grace
     Harp and Marimba (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by the HUSH Foundation for Emily Granger and Claire Edwardes.

2022
Sunburst
     Wind Ensemble (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by the Australian Band and Orchestral Director's Association (ABODA) SA.
Beyond All Words
     SATB Vocal Quartet (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by the Australian Vocal Ensemble.
Carmen Perpetuum
     Oboe (6 movements, c. 22 mins). Commissioned by Celia Craig
Unfurl
     Oboe and Viola duo (c. 3 mins). Commissioned by the ReClassified Festival.
Early Morning Sunlight
     Flute, Cello and Piano (c. 3 mins). Commissioned by Neal Firth.
*Prayer to the Spirit of the New Year
     Soprano (or Trumpet) with Wind Ensemble (c. 7 mins). Arranged by Matt Klohs.
*Celebration of Life
     String Orchestra (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by Diané Ranck, arrangement by the composer.

2021
The Rest is Silence: Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra
     Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra [2222.2000.Timp 2 Perc. Hp, St.] (c. 16 mins). COmmissioned by the Melbourne Symphony
     Orchestra for Michael Pisani.

Love is Born
     Wind Ensemble (c. 7 mins). COmmissioned by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra.
A Gathering
     SATB Chamber Choir (c. 9 mns). Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Singers.
Last First-Light
     Soprano, Tenor and Piano (c. 10 mins). Commissioned by the Choeur Philharmonique International (France)
Prayer to the Spirit of the New Year
     Soprano and Piano (c. 7 mins). Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Grounded
     Cello and Guitar (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by Prof. Richard and Mrs Sue Willgoss (Momentum III, Australian Music Centre) for 
     Sharon and Slava Grigoryan.

Ruby
     Clarinet (c. 9 mins). Commissioned by the ANAM Set for Clare Fox.
Sanctuary
     Violin and Cello (c. 9 mins). Commissioned by the Bowerbird Collective.
Ruddy Turnstone
     
Violin (c. 9 mins). Commissioned by the Bowerbird Collective.
Dance Vignettes
     Marimba (3 works, c total c. 13 mins). Commissioned by the APRA/AMCOS Creative Recovery Fund & the Modest Expectations
     Foundation for Claire Edwardes.

all that is beautiful
     Viola and Double Bass (c. 6 mins.) Commissioned by Robert Nairn & Heidi von Bernewitz.
Celebration of Life
     Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by Diané Ranck

2020
Suite from 'Innocence'

     Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor & Baritone Soloists with Orchestra [2221.2111.2 Perc Hp, Strings] (c. 30 mins). Commissioned by
     the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Afterword
     SATB Vocal Quartet (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by the Australian Vocal Ensemble.
A Room of Her Own
     String Quartet (c. 30 mins). Commissioned by the University of Adelaide John Bishop Memorial Prize, for the Australian String
     Quartet.

Songs Without Words
     Piano Trio (3 movements, total c. 15 mins). Commissioned by the ABC Fresh Start Fund for the Benaud Trio,
as flower, as fire
     Piano (c. 12 mins). Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Advice to a Girl
     Soprano (or Mezzo Soprano) with String Quartet.
     Also available in arrangements for Soprano and Piano Trio, and Soprano and Piano.


2019
Flame and Shadow
     Soprano, Violin, Cello & Piano (c. 16 mins). Commissioned by the 2019 Women in Music Festival, Melbourne, for Plexus & Greta
     Bradman.
     Also available for Soprano & Piano, arranged by the composer.

Requiem
     SATB quartet (or SATB choir with 4 soloists) and Organ (7 movements, c. 35mins). Commissioned by Clayton Wesley Uniting
     Church.

in spaces between
     String Quartet (c. 8 mins). Commissioned by the Zephyr String Quartet.
Mental Load
     Soprano Duet with Piano (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by Various People Inc.
Te Deum Laudamus
     SSAA Choir (c. 5 mins). Commissioned by St Mary's College, Adelaide.
The Dawning of a New Day (Gloria)
     SSAA Choir with School Orchestra (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by St Mary's College, Adelaide.
Bound for a Foreign Land
     School Orchestra (c. 4 mins). Commissioned by St Mary's College, Adelaide.

2018
​Skin, Metal, Wood: Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra
     Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra (c. 30 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra.
The Red Buoy
     Piano (c. 6 mins). Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Ozymandias
     Baritone and Piano (6 mins). Commissioned by David Cox.

2017
Sacred and Profane
     Orchestra [2222.2221. Timp. 4 Perc. Hp. Pno/Cel. Strings] (17 mins). Commissioned by the Elder Conservatorium of Music for the
     Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra.

On Earth as in Heaven
     SATB Chamber Choir (3 movts, total c. 20 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber SIngers.
I Think on Thee
     
Baritone and Piano (4 mins). Commissioned by David Cox.
Spring Songs
     Soprano and Piano (4 songs, total c. 10 mins). Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Three Persian Prayers
     Mezzo Soprano, Oud/Guitar, Violin (c. 15 mins). Commissioned by Various People Inc.
     Also available in arrangements for M-S, Violin and Piano, and M-S, Violin and Cello,


2016
Parting Songs

     Tenor, Soprano & Piano (4 songs, total c. 13 mins). Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Fragments for Piano
     Piano (8 mins). Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.

2015
How Can I Keep From Singing?
     SATB Chamber Choir (c. 10 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Singers.
Skittled
     String Quartet (c. 10 mins). Commissioned by the Australian Society for Music Education (SA Chapter) for the Australian
     String Quartet,
     Also available in arrangements for Wind Quintet, Sax Quintet, and mixed ensemble (Flt, Clt, Vln, VC, Pno.)


2013
Time's Long Ruin

     Piano (11 mins.)  Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.

2012
Studies in Odd Times
     
Piano (11 mins.)  Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Songs of Sorrow
     Tenor and Piano (14 mins.)  Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.
Alena Songs
     Tenor and Guitar (3 songs, total c.8 mins.)  Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.

2011
Moto Perpetuo

     Piano 4-hands (10 mins).  Commissioned by The Firm New Music, Adelaide.

2010
...and there was light

      Orchestra [3333.4331. Timp. 3 Perc. Hp. Pno/Cel. Strings] (c. 15 mins). Commissioned by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

2009
This Too Shall Pass
     
Song cycle for Soprano and Piano (4 songs, total c. 19 mins).
Pilgrim Psalms
     SATB Chamber Choir (3 songs, total c. 8 mins).
CityScape
     Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano, Harpsichord, Baroque Flute (or recorder), Cello (c. 15 mins).

2007
Lullabies and Crooked Dances
     
Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (c. 12 mins). Also available in other arrangements.
Musaic
     
Orchestra [1111.1000 4 Perc. Pno/Cel. Hp. Strings] (c. 10 mins)

2006
FourTune
     
Mixed Ensemble - Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Double Bass, Percussion, Piano, Harp. (c. 10 mins).
Three Processionals
     
String Quartet (total c. 15 mins)

2005
A Woman's Song
   
 Soprano with String Quartet (3 songs, total c. 17 mins).
Song of Amergin
     
SATB Chamber Choir (c. 9 mins).
Rossetti Songs
 
   Vocal trio - 2 Sopranos + 1 Mezzo Soprano. (4 songs, total c. 15 mins).

2004
The Nightingale and the Rose - Ballet Suite

     Orchestra {3333.4331 Timp. 3 Perc. Hp. Strings]. (8 movts/scenes, c. 45 mins)
Imperfect Fourth
   
 Guitar Quintet (Guitar + String Quartet). (c. 20 mins)
Introduction, Theme and Variations
​   
 Piano solo (c. 13 mins).
ROY G BIV
   
 Soprano with Chamber Orchestra [Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, 1 Percussion.
     Harp, solo Soprano] (c. 20 mins).


2003
Triangle Music
 
   Cello and Piano (c. 3 mins). Also available in arrangement for Violin and Piano.
Ulterior Motives
     String trio (Violin, Viola, Cello). (c. 7 mins)

2002
A Festival Overture
Modern Times
Black Spring

2001
The Bells




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