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Flame and Shadow (2019) c. 16 mins
for Soprano, Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Text by Sara Teasdale

Commissioned by the Women In Music Festival. Premiered by Greta Bradman (Soprano) and Plexus Collective, Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne on April 6th, 2019.
Read more about the inaugural Women in Music Festival here.
This work is also available in an arrangement for Soprano and Piano. Hear a performance by Bethany Hill (Soprano) and Jamie Cock (Piano) here.
Score for the ensemble version available for purchase here (AMC)


Ozymandias (2018) c. 6 mins
for Baritone and Piano
Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Commissioned and Premiered by David Cox (Baritone), with Andrew Georg (Piano)
Purchase score here as part of 'Two Songs for Baritone and Piano' (AMC)

Spring Songs (2017) c. 9 mins
Four songs for Soprano and Piano
Text by Sara Teasdale
1. Paris In Spring
2. The Look
3. Spring Torrents
4. Nightfall
Commissioned by The Firm New Music. Premiered by Kate Macfarlane (Soprano) and Michael Ierace (Piano), November 2017.
​Listen here. Watch here.

I Think On Thee​ (2017) c. 4 mins
​for Baritone and Piano
Text by William Wordsworth

Commissioned and Premiered by David Cox (Baritone) with Mark Sandon (Piano)
​Listen here.
Purchase score here as part of 'Two Songs for Baritone and Piano' (AMC)


Three Persian Prayers (2016) c. 17 mins
Three songs for Mezzo-Soprano and ensemble
Text- trad, Baha'i prayers, as suggested by Mojgan Khadem
1. Manam
2. Komak
3. Thankfulness
Commissioned by Cheryl Pickering for Various People Inc. as part of the project 'Conversations'. Read more about it here and here.
Version 1 for Mezzo Soprano, Violin and Piano. Premiered at Ukaria, Mount Barker by Cheryl Pickering (Mezzo), Elizabeth Layton (Violin) and Penelope Cashman (Piano), November 27th, 2016
Version 2 for Mezzo Soprano, Oud and Violin


Parting Songs
 (2016) c. 13 mins
Four songs for Soprano, Tenor and Piano
Text by Anna Akhmatova

1. Not Weeks, Not Months
2. The Ghost of Our First Days
3. Departure
4. The Last Toast
Commissioned by The Firm New Music. Premiered by Robert Macfarlane and Kate Macfarlane, December 2016.
(Song 1 & 3 for Soprano with Piano accompaniment; Song 2 & 4 for Tenor with Piano accompaniment)
Listen here. 
​Purchase score here (AMC)


Alena Songs (2012) c.  14 mins
​Three songs for Tenor and Guitar
Text by Alena Synkova

1. To Olga
2. I've Met Enough People
3. Tears
Commissioned by The Firm New Music. Premiered by Robert Macfarlane (Tenor) and Aleksander Tsiboulski (Guitar), June 2012.
​Purchase score here (AMC)


Songs of Sorrow (2012) c. 14 mins.
Three songs for Tenor and Piano
Text by Edna St Vincent Millay

1. Conscientious Objector
2. Dirge Without Music
3. Lament
Commissioned by The Firm New Music. Premiered by Robert Macfarlane (Tenor) and Stephen Whittington (Piano), May 2012.

Purchase score here (AMC)

A Woman's Song (2005/2018) c. 15 mins
Three songs for Soprano and String Quartet*
Texts by Purnette du Guillet, Amy Levy & Emily Bronte

1. Chanson
2. June
3. Stanzas
Commissioned and premiered by Zephyr Quartet, with Emma Horwood (Soprano). 
*Also available in Soprano/Piano arrangement. Piano version premiered by Bethany Hill (Soprano) and Mark Sandon (Piano).
Listen to Chanson for Soprano & Piano here.
Purchase score for string quartet version here, and piano version here (both AMC)

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