2 Solo Clarinets, Harp, Piano & Strings
Omega Ensemble
23.5'
A singular presence in contemporary music,
where classical form meets modern culture.
Orchestral & Large Ensemble
| Title | Orchestration | Date | Commissioner | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dances on the Edge of Time | 2 Solo Clarinets, Harp, Piano & Strings | 2025 | Omega Ensemble | 23.5' |
Bittersweet Symphony | Orchestra | 2024 | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | 15' |
A Closed World of Fine Feelings Caring from the WWII Memorial Greater Love | Harp & String Orchestra | 2022 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 3.5' |
Boat People’s Prayer | Soprano & Orchestra | 2020 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 8.5' |
Auditory Cheesecake | Piano & Youth String Orchestra | 2020 | St Andrew’s School | 3.5' |
The Persistence of Memory | Oboe & String Orchestra | 2013 | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | 9' |
Forty Reasons to be Cheerful | Orchestra, arr. Wind Orchestra | 2012 | Adelaide Festival Centre | 8' |
Looking at the Stars | Large Chorus & Orchestra | 2011 | Ars Musica Australis | 15' |
Time is a River | Solo Clarinet & String Orchestra | 2011 | Music Viva Australia | 17' |
Albany Harbour The Voyage | Brass Ensemble | 2009 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 7'40" |
Sleep of Reason | 2 Solo Celli and Orchestra | 2008 | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | 18' |
Prelude and Aria | Soprano & Orchestra | 2006 | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | 20' |
Tivoli Dances | Orchestra | 2005 | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | 20' |
High Art | Solo Trumpet & Orchestra | 2003 | James Morrison & the Sydney Symphony Orchestra | 21' |
True History of the Kelly Gang | String Orchestra | 2002 | Musica Viva Australia | 22' |
Inflight Entertainment | Solo Oboe & Orchestra | 2000 | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | 28' |
Fanfare for a New Millenium | Orchestra | 1999 | Sydney Olympic Games Organising Committee | 4' |
Between Two Worlds Suite from the ballet 1914 | Orchestra | 1998 | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | 75' |
Elevator Music | Orchestra | 1997 | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | 8' |
Shaker Dances | String Orchestra | 1995 | Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | 20' |
Powerhouse | Orchestra | 1993 | Australian Broadcasting Commission | 10' |
Three Poems of Byron | Voice & String Orchestra, arr. Voice & Piano | 1991 | Adelaide Chamber Orchestra | 12'30" |
Unchained Melody | Orchestra | 1990 | ABC/Musica Nova Festival | 10'15" |
Suite from the ballet ‘Once Around the Sun’ | Orchestra | 1989 | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | 24' |
To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse: The Morning Star | String Orchestra, arr. String Quartet, arr. Organ, arr. Harp | 1989 | Mt Buller Chamber Music School | 4' |
Twilight from the ballet Gallery | Orchestra | 1988 | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | 11' |
Fanfare | Brass, Percussion | 1988 | Adelaide City Council | 5' |
Capriccio | Solo Piano, String Orchestra | 1987, rev. 2006 | Australian Chamber Orchestra | 20' |
Dreamer of Dreams | Orchestra, Chorus & Grand Organ | 1986 | Jubilee 150 Youth Music Festival | 12' |
Visions of Paradise Suite from the ballet The Selfish Giant | Orchestra | 1985 | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | 18' |
Divertissement: trois piecés bourgeoises | String Orchestra | 1983 | New England Regional Art Museum | 12' |
riverrun ... | Orchestra | 1982 | John Bishop Memorial Commission, Adelaide Festival | 13' |
Rain Forest | Orchestra | 1981 | First Prize ABC Peter Stuyvesant Young Composers Awards, 1982 Adelaide Festival | 15' |
Works for Stage
| Title | Orchestration | Date | Commissioner | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A Christmas Carol | Opera in 2 Acts, 6 Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra | 2022 | Victorian Opera | 110' |
Shadow Dreams | Chamber Orchestra | 2014 | Terrapin Puppet Theatre | 50' |
The Ringtone Cycle | Soprano & Piano Trio | 2010 | Seraphim Trio | 50' |
Tivoli | Full Evening Ballet, Orchestra | 2001 | Australian Ballet & Sydney Dance Company | 75' |
Grandma’s Shoes | Children’s Opera, Chamber Ensemble | 1998 | Theatre of Image | 50' |
1914 | Full Evening Ballet, Orchestra | 1998 | Australian Ballet Foundation | 75' |
Love Burns | Chamber Opera | 1992 | Seymour Group, Adelaide Festival | 65' |
Once Around the Sun | Ballet, Orchestra | 1988 | Queensland Ballet Company & Australian Bicentennial Authority | 40' |
Rhythmic Birds of the Antipodes | Ballet, Orchestra | 1988 | West Australian Ballet Company | 20' |
Nocturnes from the ballet Gallery | Ballet, Orchestra | 1987 | Australian Ballet Foundation & Australian Bicentennial Authority | 50' |
Nearly Beloved | Ballet, Chamber Orchestra | 1986 | Sydney Dance Company | 70' |
Dreamer of Dreams | Orchestra, Chorus & Grand Organ | 1986 | Jubilee 150 Youth Music Festival | 12' |
Palm Court Suite from the ballet Old Friends, New Friends | Ballet, Piano & String Quartet | 1984 | Sydney Dance Company | 25' |
The Selfish Giant | Ballet, Chamber Orchestra | 1982 | Sydney Dance Company, Festival of Sydney | 64' |
Chamber & Solo
| Title | Orchestration | Date | Commissioner | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dances on the Edge of Time | 2 Solo Clarinets & String Quartet | 2025 | Omega Ensemble | 23.5' |
Gigue | 2 Solo Clarinets & Piano Trio | 2025 | Omega Ensemble | 4' |
Cantilena | Solo Guitar | 2024 | 4.5' | |
Auditory Cheesecake | Piano & Youth String Orchestra | 2020 | St Andrew’s School | 3.5' |
Socrates’ Garden | Piano Quartet | 2019 | Musica Viva Australia | 11.5' |
Natural Philosophy | Solo Cello, SATB Choir | 2019 | Festspiele Mecklenburg – Vorpommern | 6' |
Love Song | Piano Trio | 2017 | Plexus Ensemble | 7' |
Nevermore | String Octet | 2016 | Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | 12' |
The Persistence of Memory | Oboe & Piano | 2013 | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | 9' |
Time is a River | Solo Clarinet & String Quartet | 2011 | Music Viva Australia | 17' |
The Ringtone Cycle | Soprano & Piano Trio | 2010 | Seraphim Trio | 50' |
Albany Harbour The Voyage | Brass Ensemble | 2009 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 7'40" |
Gojiro | 5 Percussionists, Taiko Drums | 2003 | Musica Viva Australia | 12' |
String Quartet No. 3 ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ | String Quartet, arr. String Orchestra | 2002 | Musica Viva Australia | 22' |
A Closed World of Fine Feelings | Solo Guitar | 1997 | Timothy Kain | 5' |
String Quartet No. 2 ‘Shaker Dances’ | String Quartet, arr. String Orchestra | 1995 | Australian String Quartet | 20' |
Nashville Tuning | Piano Duet | 1991 | Guitar Trek | 10' |
Three Poems of Byron | Voice & Piano | 1991 | Adelaide Chamber Orchestra | 12'30" |
To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse: The Morning Star | String Quartet, arr. Organ, arr. Harp | 1989 | Mt Buller Chamber Music School | 4' |
Aphorisms | Piano | 1989 | 12' | |
Miniature | Ensemble | 1985 | 6' | |
Gothic Toccata | Grand Organ | 1983 | David Kinsela, Sydney Opera House 10th Anniversary Concerts | 7' |
String Quartet No. 1 ‘Divertissement: trois piecés bourgeoises’ | String Quartet, arr. String Orchestra | 1983 | New England Regional Art Museum | 12' |
Twilight Rain | Piano | 1979 | 7' |
Choral & Vocal
| Title | Orchestration | Date | Commissioner | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Boat People’s Prayer | Soprano & Orchestra | 2020 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 8.5' |
Pie Jesu | Soprano & Orchestra | 2019 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 8.5' |
Natural Philosophy | SATB Choir, Solo Cello Obbligato | 2019 | Festspiele Mecklenburg – Vorpommern | 6' |
Looking at the Stars | Large Chorus & Orchestra | 2011 | Ars Musica Australis | 15' |
The Ringtone Cycle | Soprano & Piano Trio | 2010 | Seraphim Trio | 50' |
Words about Music | A Cappella Choir | 2010 | Adelaide Chamber Singers | 18' |
Prelude and Aria | Soprano & Orchestra | 2006 | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | 20' |
Mass for the Middle-Aged | A Cappella Choir | 1999 | Adelaide Chamber Singers | 22' |
Three Poems of Byron | Voice, String Orchestra, arr. Voice & Piano | 1991 | Adelaide Chamber Orchestra | 12'30" |
Dreamer of Dreams | Orchestra, Chorus | 1986 | Jubilee 150 Youth Music Festival | 12' |
Film & Television
| Title | Orchestration | Date | Commissioner |
|---|---|---|---|
Disgrace Starring John Malkovich | Feature Film | 2008 | Directed by Steve Jacobs for Fortissimo Films |
Rediscover Yourself | Series of 3 1' TV and Cinema Commercials (orchestra) | 2004 | South Australian Tourism Commission |
Freixenet | Series of European TV commercials for Spanish sparkling wine Freixenet (voice & strings) | 2001 | Redback Spain |
Heavens Burning Starring Russell Crowe and Youki Kudoh | Feature Film | 1998 | Directed by Craig Lahiff for Duo Art Productions |
Confident Employment | Documentary Video | 1997 | Restless Films, Produced by Lauren Drewery |
The Sentimental Bloke | Classic Silent Feature Film | 1995 | Commissioned by the ABC with the National Film and Sound Archive, directed by Raymond Longford |
The Kid Stakes | Classic Silent Feature Film | 1994 | Commissioned by the ABC with the National Film and Sound Archive, directed by Tal Ordell |
Giants of Time | Documentary Film | 1990 | Produced by Juniper Films for SBS Television, directed by John Tristram and Ian Wilson |
His Master’s Ghost (orchestrations) | Television Feature | 1989 | Produced by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation |
Old Friends, New Friends (Palm Court Suite) | Documentary Film | 1987 | Produced by Penryn Productions for ABC Television |
Rain Forest | Film Submission | 1983 | Featured in the NSW Government Film Submission to the World Heritage Organisation |
