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Matthew Orlovich | Australian Composer
Welcome to my Website!
I am a freelance composer based in Sydney, Australia.
I compose music for solo instrumentalists, large and small ensembles, choirs, bands and orchestras.
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As heard on BBC3, ABC Classic FM and 2MBS-FM Fine Music:
HD Duo’s new CD “Australian Thais” is out now!
Released on the Signum Classics label, this CD includes my composition, Hurly Burly (for soprano saxophone and piano), plus music by Gerard Brophy, Tim Dargaville, Narongrit Dhamabutra, Saksri Pang Vongtaradon, and Denny Euprasert.
Get your copy of the score and parts for Hurly Burly in print and pdf editions!
Upcoming & Recent Events
Choral Music
Fairmont State University Collegiate Singers (directed by Professor John Morrison) perform works of Matthew Orlovich, Eleanor Daley, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Doug Andrews, and José Castillo.
Tides of Ocean (for a cappella SATB choir)
Boston Choral Ensemble (Artistic Director, Katherine Chan) performs “Tides of Ocean” at University Lutheran Church, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA, USA.
Joyful, joyful (for a cappella SATB choir)
Stay tuned for Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers’ performance of my composition “Joyful, joyful” during their 2023 season!
My Nurse and I (for a cappella SATB choir)
Keep an ear out for the acclaimed voices of St Peters Chorale, Brisbane, performing “My Nurse and I” during their 2022 season!
Crazy Logic (for alto saxophone & piano)
Noriyuki Shimizu (alto saxophone); Associate Artist (piano).
Suginami Public Hall, Small Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Sonnet, to the Comet of 1825 (for a cappella SATB choir)
The Burgundian Consort, conducted by Sonia Maddock.
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
Flying Colours (for alto saxophone and concert band)
Performed by Banda da Armada Portuguesa with Soloist 1st Sailor Miguel Ferreira Carvalho, conducted by 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Pascoal @ Teatro-Cine Gouveia, Portugal.
Tides of Ocean (for a cappella SATB choir)
tonraumfünf10, conducted by Christopher Bradley.
Theater im Delphi, 13086 Berlin, Germany.
Concertino (for alto sax soloist & sax orch)
Gerard McChrystal (soloist) & RWCMD Cardiff Saxophone Orchestra.
Carne Foyer, RWCMD Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Cloud Nine (for soprano sax, piano & electronic bow)
HD Duo (Michael Duke, saxophone; David Howie, piano)
Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW, Australia.
Music for saxophone & piano
HD Duo (Michael Duke, saxophone; David Howie, piano)
St Paul’s Anglican Church, Tilba St, Narooma NSW 2546, Australia
On Sutherland’s Grave (for a cappella SATB choir)
Performed by the fabulous Lumens Chamber Choir, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, during their 2022 season.
Butterflies Dance (for a cappella SATB choir)
Schlosschor Hadersfeld, conducted by Jacobsen Woollen.
Vienna, Austria.
Concertino (for alto sax soloist & sax orch)
Matt Styles (soloist) & ‘Phone Co. Saxophone Orchestra.
Gala Opening Concert, WAAPA Sax Festival, WAAPA, ECU Mount Lawley Campus, WA.
Crazy Logic (for alto sax & piano)
Performed by Timothy Roberts (alto sax) & Charles Roberts (piano) @ DUMS, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tides of Ocean (for a cappella SATB choir
Vox Camerata, in conjunction with Muziksea, presents Collegia: Shared Horizons – the showcase concert of The Choral Collective Residency Programme (CCRP) @ Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore.
Tides of Ocean (for a cappella SATB choir
Tonraumfünf10, conducted by Christopher Bradley @ “Winds of Connection“: Sonntagskonzertreihe im Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie, Berlin.
Crazy Logic (for alto saxophone and piano)
***Cancelled due to major snow storm***
R2Duo (Timothy Roberts, sax; Charles Roberts, piano).
Sammons Center for the Arts, Dallas, TX 75219, USA.
Slipstream (for saxophone quartet & bicycle bell)
Ocean Quartet (Justinn Lu, Qi Li, Chen-Yu Yang and Nam Hoang) @ the woodwind showcase concert of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music @ Ian Potter Centre, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Calm the waves of this heart (for soprano saxophone and choir)
Brisbane Chamber Choir; with Diana Tolmie (saxophone).
St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Night (for SATB choir, percussion, piano and didgeridoo in C)
Voyces, directed by Dr Robert Braham OAM.
St Joseph’s, Subiaco, 6008, Western Australia.
Crazy Logic (for alto saxophone & piano)
Arkadiusz Trysla (saksofon) & Seb Bernatowicz (fortepian)
Zespó? Panstwowych Szkól Muzycznych im. A. Malawskiego, Poland.
Night (for handbells, choir, clap sticks and didgeridoo in C)
Toowoomba Choral Society & Toowoombells.
Millenium Centre, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.
Joyful, Joyful (for a cappella SATB choir)
VOX, conducted by Elizabeth Scott.
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney NSW 2000.
YouTube Gallery
Latest Video
Featuring Gerard McChrystal (soloist) & RWCMD Cardiff Saxophone Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Conroy.
WhirlWinds Festival, Carne Foyer, RWCMD Cardiff, Wales, UK. (15 October, 2022).
More featured YouTube performers:
Lukasz Wójcicki – saxophone, Agnieszka Sucheniak-Wójcicka – piano.
Nexas Saxophone Quartet.
Gondwana Chorale, conducted by Paul Holley.
Gondwana Chorale, conducted by Paul Holley.
Anna Stepanova (sax) & Iren Seleljo (piano).
Voyces, Perth, Western Australia.