Australian music

Commissioned by The Sydney Children's Choir in 2002, this work is a setting of Roland Robinson's striking poem about a swirling throng of desert birds taking to the sky at first light.

With its specially commissioned score, "The Wasps" is a fusion of dance, trance and poetry by playwright John Kinsella, premiered by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, Cambridge, UK.

"Roundabout" (2002) is a playful piece for solo violin. The title describes the way in which the bars and phrases of music "loop-the-loop" before spinning off in various directions.

"Huge Earth" is big music about the awe-inspiring magnitude of the Earth, "bigger than we can possibly imagine, held together as if by string or magic". Text by Luke Davies.

This string quartet, entitled "Serenade for a Summer Wedding" was composed in 2003 for my sister Susan, and her fiancé, Mark, upon the occasion of their wedding in Sydney, Australia.

Scored for a cappella SSAA choir and a quartet of chorister soloists (SSAA), "Gum Tree Country" reflects of the impact and awe-inspiring nature of the Australian bush fire.

This score was composed in 2004 for the Grevillea Ensemble Guest Artist, Diana Doherty (oboe). The work is a setting of James McAuley's eponymously titled poem published in 1946.

The poem 'Dew', by Australian poet Luke Davies, inspired me with its depiction of natural phenomena, flora and fauna, and with its allusion to the realm of sci-fi.

A setting of Judith Wright's extraordinary poem, "Night", commissioned by the Handbell Society of Australasia for the 12th International Handbell Symposium, Brisbane, QLD.

"Crazy Logic" (for alto sax and piano) is a firecracker of a work that reveals the crazy logic behind juxtaposing virtuosic bebop-like passages with moments of serenity!