Repertoire suitable for school and tertiary level
Whirl
(2023)
Solo Snare Drum
Duration: 5 minutes
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Fanfare for the Melancholy
(2021)
Brass Ensemble
Duration: 3:45 minutes
Still
(2020)
Clarinet in Bb and piano
Duration: 5:30 minutes
Commissioned by Australia Ensemble for David Griffiths and Ian Munro.
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Performance Watch the Australia Ensemble perform Still – with interviews with performers and composer.
Facing Forward
(2020)
Trumpet in Bb + Piano
Duration: 4 minutes
Suitable for Upper Level High School and University Level students, Facing Forward was commissioned by Naomi and Simon Miller for their son Hugo, on the occasion of his sixteenth birthday; to acknowledge Hugo’s love and enjoyment of music through its creation.
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‘Taking Chances’ from Hidden Thoughts I: Do I Matter?
(2017)
Solo Percussion (2 hi-hats + crotales)
Duration: 2 minutes
This work, for solo player (2 hi-hats + crotales) is the opening movement of Hidden Thoughts I: Do I Matter?, winner of the 2019 Paul Lowin Prize for Composition (song-cycle).
The movement aims to be a palette cleanser for the audience as they settle in to the one-hour performance comprising of hidden thoughts.
Also available as a percussion quartet work (arr Eric Wilie, USA).
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‘Taking Chances’ from Hidden Thoughts I: Do I Matter?
(2017/arr. 2020, Eric Wilie)
Percussion Quartet
Duration: 2 minutes
Premiered at PASIC 2021: Percussion Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis.
This work, originally for solo player (2 hi-hats + crotales) is the opening movement of Hidden Thoughts I: Do I Matter?, winner of the 2019 Paul Lowin Prize for Composition.
This arrangement could act as a ‘palette cleanser’ being fresh and short, yet is also a vibrant and energetic concert opener/closer.
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Recorded and arranged by UNC Greensboro (Eric Willie, Director).
Structurally based on the Scarlatti Sonatas, Glisten is a sparkling, short virtuosic work. It is popular as a concert opener, post-graduate piano recitals and aims to bring lightness to a concert program.
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UndercurrenT
(2011)
Soprano Saxophone + Piano
Duration: 11:40 minutes
Appears on HD Duo’s disc Incandescence (Tall Poppies Records) Commissioned by HD Duo.
UndercurrenT II is an arrangement for trumpet, trombone and electric guitar.
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Valentine
(2011)
Flute + Piano
Duration: 7:30 minutes
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Sapphire Shimmer, Silica Slide
(2005)
Piano: 4 hands
Duration: 4 minutes
The coast was spectacular; huge white dangerous dunes and the sparkling ocean. We were told we had to ride exactly in the path of the leader or risk being fatally surprised by a dune that could collapse or avalanche. We rode as we were told and the exhilaration coupled with the beauty made for a wonderful morning. The bikes were noisy but the stillness of the ocean and sand was magic.
This piece is dedicated to Mavis Shannon, my childhood neighbour and piano teacher, who encouraged me musically and was like my second grandmother.
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Egyptian Wish
(2001)
Soprano Saxophone Trio
Duration: 7 minutes
Also available for Solo Soprano Saxophone and CD.
Appears on Sunburnt Aftertones: The Chamber Music of Katy Abbott.
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Not Just Another Day
(2001)
Solo Piano
Duration: 2:30 minutes
Recorded on Jeanell Carrigan’s Piano CD Skins (2011).
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Carmen Vitae: Orchestral Fanfare
(2000)
Orchestra
Duration: 4 minutes
2.1.2.0 (+ opt saxophone section). 4.3.3.1. Hp. Timp + 3. 10.8.6.4.2.
Carmen Vitae: Orchestral Fanfare was commissioned by Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Melbourne for the school’s 125th Anniversary celebration concert at Hamer Hall in 2000.
It has since been performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra together with the SYO, and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra together with the AdYO, amongst other performances.
A version for Wind Symphony will be available later in 2024. Please contact if interested.
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Autumn Song
(1996/rev.2001)
Saxophone + Piano (+ other arr)
Duration: 4 minutes
AMEB Alto Saxophone Grade 5 List.
Also available for most woodwind, brass and string instruments.
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Bassoon 5
(2008)
Bassoon + Piano
5 pieces for bassoon and piano (elementary – intermediate level)
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Flipside
(2002)
Solo Alto or Tenor Saxophone
Duration: 4 minutes
Mirage
(2006)
String Orchestra (intermediate level)
Duration: 5 minutes
Rhythmania – Groove – Train
(2005)
String Orchestra (intermediate level)
Duration: 3 minutes
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Target 30
(2003)
String Orchestra (intermediate level)
Duration: 3 minutes
Commissioned as part of a Composer Residency for Sydney Youth Orchestra and composed to celebrate the orchestra’s 30th Anniversary.
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A Convict Dreams of England
(2003)
String Orchestra (beginner level)
Duration: 2 minutes
Composed for the Barbara Cran String Orchestra/Cran
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The Sydney News Blues
(2003)
String Orchestra (beginner level)
Duration: 2 minutes
Composed for the Barbara Cran String Orchestra/Cran
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