Select Compositions

Ocean, Salt’s Handkerchief (1984)

Poetry of Levantai, reading and improvisation performed by Dindy Vaughan

Illawarra 1 (1990)

Out of Home Volume 1: Piano Music & three short songs

Maribyrnong: The River From My Window. At the Bend of the River. Ancient Sea Bed. Lacrymae. Yanagang to Kingfisher. On Euluera Ridge.

Out of Home Volume 2: Eight Songs to Poems by Roland Robinson

1.Casuarina  2. Plum Tree 3. Celtic Harp 4. Jacaranda 5. And the Blacks are Gone 6. Call on the Sea to Be Still 7. Native Orchid 8. Invocation

Wimmera Quartet (1992) for flute and strings

Ash Wednesday (1992) for soprano with piano

Reconciliation Octet (1996) for wind and strings

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1997)

Kununurra (1998) for choir and baroque instruments. Setting of a poem by Anne Edgeworth.

The Water Spirit (1999) for voice, strings & percussion. Commissioned and performed for the Mullum Festival 1999.

Four Songs (1999) To poems by Roland Robinson. Requested by Andi Garing

Orpheus (2000) for voice, flute, percussion, chainsaw & axe. A dramatic poem by Moira McAuliffe.

Del Espiritu Santo (2000) clarinet solo in 4 movements. Requested by Craig Hill.

Three Choral Songs (2000) to poems by Judith Steele.

Prelude & Fugue in C for Harpsichord requested by Peter Hagen.

Prayer for the Restoration of Our Rivers (2001) for shakuhachi & harpsichord. Requested by Peter Hagen & Anne Norman.

In Memorian & Celebration for Ross Hartnell for clarinet, viola & cello

Invocation for Shen requested by Wang Zheng Ting

String Quartet No. 1: Dandenong Ranges (2006) 

Wings of White Owl, Blessing of Peace (2007) for solo clarinet

Discovery: A Choral Symphony Celebrating the Great South West Walk (2008) Commissioned by Music Glenelg, premiered in Portland and Melbourne

Nu’ Day 2008: Twelve Piano Pieces for the Year of the Apology premiered and record by David Laughton

Summer Dances trios for flute, clarinet and cello

Homecoming 1, 2, 3 (2010) for flute with piano 

Sea Shells on Bruny (2010) for soprano and string quartet, text by John Hurst

Melbourne Suite (2010) for orchestra

Montsalvat Violin Sonata No. 2 (2011) for violin and piano

SimUlarity (2013) for didjeridu and orchestra

String Quartet No. 2: Lake Bolac (2013)

Twenty-Four Hours (2014) for solo piano

Earthbeat (2015) for multiple choirs with orchestra

Recollections from Childhood (2015-16) for solo piano

Clarinet Quintet No. 1: Mullum Mullum (2016) for Craig Hill

Wind Quintet No. 2: Mt Napier (2016) for wind quintet

Wind Quintet No. 3: Lake Bolac Dusk to Dawn (2016) for wind quintet

Lake Corangimite for wind quintet

Lake Elingamite (2017) for wind quintet

Lake Colac (2017) for wind quintet

Clarinet Quintet No. 2 (2017)            

Planxty Janice McBride (2017) for violin and bush band

Violin Sonata No. 3: Survival (2018-19) for violin and piano

Lullaby for Kenji (2019) for piano

Seascapes 1, 2, 3 (2017) for cello and piano

Piano Sonata No. 2: Justice (2018-2021) for piano

Seasons (completed 2019) eighteen songs for soprano and piano

Apocalypse (2019) for women’s voices and ensemble, commissioned by Neil Mcleod

Dances for the Young Climate Warriors (2019)

Cello Sonata: Treaty (2020) for Zoe Knighton

Our Living Land (2023) for oboe and strings, requested by Anne Gilby

Gondwana Climate Call (2023) for oboe and strings, requested by Anne Gilby

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