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SOLO WORKS

Trumpet Concerto

This tertiary level work was premiered by Louisa in 2010 at her final BMus recital. Upon receiving support from Creative Victoria it was re-worked in 2018 and recorded with Josh Rogan.

PDF of the Trumpet in C part and piano reduction.

DURATION 10 minutes 30 seconds

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PRICE: $40

Footprints at Gantheaume Point

2023 VCE Syllabus

About: Gantheaume Point is located 6 kilometres from the town of Broome,Western Australia. Whilst visiting my sister Hannah here in mid-2022, my wife and I got to explore Gantheaume Point. This included kayaking in the ocean to spot sea turtles, watching a fiery sunset that matched the red soil of the earth, and searching around the sandstone cliffs for 140 million year old dinosaur footprints. How did the footprints get there? My theory (based on absolutely no evidence): a massive dinosaur dance party. Footprints at Gantheaume Point is a playful, funk-inspired work that gives performers permission to show-off, especially all things trombone related.

DURATION 3 minutes

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PRICE $30

The Joker has a Heart of Gold

Commissioned for Fred Trewartha on his 70th birthday, this is a sweet and playful work featuring Bb cornet solo with piano accompaniment.

DURATION 3 minutes 30 seconds

PRICE $30

Trentham Falls in Early Summer

It’s the first hot weekend of Summer. From the lookout, you take in your surroundings. On the opposite side of the gorge, bushwalkers flanked by blackwood forest wind their way down a dirt path following the low roar of fast moving water. You sit with your eyes closed and take in the scents and sounds of the flora and fauna around you, which combined with the dozy heat of the day brings a gentle smile to your face.

DURATION 1 minute 30 seconds

PRICE $25

Fire Line Suite

2023 VCE Syllabus

For soprano saxophone and piano. This work was commissioned by Coady Green and Justin Kenealy from Duo Eclettico and premiered at the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre on the 4th of July, 2022.

Fire Line has been composed to bring awareness to the ever-increasing danger that climate change is having on bushfires. Reported daily on Fire Danger Rating road-signs across Australian country towns, the Forest Fire Danger Index compares the vegetation dryness with weather factors such as air temperature, wind speed and humidity. Recent years have seen the highest ever accumulative annual FFDI, which means that although climate change doesn’t create bushfires, it does make the environment far more susceptible.

DURATION ~14 minutes 30 seconds (4:40, 4:00, 2:30, 3:00)

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PRICE: $40

Instinct

For Horn in F and piano. This piece has been commissioned by Phoebe Smithies to be premiered in March 2022 by Salon Project in their concert Music, SheWrote (2.0), presented by Prom Recitals at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, South Gippsland.

Instinct takes inspiration from the incredible occurrence that is long-distance bird migration. Having evolved over thousands of years, long-distance bird migration is triggered by a combination of genetic predisposition, food, temperature, and day length. To find their way halfway round the world, birds are thought to use three types of compasses: sun, star, and magnetic. These three elements inform the musical themes in this work.

DURATION 5 minutes 20 seconds

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PRICE: $30

The Helmsman

For classical guitar. Commissioned as a 60th Birthday present for a keen sailor and classical guitarist.

DURATION 2 minutes

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PRICE: $25

BRASS BAND

Flight

This A grade level work was commissioned by Dr Robert Childs for the Royal Welsh College Brass Band. The work was written for the concert Hemispheres, performed on October 31st, 2018 at the Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales. Flight celebrates the adventurous spirit and bravery of Maude “Lores” Bonney, who in 1933 became the first person to fly from Australia to England. Flight is a lively, fast-paced work that highlights the entire band. It is a strong ensemble work, where every part must work together (like a plane engine) to land the piece successfully at the end.

DURATION 3 minutes 30 seconds

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PRICE: $60

The Joker has a Heart of Gold

Commissioned for Fred Trewartha on his 70th birthday, this is a sweet and playful work featuring Bb cornet solo with brass band.

DURATION 3 minutes 30 seconds

PRICE: $60

The Nature of Sound

The Nature of Sound, is a bespoke composition for the concert, Trump’it Up and Drone On. This event was part of the Regional Centre for Culture; a year-long celebration of the four Victorian centres of Bendigo, Daylesford, Castlemaine and Maryborough. This concert celebrates musical culture in the region. The premiere performance was to be at Lake Jubilee, Daylesford on Friday the 28th of September, 2018, was however cancelled due to heavy rain.

NOTES It is intended that this work be performed outside, with some basic movements throughout the piece E.g. pipes marching in, an off-stage pipe soloist, some brass standing. These arrangements should be made once in the performance space. Pipes are a transposing instrument, thus, what is read as ‘A’ sounds as a concert pitch ‘B flat’. The pipers will be learning from a part that is written in ‘A’ Mixolydian, but appears in the score in concert pitch. The score is a simplified version of the pipe part, with no added ornamentation .

TUNING Pipes and brass should tune as close to concert pitch ‘A440′ as possible. Brass may need to be slightly sharper than usual, and pipes flatter (“A466”, no higher.) Tuning brass and pipes together can be a complex process, given their different temperaments. This process must be done accurately to achieve an optimal performance.

INSTRUMENTATION Bagpipes, Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, Soprano Cornet, Solo Cornet (4), Repiano, 2nd Cornet,  3rd Cornet, Flugelhorn, Solo Tenor Horn,  1st Tenor Horn, 2nd Tenor Horn, 1st Baritone, 2nd Baritone, 1st Trombone, 2nd Trombone, Bass Trombone, 1st Euphonium, 2nd Euphonium, E flat Bass, B flat Bass, Timpani, Mallets:Tubular Bells & Glockenspiel Snare Drum, 3Tom-toms, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal

PRICE: $60

CONCERT BAND

Silver Lake

Commissioned by the Mid America Freedom Band, and premiered October 29, 2017 at J.C. Nichols Auditorium at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. This work takes inspiration from the book By the Shores of Silver Lake, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is the fifth book in the Little House book series, and was published in 1939.

This piece is a day at Silver Lake. Starting with the rustling of the breeze in the grass by the water, and the bird-life waking. There are a lot of call and response ideas, which depict Mary being led around by her younger sister Laura. In the previous book, Mary has lost her sight due to illness, and Laura is asked by her parents to be Mary’s “eyes”. Due to congress passing the ‘Homestead Act’ in 1862, the midwest of the United States was booming. The Ingalls family moved to the lake so that their father could work as a bookkeeper.

The horn line at Figure G is a distant song, sung by the men who work at Silver Lake at the railroad camp. At Figure E the main motif comes from the word ‘family’ in braille, and at Figure H, the word here is ‘sisters’:

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PRICE: $60

STRINGS

At Night the Owl Hunts

Winner of the Grade 2 Category in the South Carolina Music Educators Association’s Sight Reading Composition Contest, 2018. A spooky piece for Beginner String Orchestra focusses on dynamics, articulation, and ensemble playing.

DURATION 2 minutes

INSTRUMENTATION violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass

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PRICE: $20

CHAMBER MUSIC

Shimmer

This work is written for septuagenarian Max Primmer AKA drag queen Di Alysis from Daylesford. Four music groups represent four people: Group 1 is Max who loves classical piano; Group 2 is his partner of 30 years Ken, here represented as a classical tenor; the 3rd Group is a friend of Max’s from Daylesford who loves soft pop like ABBA; the 4th Group is Max’s childhood friend from school who loves musicals. Each group come in and out of Max’s life (the piano line) sometimes neatly, sometimes unexpectedly.

DURATION 7 minutes 30 seconds

INSTRUMENTATION Group 1: Piano. Group 2: Tenor. Group 3: “ABBA” Soprano, Alto, Bass & Tambourine, Violin 1, Double Bass. Group 4: “A 1950’s Musical” Soprano, Tenor, Violin 2, Viola

PRICE: $60

Stethoscope

Based on a poem by Andrea Gibson, this piece has been commissioned by Miranda Hill from 3 Shades Black, to be premiered at Homophonic, 2019.

What ancient love songs and stories do queer people have? Well, there’s not a lot… so we write our own. This piece takes a brief romantic moment and elongates it, repeats it, and entwines new ideas with old ones; just like we do with our memories, just as stories transform over time.

INSTRUMENTATION Choir SATB, Violin, 2 Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass

DURATION 9 minutes 40 seconds

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PRICE: $60

Nonet

This work came about from a Masters assignment to write for uncommon instrumentation, and resulted in this beautiful, filmic, upbeat work.

DURATION 3 minutes

INSTRUMENTATION flute, clarinet, marimba, piano, guitar, accordion, violin, cello, double bass.

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PRICE: $40

Memories for a Stranger

Commissioned by Ensemble Goldentree and premiered in 2016.

Our protagonist is an old woman with dementia. She has a visit on her birthday from a stranger. She recalls two stories for the visitor: the first is a ghostly encounter, the second a playful childhood memory. Eventually she works out that the visitor is her sister. Having forgotten that the love of her life is long dead, she asks her sister, “Where is my love? Where is my darling?.” The sister having to reveal the death as if it were new information: “Your darling has been gone for years.” In the final movement, our protagonist reflects on the wonderful love that she had; sending her drifting off in to her memory once more.

This work has developed into a musical drama, in which conventions from musical theatre are welcomed. Movements: The Memories, Haunting Song, Pet Rock and Elephant, Present, Our Love

INSTRUMENTATION soprano, piano, french horn

PRICE: $50