A sense of longing, never fulfilled. Inspired by the feeling of loss and void, The Call is an orchestral work which encapsulates emotional emptiness. The name of the score, The Call, symbolises a calling from afar, a sense of belonging. Through the use of the orchestra, I was able to capture this emotion in a powerful score. With each section as a road in the journey, The Call uses specific instruments to highlight specific emotions. I wanted to encapsulate the feeling of something calling from afar, so I used a simple motif which comes and goes throughout the score. This motif is developed throughout the score until the final section, which it is finally continued and resolved. This is to portray how we constantly get a calling from events in our lives, and how we answer the calling. Through the beautiful timbres and colours of an orchestra, I was able to envision this feeling into an exciting yet expressive score. The Call.

The Call

Performed by Organist Callum Knox and inspired by additive rhythm, Danse Paradis is a exciting short organ score exploring the joy of rhythm and dance music. By using staccato and additive rhythms, I was able to create incredible textures. This was explored further with specific organ stops to create contrasting textures and dynamics. Lack of constant time signatures in the score portrays an uneven dance feel. This is to emphasise the additive rhythm and also portray the feel of latin dance.

Thanks to Callum Knox for his amazing performance of this score

Danse Paradis

Orchestral arrangement of The Wedding from Deep Impact 1998 - Music from Motion Picture, by James Horner

https://youtu.be/qwR7SgTr3oM

The Wedding (Deep Impact 1998)

A nice and relaxing romantic piano solo score for a relaxing evening

https://youtu.be/J0h1QcYZtNY

Sheet Music:
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The Winter Rain

The Distant Call is a short brass quartet score inspired by the quarantine of Covid-19 and the distancing from close and loved ones. The score uses brass instruments to bring out the mellow mood of the quarantine.

https://youtu.be/GRWOWTMz-IM

Sheet Music:
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The Distant Call

Inspired by the confusing times of my past, Endless Pages is a work of sorrow and overcoming the difficult times. 

When I began composing this work, I recalled myself, once again facing the times of fears and confusion. Emotions and sounds filled my head, abundance of colour flows through the paper, captured by the wonders of an orchestra. Together, creating a wall of sounds, like a Jackson Pollock painting, an intentional chaos. This work is a journey through the time, from the beginning to the end, Endless Pages, takes the listener through a journey of colour and wonder. The name, Endless Pages, is inspired by the pages of a diary, constant and endless, with every page slipping by, day by day. 

Through this piece, I wanted to capture the essence of time and emotionand express my interpretation through the beautiful sounds and timbres of an orchestra.

Endless Pages

Receiving Highly Commended in the 2020 NSW Artology Fanfare Competition and selected for the 2020 Artology Fanfare Program performed by Queensland Youth Orchestra

Flight Dream is a short fanfare inspired by the sensation of flying, captured by the different sounds of the orchestra. From tremelo strings representing the engine to the high soaring French Horns representing the exhilaration of soaring above the clouds. Flight Dream creates an exhilarating atmosphere where the listeners experiences the wonders of flying

Sheet Music:
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Flight Dream

As for my Extremes compositions this semester studying at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, I decided to push notation to the other end of extreme, having almost no notation. This score is inspired by grapical notations by John Cage.

Thanks to Violinist Andrew Wang for performing this score.

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Lines (for Solo Violin)

Given a lucky opportunity to work with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony and Conductor John Lynch, I composed a score inspired by the mysterious yet elegant nature of forests.

Hidden Forest is a work that brings out the nature of a forest, a place where it is both mysterious and calming. As you slowly progress through this score, you'll hear the score evolve from a mysterious landscape, to this exciting and dreamy land. When I began composing this work, I imagined lying in the middle of a forest, eyes closed, listening to the sounds around me. At first, I was mystified by this unknown land, a land where everything around me appeared as danger. A mysterious land. As I further allowed my senses to develop in this strange land, it no longer is strange, but rather a dreamy, vibrant and beautiful land. Through the Wind Orchestra, I wanted to portray this imaginaton of mine. Using wind instruments, I could bring this work one step closer to nature, with every living breath, like a living forest.

Thanks to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony and John Lynch for this performance.

https://youtu.be/JtMTLBGtv3I

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Hidden Forest

Timeless is my major work for 2020 Semester 2 studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Inspired by the motion of time, Timeless is a combination of isorhythm and extreme registers to generate a sense of chaos and unease. Although the rhythm and pitch may seem chaotic, Timeless pitches and rhythms are predetermined. To capture the essence of time, I portrayed time as an organised chaos. There are two sets of rhythms and notes I chose from, hence resulting in unease

Timeless

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