This track, premiered by flautist Sally Walker and harpist Emily Granger at the NSW Art Gallery on April 18 2021, is my Flute / Harp rearrangement of the third movement (Koordaboodjar Heartland)of my 2017 Kooranginy Suite for mixed wind, string and percussion ensemble.

Koordaboodjar Heartland For Flute And Harp

Music for Australia’s Wattle Day, September 1

Koonart Golden Wattle Tree For Strings

Koonart Golden Wattle Tree

Star Song is a meditation on the glory of the starlit Australian night sky, seen from remote bush and desert places, far away from city light pollution.

Star Song (Elizabeth Sheppard)

The lyrics of this easy Christmas carol point out that Jesus of Nazareth was not wealthy, but was born into poverty, and that he taught his followers that they must respect and support the poor, not oppress them. The full choral SATB music score is available for purchase at http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/163877.html and an easy keyboard and vocal version is at http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/163878.html

Not In A Golden Palace (Elizabeth Sheppard)

Australian composer Elizabeth Sheppard wrote the music and lyrics of this Australian anthem in 1996 under the title "Australia is a Country": She changed the original title to "Land of Sunshine" and rearranged the music for rock band and choir in 2017. Purchase SATB and vocal/keyboard scores of this song at http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/163888.html and http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/163888.html

Land Of Sunshine. (Elizabeth Sheppard)

Golden Summer is an easy Australian Christmas Carol with lyrics suited to the hot, sunny Christmas season of the Southern Hemisphere. Galston Uniting Church Ladies Choir sang this carol beautifully for Christmas 2017. My unison music score of Golden Summer is published on www.scoreexchange.com and may be purchased there.

Carols for Christ's Nativity

Golden Summer (Elizabeth Sheppard)

This track is one of the first recorded versions of Elizabeth Sheppard’s Wonthaggi, that was performed by Ensemble Offspring in 2018 at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney. This song, published by the composer on http://www.scoreexchange.com, was premiered as The Rocks of Inverloch by Elizabeth Sheppard in 2005 at “Songs of Exile and Belonging”, a Building Bridges Seminar hosted by Reconciliation for Western Sydney Inc. at the Karabi Centre, Wentworthville, Sydney NSW.

The Rocks of Inverloch (Elizabeth Sheppard)

Elizabeth Sheppard’s SATB anthem Mary Gentle Mother, dedicated to the composer’s mother Olive Alison Simpson, was premiered by St Patricks Parramatta Cathedral Choir at Midnight Mass on December 24 2007. The Song Company videoed and streamed their performance of this anthem at the Garrison Church, Sydney during their Hark! Carol Concert at Christmas 2021. This instrumental track was recorded on the composer’s computer, using Sibelius.

Mary Gentle Mother (Elizabeth Sheppard)

Gallipoli Dawn (Elizabeth Sheppard)

The Reveille Mass was composed for Australian Aboriginal Sorry Day memorial events. It commemorates the First Peoples of Australia who perished as a result of colonial wars, massacres and oppression.

The Reveille Mass (Elizabeth Sheppard)

To see the music and text of this Australian hymn, go to Elizabeth Sheppard's Music Page on her Australian Church Music Blog (www.wordpress.com) It was premiered by Cantor Elizabeth Sheppard with accompanist Margaret Paterson, at a Catholic Women’s League conference at St Patricks Cathedral Parramatta.

By Faith We Live (Elizabeth Sheppard)

Welcome to my SoundCloud : I’m Elizabeth Sheppard, an Australian Indigenous composer, poet, artist and church cantor. Scores of my works are published on scoreexchange.com, and performance / cover licenses for my music can be purchased through APRA AMCOS, the Australian performing right association. My new and upcoming releases include - Karollini (ten brand new Australian Christmas carols, released on iTunes and Spotify in 2021) The Reveille Mass (scoreexchange.com), Minninup Pool String Quartet (coming soon to scoreexchange.com and iTunes), and commissioned choral works for River City Voices Choir and The Song Company’s forthcoming Songs from the Heart Australian mainstage tour in September-October 2022.

Elizabeth Sheppard

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