Deepfake was commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players for their 2020 season. The premiere performance was displaced by the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic and was finally premiered by the SFCMP on 3 April 2022. Thanks are due to Eric Dudley, Richard Aldag, Lisa Oman and Amadeus Regucera.

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Eric Dudley, Conductor

Jeff Anderle, bass/contrabass clarinet
Tod Brody, bass flute
Kate Campbell, piano 
David Chisholm, Electronics
Stephen Harrison, cello 
Jeff Robinson, contrabassoon 
Richard Worn, double-bass

deepfake (2022) Live Recording

Altar is the second section of three from Phillip Adams' 2023 "Triptych" after Francis Bacon. It premiered at Phoenix Central Sydney in February 2023 as part of the commissioned World Pride programme. Scored for bells, organs and bagpipes to a film shot and edited by James Wright, featuring Phillip Adams. Bagpipes performed by Michael Jamieson and recorded and mixed by John Kim in January 2023 at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland.

Altar(2023)for Organs, Bells and Bagpipes

From SOUNZ 2022 NZ Composer Sessions Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitito o Aotearoa

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Benjamin Northey
Audio recorded by RNZ Concert
Film funded by NZ On Air

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 23 September, 2022.

Pierre Boulez a la discothèque (2022 version) Live recording

Mountain, performed by Silo String Quartert, from Balletlab's 2006 creation ORIGAMI, by Phillip Adams. Image by Jeff Busby.

Mountain  (2006)from BalletLab's ORIGAMI

Generative AI training, prompting and concatenation by Rodrigo Cádiz

Fountain: Form 1; after "Pierre Boulez a la discothèque"

Form 1 (after "Pierre Boulez a la discotheque"  by David Chisholm)
AI training, direction and structural concatenation: Rodrigo Cádiz 
Orchestral adaptation: David Chisholm
Auckland Philharmonia 
David Kay, Conductor

November 13th 2024
Kiri Te Kawana Theatre, Ao Tea Centre
Tamaki Makaurau|Auckland 
Aotearoa |New Zealand

Fountain | Four Generative AI Forms for Orchestra : Form 1 (2024)

Composed for BalletLab's "Origami" by Phillip Adams
Performed by Silo String Quartet

Origami (2006) for string quartet

Composed for BalletLab's ORIGAMI by Phillip Adams

Pavane for a pop-up book (2006) for string quartet

Composed for BalletLab's ORIGAMI by Phillip Adams
Octet performed by Silo String Quartet (live and virtual versions)

Ikebana (2006) for semi-virtual string octet

Composed for BalletLab's ORIGAMI by Phillip Adams
Performed by Silo String Quartet

Mountain (2006) for string quartet (sans electronics)

To watch the live premiere performance - go to https://vimeo.com/channels/284823/36073473

Live recording of the premiere performance of KURSK:An Oratorio Requiem at the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre on October 22, 2011 for the Melbourne Festival. 

Music David Chisholm
Poetry Anzhelina Polonskaya

Conductor Eric Dudley

Producer Sarah Greentree
Recording Producer Myles Mumford

Bass-Baritone Christopher Richardson
Soprano Jessica Aszodi
1/4 tone Flugel Horn/B♭ Trumpet Tristram Williams

Male Consort
Steven Hodgson, Jerzy Kozlowski, Irving Dekterev, Anthony Mackey, Timothy Reynolds, James Payne, Brenton Spiteri, Daniel Todd

Arcko Symphonic Project
Flute 1/Pic 2 Emma Sholl
Flute 2/Pic 1 Andrew Macleod
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Aviva Endean 
Contrabassoon/Bassoon Brock Imison
Wagner Tuba/French Horn Geoff Viking Lierse 
Trombone John Gluyas
Bass Trombone Charles MacInnes
Tuba Jonathan Woods
Timp and Aux Percussion Timothy Phillips 
Percussion Arwen Johnston
Holographic Singing Bowl Liz Millar
Harp Jessica Fotinos
Prepared Piano James Rushford
Violin 1 Aaron Barnden, Andrea Keeble, Charlotte Ryssenbeek
Violin 2 Jessica Bell, Zachary Johnston, Elizabeth Welsh
Viola Ceridwen Davies, Phoebe Green, James Munro 
Cello Caerwen Martin, Judith Hamman, Edwina Cordingly
Bass Nic Synot, Chloe Smith

Male Consort Preparation Timothy Phillips 
Russian Language Coach Nicholas Cowall 
English Translation Andrew Wachtel 
Répétiteur Kim Bastin
Orchestral Assistant Kiya Van der Linden-Kian

KURSK-AN ORATORIO REQUIEM (2011 Live recording)

Live recording of World premiere performance of my string quartet "Bound South"

Commissioned by Joan and Barry Miskin and dedicated thus:
To our parents, Armida & Igino De Bolfo and Beryl & Keith Miskin

First performance by Argonaut Quartet
Judith Hamann, Cello
Graeme Jennings, Violin 
Erkki Veltheim, Violin
Elizabeth Welsh, Viola

Saturday 3 September 2016
Bendigo Town Hall
Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music
www.bifem.com.au

Bound South (2016 live recording)

HARP GUITAR DOUBLE CONCERTO (2016) 
David CHISHOLM

Jessica FOTINOS, Harp
Mauricio CARRASCO, Guitar
Maxime PASCAL, Conductor

ARGONAUT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Alister BARKER, Cello
Madi CHWASTA, Percussion
Natasha CONRAU, Violin
Rohan DASIKA, Double Bass
Melissa DOECKE, Piccolo | Flute | Bass Flute
Sam DUNSCOMBE, Clarinet | Bass Clarinet
Aviva ENDEAN, Clarinet | Contrabass Clarinet
Laila ENGLE, Piccolo | Flute | Alto Flute
Phoebe GREEN, Viola
Judith HAMANN, Cello
Jonathan HEILBRON, Double Bass
Sef HERMANS, Trumpet
Brock IMISON, Contrabassoon
Zachary JOHNSTON, Violin
Jasper LY, Oboe
Charles MACINNES, Trombone | Bass Trombone
Benjamin OPIE, Oboe
Roman PONOMARIOV, Horn 
Leigh RAYMOND, Violin
Christian READ, Viola
Louisa TREWARTHA, Trumpet
Erkki VELTHEIM, Concertmaster
James WANNAN, Viola
Elizabeth WELSH, Violin
Paul ZABROWARNY, Cello

World premiere performance recorded by Jem SAVAGE at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo on 2 September, 2016 at the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music 
Mixed by Myles MUMFORD

Argonaut was supported by the Australian Government through Australia Council for the Arts, Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the Sidney Myer Fund and the Robert Salzer Foundation.

Maxime Pascal’s appearance at 2016 BIFEM was supported by Joan and Barry Miskin with international travel support from Institut français

Harp Guitar Double Concerto (2016) Live Recording

International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) conducted by Eric Dudley.
Recorded at EMPAC, NY by Myles Mumford in December 2008 as a source work for BalletLab's "MIRACLE".

Seven Little Miracles (2008)

Live premiere by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young in Federation Hall, Hobart, December 2004 as part of Australian Composer's Orchestral Forum.

Set of five orchestral miniatures - portraits of four early 80's chaos physicists and their computer.

the muster book of the dynamical systems collective (2004)

Commissioned by the amazing Melbourne Trio Golden Fur with funds from Arts Victoria, this eponymous piece features Judith Hamman on Cello, Samuel Dunscombe on Clarinet and James Rushford on Electronic Harmonium. Live recording at the Salon, Melboure Recital Centre in late November 2010. 

Golden Fur (2010)

Part of the development in September 2011 of "Parlour Trick: an electromagnetic peepshow" with Aria Co, Latitude 37 and Ashley Smith. This work was written for Latitude 37 as a show piece which they have subsequently performed and is now part of their repertoire of new works for old instruments. For more on Parlour Tricks - check out Aria Co's sound cloud which features the four songs developed at the Melbourne Recital Centre in September , with words by the amazing Elizabeth Campbell.
http://soundcloud.com/aria-co/sets/parlour-tricks-development/

But here you can enjoy Latitude 37's Laura Vaughan on Viola da gamba, Julia Fredersdorff on Baroque Violin, and Peter de Jager guest harpsichordist from Aria Co. 

Photo image by Albert Comper. Recorded by Myles Mumford.



Trick (2011)

Preview recording of Interlude #1 from the 2015 musical monodrama "The Experiment" based on Mark Ravenhill's monologue and adapted for stage by Matthew Gingold, Emmanuel Bernardoux, Jude Anderson and David Chisholm, for guitarist Mauricio Carrasco. Recorded live in concert  La Rochelle, December 2010, with live diffusion electronics by the composer. See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Np3dg4pOYM

Interlude # 1 from "The Experiment" (2011/15)

Jesús Ignacio Solís Morales performs the 2018 Chilean premiere of Lamb for solo flute (2011) at GAM, Santiago as part of the VIII Encuentro  Internacional de Compositores .
http://www.encuentrocompositores.cl

Lamb for solo flute (2011),  Live 2018 Chilean premiere

Tammy Brennan, Librettist
David Chisholm, Composer

Aivale Cole, Soprano
Moa Nicolas Edmunds Guevara, Guitar
Eduardo Baltar Soares, Portuguese Guitar
Myriander Hill, Double Bass

Live recording, Level 3, Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, Sunday January 5, 2020
Mathias Durand, Recording Engineer
Mazen Murad, Mastering Engineer, Katara Studios

Luma's Fado

Tammy Brennan, Librettist
David Chisholm, Composer

Aivale Cole, Soprano
Myriander Hill, Double Bass

Live recording, Level 3, Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, Sunday January 5, 2020
Mathias Durand, Recording Engineer
Mazen Murad, Mastering Engineer, Katara Studios

Tian's Fado

Tammy Brennan, Librettist
David Chisholm, Composer

Aivale Cole, Soprano
Eduardo Baltar Soares, Portuguese Guitar


Live recording, Level 3, Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, Sunday January 5, 2020
Mathias Durand, Recording Engineer
Mazen Murad, Mastering Engineer, Katara Studios

Popo's Fado

Camille's Fado

Aisha's Fado

David Chisholm is internationally recognized as a composer defined by diverse and hybrid collaboration and a curator and producer of vision and courage. He was composer in residence for Philip Adams’ BalletLab and an Associate Artist for Malthouse Theatre, before becoming the founder and director of the highly acclaimed Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music and its roster ensemble Argonaut. David has been an artist in residencee at HIAP in Helsinki, EMPAC in New York, Centre Intermondes in La Rochelle and Camargo Foundation in Cassis. He was the first Australian composer to be a featured guest of the Encuentro Internacional de Compositores in Santiago, Chile. David was an inaugural recipient of the Victorian Government’s Creator Grants. He holds a PhD from University of Melbourne and is currently Urumatua o te whare o ngā pukōrero pūoro|Head of the School of Music at Waipapa Taumata Rau|University of Auckland, Aotearoa|New Zealand.  A member of SOUNZ and the Australian Music Centre, David is published by Babel Scores, Paris.

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