THE JOURNEY

A free-spirited full-on plunge into jazz music I wrote in my spare time throughout Year 11. Heavily influenced by the sounds of Stevie Wonder. Strong funk feel. More to come.

FURIOUS FUNK

Straddling the fine line between composition and performance, this is a semi-improvised "open work" that deconstructs the notion of choreographed showmanship to show how art can be and, for that matter, almost always is in the process of being "performed" to an "audience" in many ways in our every day lives. Listen closer. Sit down at a piano and begin the journey to being an artist. I still remember the days of Year 12 inspiration that wrapped me up in imagination, seated at a piano stool all on my own in my High School's hall.

The World is Yours.

Impromptu in B flat minor

I have always been captivated by the haunting aura of Thomas Newman's minimalistic soundtracks that always seem to hang in the balance with such a mystical quality. It was the particular way he conjured the life of a young child bearing the harshness of a Depression-era winter in the opening of Sam Mendes' film Road To Perdition that fired my imagination, evoking a magical atmosphere that was at once imbued with a delicacy and powerful sense of momentum – so representative of the tension between childhood innocence and maturity when growing up. It was from this starting point that my creative urge unleashed itself on the piano (where I always start) with a light tinkling, high-pitched ostinato you hear at the start of my final product on glockenspiel and later on strings. What followed was a frenzied experiment of exploration as to how I could transform this into what became the subtle, unanticipated opening to a vibrant Irish jig in the dorian mode. With the addition of a bass drum, I had the necessary final element to complement this flurry of a conclusion. 

ORCHESTRATION:
*Violin (Jessica Lawless)
*Viola (Julia Doukakis)
*Violincello (Manessah Oshiro)
*Percussion: Celeste / Glockenspiel / Bass Drum (Mitchell Sloan)

CELTIC DAWN

http://tix.sff.org.au/session_sff.asp?sn=Pocket+Money POCKET MONEY: A short film. Music by Elliott Falzon. Written & directed by Matt Durrant. Now screening at the Sydney Film Festival 2014 on June 9th & 15th.

I am an aspiring film director with multiple supporting interests across both composing music, as well as writing for dramatic & literary mediums in film/theatre/fiction/poetry, as well as a lesser interest in acting. My first major writing project is underway. I intend to publish the book next year.

Musically, interests primarily include scoring for film & musical theatre, as well as lesser interests in orchestration for the concert hall or songwriting across all pop, rock and hip-hop music genres. 

Emerging singer-songwriter on piano in the style of Billy Joel with an accomplished background in both classical performance and jazz improvisation & accompaniment. 

Learning saxophone and guitar.