I love ice cream

Peaceful meditative music fused with uplifting spoken word

Hanging Shadows from a Silhouette

In the company of the universe

IN THE COMPANY OF THE UNIVERSE

I combined seven elements from a specified list, then added further instrumentation and a whole lot of manipulation to build this gentle, layered piece of music. 
I hope you enjoy this 3'19" of beautifully unpredictable music.

Backyard Beethoven

Original music adapted for the Evenant Trailer music challenge, November 2019
ISRC AUHBZ2000007

Vocal temples in space

Vocal Temples in Space

Original music created for occupational therapy, with a view to submitting to Kaleidoscope Orchestra for live performance. Jazz piano blended with orchestral instruments and synthetic tones, combined with mashed-up rhythms.

Get On

This spoken word piece was created for a 2012 Art Sparks function intended to celebrate artistic endeavours in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia. It attempts to answer questions like: "What is art?" "What are you thinking when you make art?" and "What do you get when you experience art?"
Practicing artists invited to contribute their ideas recorded in this piece include: Kelly Brett, Despina Parasidis, Brock Sibley and Amy Tsilemanis

Art Sparks

Art Sparks (Mastered)

ISRC AUHBZ2000004 
Created for "I hear what you say" workshops held in Ballarat's Backspace Gallery. I ran a series of free workshops in 2010 to encourage people of all ages to output creative writing.
These poetry workshops were attended by approximately 20 people.
The collected works were published in "I hear what you say", a book which is available in all Ballarat libraries and the State Library of Victoria .

I hear what you say

I Hear What You Say

ISRC AUHBZ2000005 
Submitted by me as an example of authentic education, incorporated as part of the 2003 Graduate Diploma of Education "Curriculum and Assessment" unit at the University of Melbourne. 
Content was created with my 3 year old daughter, recorded conversations from various lectures/tutorials throughout the semester and collaboration with a student-colleague.

Curriculum and Assessment

Curriculum And Assessment (Mastered)

ISRC AUHBZ2000006, Created as part of a 16-trach CD "Hanging Shadows from a Silhouette" and supporting a 1999-2000 tour of arts festivals in WA, SA and Victoria. This rack attempts to describe the risks and occasionally intimate vulnerabilities that artists dare to expose of themselves in their work.

Like a leaf

Like A Leaf (Mastered)

ISRC AUHBZ2000008 
This track is a spoken word/poetic fusion with sympathetic music that encourages the listener to question the machinations of conversation; what encourages us to respect others; what motivates us to speak our mind; how we can recognise the moment; reflective practice. 
It is included on the CD "Hanging Shadows from a Silhouette", which was created to support a tour of Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne fringe Arts festivals in 1999-2000

Who's Listening? (Mastered)

This modern Gospel song was written and performed by Steve Wilson, with arrangements, engineering and production by Karl Schenk.

Karl Schenk

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