"Meraki" for String Orchestra.

Recorded on March 20, 2022, by Timo-Veikko Valve and ANAM Musicians at the North Magdalen Laundry, Abbotsford Convent.

Meraki

Hope. Fear. Anything (excerpt from 26:00 - 29:00)- commissioned by John and Irene Garran for the Flinders Quartet and Ashlyn Tymms.

World Premiere @ St Johns Church, Flinders. April 28th 2022.

Full video recording available at https://digital.flindersquartet.com/

Hope. Fear. Anything. (excerpt)

The title of this movement was inspired by the Native American dreamcatcher, an object that originated in the Ojibwe and Chippewa cultures. The native word used for this object is actually the inanimate form of the word ‘spider’, inanimate here being an additional inflectional category when expressing person or gender combinations in language (i.e. proximate/obviate, singular/plural, animate/inanimate).
The function of the dreamcatcher bears a remarkable semblance to the Lilith amulet. One of its uses is to protect the sleeper, over which it hangs, from nightmares and demons. Furthermore, it also aids in transfering good dreams, which are caught in the many web-like threads of the object and moved down through the beads and feathers that hang from the central hoop.  The nightmares are said to pass through the gaps and holes in the web, as though fading away through a window.  As a way of making a connection between the dreamcatcher and the amulets of Lilith, I designed this movement as an extended variation of the main theme from ‘Lilith’. 

Performed by the University Orchestra, Jacobs School of Music Indiana University.

Beetles, Dragons, & Dreamers - Movt III - The inanimate spider

Written for the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra - World Premiered on September 24th 2023 at Hamer Hall, Melbourne. Toured to Singapore (YST Conservatory) and Malaysia (Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS concert hall).  Conducted by Richard Davis.

Hun Tur

Re-composed for, performed by, and recorded by Ensemble Three (Ken Murray, Joel Brennan, and Don Imel).

Gamma

The Baron in the Trees (excerpt)

Performed by Lamorna Nightingale (Flute/Pic) and Claire Edwardes (Rice Bowls).

Tardigradus

Performed by the Monash University Orchestra, 23rd May 2021

Gravity Hill (excerpts from movt. 3 & 4)

Composed in 2009, presented at SEAMUS 2010.

Die Hohle Höhle

Performed by Sophie Rowell, Louise King, and Elizabeth Woolnough at the Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival 2023.

Once to Find

Archival recording of Danaid, composed in 2005. Performed in 2005 by Melody Eötvös.

Danaid

For Solo Percussion (Vibraphone and Glockenspiel) and Fixed-Electronics.

Performed and recorded by Rebecca Lloyd-Jones.

Antumbra

Dendrologue

Duration: 12 minutes | Composed: 2023 | Commissioned by Percussion Australia | Premiered by Synergy Percussion | World Premiere: ACO Pier 2/3 March 2023

Hellscape

Composed for the Aspen Music Festival and School 2015.  Performed by William Cedena (Alto Flute), Evan Kahn (Cello), Lam Wong (Piano), and Julia Ross (Percussion).

Based on Thomas Hart Benton's painting "Wreck of ol' 97".

Wild October Jones

For solo guitar (scordatura).
Awarded first place in the Boston Guitarfest 2015. 
Performed by John Godfrey.  

Beyond Lilith

String Quartet no, 2 - Commissioned by the Australian String Quartet for the National Composers Forum, Adelaide 2010

Performed by the Australian String Quartet.

How Dragonflies Cross the Ocean

For Flute, Oboe, and fixed-media.
Based on Italo Calvino's "House of the Beehives" from Difficult Loves.  5 movements:
I - Hermit (chorale)
II - Bees (toccata)
III - Into the Woods (the wall)
IV - The Encounter (...to see the terror and shame in her eyes)
V - The Hermit (Like a sinking memory-go-round)

Performed by Melissa Doecke (flute) and Ben Opie (Oboe)
Premiered at the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, VIC Australia.  Commissioned by Julian Burnside QC.


House Of The Beehives

Wind Orchestra piece composed in 2007 - Commissioned by the Queensland Conservatorium of Music Wind Orchestra, Conducted by Ralph Hultgren

Two Brave Apples in Winter

Performance and recording by Michi Theurer, as part of the Circling the Waves project:  https://www.circlingthewaves.com/

Chrysalis (for solo violin)

Composed: 2016 (Chou's Annual Commission Award, China) | World Premiere: Soochow University School of Music Concert Hall, Oct. 26 2016 | Performed by: Stephanie Song (Vln.), Alexander Suleiman (Vc.), and Misha Namirovsky (Pno.)

Sericulture (for Piano Trio)

Composed by Melody Eötvös
Work for choir and percussion quartet, performed in Sydney by Synergy Percussion and Vox Philharmonic Choir.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (excerpts)

Commissioned by Inventi Ensemble 2019.  Performed by Inventi Ensemble at the Melbourne Recital Centre, March 28th 2019.

Based on Robert W. Chamber short story of the same title.

Street Of The Four Winds

A two-minute excerpt from the beginning of The Saqqara Bird, for symphony orchestra.

Performed by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, conducted by Cristian Macelaru.

The Saqqara Bird (excerpt)

Performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Carlo Antonioli.

How to Grow Your Own Glacier

About the Ash Lad is inspired by a Dano-Norwegian folktale collection by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe that was published in 1859. It is said that Henrik Ibsen, author of the original Peer Gynt drama, was inspired by this collection of folk tales of which the story “About Ash Lad , Who Stole the Troll’s Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden Harp” (some other titles it is known by include “Boots and the Troll”), is a part of. In this piece, the unfolding of the story in the form of a suite is also inspired by the famous Grieg setting of Peer Gynt, as we follow the hero along his journey, through perils and triumphs.

About the Ash Lad

Gestumblindi was a character in Norse mythology, best known for an
exquisite contest of wisdom that took place between himself (though Odin
was in fact disguised as him) and King Heidrek. Gestumblindi presented a
series of riddles which, due to their ingenuity, eventually exposed him as
Odin. The idea of creating a piece for a solo melodic instrument inspired by
a riddle was a notion I was immediately drawn to. While there are
many riddles to take inspiration from in the Gestumblindi-Heidrek
exchange, the second last in the series evoked the most interesting visuals for
me, as this was the first I'd ever heard of Odin's eight-legged horse, Sleipnir.

For Solo Trumpet, performed by Justin Lingard (Principle Trumpet, Canberra Symphony Orchestra).

Gestumblindi

Performance Nov 2012, Auer Hall JSoM, Bloomington IN, US

Performed by Jessica Banks (flute/pic), Keith Northover (Clarinet/Bass), Ethan Geller (Percussion), Clare Longendyke & Grigor Khachatryan (Piano), Bijan Sepanji (Violin), Jae Y. Choi (Cello).

World Premiere by the Soundstream Collective, Adelaide, Australia (October 2012) & Winner of the Soundstream Collective National Young Composers Award

King in Yellow

Performance March 2013, Auer Hall, Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington IN, USA - Premiered by Kornilios Michailidis

Six Piano Minikins

Performance August 2009, The Salon, Melbourne Recital Center, Australia

World Premiered, performed by The Song Company as part of Modart09

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