A movement from "Jandamarra - Sing for the Country", performed here by Gondwana Chorale with the composer conducting.

BANGARAY! The Land Is Healed for SATB Choir

Sonorous Root, Silken Soil is a sonic journey, following Victoria Pham’s story by the same name – inviting you to listen with the natural world.

This piece offers a meditative guide to contemplate the subtle sounds of the Earth, challenging our preconceptions of how to listen. Formed into five vignettes, the piece guides you through Dawn’s chorus, the earthy scent of petrichor, and into the depths of subterranean worlds.

Story and sound originally published in Soft Stir 03, Stories of Collision. Find more information about Soft Stir and Issue 03 at: https://softstir.co/home
Cover artwork by Studio MIMU

Sonorous Root, Silken Soil

Orchestral piece performed as part of the Fine music FM young composer's award 2015. Inspired by John Barry and 1960s James Bond films.

Performed by Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Mould. Sound engineer, Jayson McBride

Spectre

Commissioned by the Silo Collective and performed by the Enigma Quartet, this is my recording of the world premiere performance of my String Quartet, "The First Movement" on November 17, 2015. 

String Quartet: The First Movement [Live recording]

A setting of the famous "Twinkle, twinkle" text :) I had no idea there were five verses before writing this piece!

Sung at the Gondwana Choirs Composers' School public workshop performance, January 2015, by the fabulous Gondwana Voices, conducted by Mark O'Leary.

Original poem, The Star, by Jane Taylor (1783–1824)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is set,
And the grass with dew is wet,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see where to go
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

3. The Star

Intro Music for SURG FM show, The Week That Was with Liz and Justine. Friday Drive, 4-6pm. 

My apologies to Handel.

The Week That Was with Liz and Justine - OST (2015)

After working with kids for the past few years, I have absolutely fallen in love with their honest (and occasionally brutal) interpretations of the world around them. It is, after all, only from a child that you would hear the words: 'Why are you so fat?' And although potentially soul-destroying, I find it admirable that social expectation has not yet entered their stream of consciousness. It was this that I thought of instantly when reading the poem, 'Tree' by Australian poet Richard James Allen. The poem seems to simply be a child's quirky ramblings, until the last few lines where it becomes more of a serious comment about the world around us. 

This work was written for an Internal Workshop Performance at National Choral School (Gondwana Choirs).

Music by Jos Markerink
Text by Richard James Allen

Tree - Jos Markerink (2016)

Score & Parts: https://www.jackfrerer.com/purchase-scores

Live performance by Ning Zhang (clarinet), KJ Mcdonald (Violin) and Adria Ye (Piano)

Juilliard Composers Concert - Paul Hall, April 18th 2016

Last In, First Out - clarinet, violin, piano

Performed by the Goldner String Quartet at Musica Viva Australia's Sydney Coffee Concert (29/03/17). Audio Engineer - Peter Bell of Fine Music FM. Composed by Elizabeth Younan (2016).

Interwoven (First movement)

The Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky in Alice Tully Hall, April 23rd 2018

On-Again, Off-Again - orchestra

Sound painter & Fantasy gardener

Victoria Pham is an Australian sound installation artist and writer. She is based between Paris and Sydney (Gadigal Country).

She has produced music for theatre, radio, podcasting, film, concert halls, contemporary art, sound installations, fashion shows and more...

She can be contacted through her website.

Sonorous Root, Silken Soil

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