My original music listed alphabetically under each category.
orchestra, large scale
Ardor (2007) 5’10″
2222, 43211, timp 3perc hp, strings
Awakening (2002) 12’15″
2222, 222, timp 2perc, strings
Workshop: Southern Sinfonia, 2003. Premiere: Dunedin Youth Orchestra, 2004
blimp (2011) 2’20″
2222, 4331, timp 3prec hp, strings
Commission: Peter Thomas/Auckland Symphony Orchestra. Premiere: Auckland Town Hall & Bruce Mason Centre, May 2011.
Guardians of the North (2007) 7’30″
wind orchestra
Commission: Opononi Summer School with funding from Creative New Zealand. Premiere: January 2007.
Kömaru (2005) 3’50″
2222, 3221, timp 3perc, strings
Moana Ataahua (2010) 15’00″
wind orchestra, choir
Commission: SOUNZ Community Commission. Premiere: Taupo Community at the 2010 ERUPT Lake Taupo Festival, Taupo, NZ.
Rakaia (2007) 5’20″
2222, 3331, timp 4perc hp, strings
Commission: Auckland Symphony Orchestra. Premiere: Auckland Town Hall & Bruce Mason Centre, 2007. Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2008.
Somnium (2008) 5’05″
2232, 4331, timp 3perc hp, strings
Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2008.
Southern Scapes (2004) 9’30″
2222, 322, timp, 4perc hp, strings
Subsidence (2005) 4’30″
2222, 4231, timp 3perc, strings
Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2005. Premiere: Southern Sinfonia (Peter Adams), 2006.
Unspoken Monologue (2006) 5’10″
2222, 4331, timp 2perc hp, strings
Workshop: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2006. Award: commended NZSO/TODD Young Composer Awards, Wellington, 2006.
chamber
A Light Adoration (2005) 6’35″
vln, vc, piano
Premiere: Lilburn Trust Prize in Music Concert, Dunedin, 2005. Marcel Fernandes (Violin), David Murray (Cello) and Anthony Ritchie (Piano). Award: Merit prize.
At Rest (2003) 7’30″
vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db (ensemble)
Workshop: Southern Sinfonia (2003)
Found Where You Belong? (2003) 3’30″
10 percussionists
Hilltop Fantasy (2003) 3’40″
minimum 9 percussionists
Commission: David Kay, 2003. Premiere: North Shore Junior Orchestra, 2003.
In Their Light (2008) 5’35″
vln I, vln II, vla, vc (quartet)
Premiere: Gruppetto Quartet (Greece), 2008
Insight (2006) 7’30″
vln I, vln II, vla, vc (quartet)
For: The New Aesthetic Experience (NZ School of Music Graduate String Quartet), 2006
lower the tone (2010) 2’00″
three tubas
For: Auckland Wind Orchestra tuba section
Mei Spero (2007) 8’10″
c.a, cl (Bb), hn (F), tbn, perc, hp, vla, vc, db
No Ordinary Sun (2006) 12’10″
ten (voice), fl, vla, perc
Premiere: NZ School of Music Composition Competition finals, Adam Concert Room, Wellington, 2006. Richard Taylor (ten), Lucy Anderson (fl), Anna Dawson (vla), Takumi Motokawa (perc), Luke Di Somma (cond).
Reclusion (2005) 8’10″
vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db (ensemble)
Premiere: Marama Chamber Orchestra, Marama Hall, Otago University, 2005.
The Attic [film Score - concert version] (2005) 3’20″
vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db (ensemble)
Recorded: Otago University performance students & additions, Marama Hall, Otago University, 2005. Collaboration: Otago University Computer Science Department.
Through my eyes, I see (2006) 6’30″
perc (drum station, vibes), piano
Workshop: Nelson Composer’s Workshop. Sarah Watkins, Takumi Motokawa, 2006. Premiere: Takumi Motokawa, Youri Jeon, February 2007, St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington, as part of ACL Festival.
Tyred (2008) 6′ – 8′
Minimum 4 players, each with car tyre & drum sticks.
Premiere: The Committee (Anthony Young, Peter Willis, Claire Scholes, Yvette Audain, Ryan Youens). Wine Cellar, St Kev’s Arcade, K’Rd. May 2008.
solo
as pen meets paper (2010) 5’20″
viola
Deciduous Journeys (2005) 3’10″
piano
Workshop: Nelson Composers Workshop, 2005. Catherine Norton.
Picture for Emily (2010) 3’55″
piano, celesta
Written for Emily
Promise (wedding suite) (2006) 2’40″, 4’10″, 3’00″
piano
Recorded: Andrew Cochrane. Premiere: December 2006, private wedding, Taupo.
Sounds for Solo Violin (2005) 6’50″, 3’40″
violin
Premiere: Alex Vaatstra, Marama Hall, Otago University, August 2005.
Temptation (2003) 6’12″
piano
This Day (2009) 3’00″
piano
Written for my wife, Wendy, and our wedding in February 2009.
choral
Heedless Conclusions (2009) 4’00″
SATB choir
Text by David Squire (May 1991). Premiere: The Souls, Auckland University Clocktower, 1st March, 2009.
Reflections (2004) 4’15″, 2’30″
SATB choir, piano
Text by Wendy L. Davies
Silken Night (2003) 4’40″
SATB choir
Text by Shirley Youens. Workshop: Southern Consort of Singers. Award: Commended NZSSC Choral Writing Competition, 2003.
Wild Daisies (2010) 2’40″
SSA choir
Text by Bub Bridger. Commission: Euphony, Kristin School, NZ.