Latest News Update March 2022
Hi all, it’s so nice to be back making music in person on a regular basis once again!
In speaking to people in Australia and overseas it’s clear we’ve all been through a hard time in the Arts but hopefully things are starting to progress. I’ve added a “new” piece to my SA collection, a piece called Against The Odds, commissioned by the Western Australian Massed Choir Festival in 2019 for 2020.
Latest News Update October 2021
Hi everyone. In response to some on-line interest I’ve added a fun warm up that I wrote years ago for what was Australian Arts Alive (A3), now known as Aspa Education. The piece is called Pentatonic Patchwork and it encourages the use of solfa syllables (do, re, mi, so and la) and the use of Curwen hand signs for these sounds.
Latest News Update September 2021
Hi everyone. I hope you're safe and healthy. I have just added some new pieces to my website, namely different vocal settings of The Land of Nod, Robert Louis Stevenson's poem about going to sleep and visiting the land of dreams, a unison arrangement of Jasmine Flower and a unison version of Two Unicorns.
Latest News Update August 2021
Hi everyone. It's been a while since I updated things on my website. Let's hope that things can improve soon. There were such promising signs in Australia at the start of this year! 3 times in Melbourne we had a series of 8 Australian Girls Choir concerts cancelled earlier this year, with lockdown twice occurring a couple of days prior to these events! I'm sure everyone has similar stories of some kind. I've been busy doing arrangements but little on the composing side. I hope you're keeping well.
Latest News Update November 2020
Hello everyone. I sincerely hope that you and those in your lives are staying as healthy and as well as possible. I have just added a new Christmas piece called Born In A Manger to my website.
Latest News Update October 2020
Hi to you all. It's very hard to believe we are now up to October! Again, I hope you and your friends and families are keeping well. I have just added a setting of the Australian poet Mary Hannay Foott's work "Where The Pelican Builds" to the SA, SSA SAB, SATB and TBB sections of the website.
Latest News Update August 2020
Hello everyone. I sincerely hope that you, your families and communities are staying as healthy and secure as possible. I have just added a new children's song to my unison scores - Things I Love the Most with words by Dinny O'Brien and music by myself.
Latest News Update June 2020
Hi everyone. I hope your situation is safe and that you have been able to stay healthy. I have just added a new lullabye to my unison and SA scores-Big Yellow Moon, with words by Dinny O'Brien and music by myself.
Latest News Update May 2020
Hi everyone. I hope everyone is safe and healthy. I wanted to alert you to what has changed in my website since my last update.
Latest News Update March 2020
Hi everyone. I hope you're coping in these challenging times. I'm in the process of developing the new website and am having a few teething issues. Please bear with me whilst I get this sorted! A lot has happened since I last filed anything in this space.
Latest News Update June 2017
Hi everyone. It's been a while since I did an update! I wanted to let you know of some new Unison, SA, SSA and SATBB pieces available through the website.
Latest News Update March 2016
Hi everyone. I hope your 2016 has started well. I wanted to let you know of some new pieces available through the website.
Latest News Update August 2015
Churchlands Senior High School's choir (Perth, Western Australia) performed my commissioned work "Moondyne Joe" on their recently completed European Tour. Congratulations to them! I was on long service leave in Europe (for 10 weeks!) and unfortunately missed hearing them perform in Prague! Click here for a link to their pre tour performance of the work!
Latest News Update April 2015
Hi everyone, I hope your year goes well. April's been a very busy month, with a commission for Lauriston Girls' School in Melbourne, lots of arranging and composing for the Australian Girls Choir and of course Choralfest in Melbourne.
Latest News Update February 2015
Happy New Year! I hope 2015 has begun well for you.
I've written some new pieces for 2015 which are now available:-