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Minninup Pool String Quartet
Click on this link to listen to my Minninup Pool String Quartet on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lxGJkrY6z18DE40euKq5jpZfscLqtyKg8&feature=shared Performing music on European stringed instruments is an esoteric art, and composing Indigenous Australian themed music for a string quartet is even more so. Unlike… Continue reading
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Karollini Christmas
KAROLLINI CHRISTMAS . . . ten new Australian carols . . . NOW ON ITUNES, SPOTIFY, APPLE MUSIC & YOUTUBE (search Karollini Christmas to listen) PREMIERE PERFORMANCES AT BLUE SKY COUNTRY CHRISTMAS St Patricks Cathedral Parramatta 7.30 pm December 8… Continue reading
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‘Tis Post Referendum Season . . .
Australian holiday time is upon us, but it’s still Post Voice Referendum Season in the quixotic Land of Oz. Like poor old Don Quixote, have we been tilting at windmills? Or are the scary threats that were raised in the… Continue reading
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Blue Sky Country Christmas Concert Dec 8 2023 | River City Voices / Ngarra Burria / St Patricks Cathedral Parramatta | Humanitix
Parramatta’s River City Voices Choir and the ANU Ngarra Burria First Peoples Composers present a concert of uniquely Australian Christmas music Continue reading
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Concert Repertoires & Playlists
Strangely, Australian media music curators rarely promote uniquely Australian music. Pieces of new Australian music are presented once only, as if they are exotic curiosities, and are soon forgotten. New Australian composers are classified as “emerging” – a gatekeeping bubble… Continue reading
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“We Are Your Witnesses” at St Johns Cathedral Evensong, Brisbane, 30 July 2023
https://www.youtube.com/live/B_VDdNG_18o?feature=share Evensong from St Johns Cathedral Brisbane. The Choral Evensong Service of 30 July 2023 at St Johns Cathedral Brisbane, livestreamed on the St Johns Cathedral YouTube channel, will include my SATB Indigenous anthem “We Are Your Witnesses” as the… Continue reading
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Overcoming creative challenges at ANU . . .
Negotiating last year’s Australian election, surviving the New Year bushfire and hail crisis, and being suddenly plunged into unprecedented nationwide pandemic health precautions, posed challenges for creative work of any kind, including my craft of composition. But Australian composers are… Continue reading
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