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List of Works

KOORANGINY (2017)

1 Walken Rainbow 2 Yoora Tattoo 3 Koordaboodjar Heartland

• Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring (2017) for the inaugural Australian Indigenous Composers Initiative Concert.
• Workshops, rehearsals, premiere and venues funded by Mooghalin Arts
• Premiered by Ensemble Offspring (Lamorna Nightingale, Jason Noble, Claire Edwardes, Freya Schack-Arnott and and Rhyan Clapham) on August 3 2017, Eora Aboriginal College Theatre, 333 Abercrombie Street Darlington, Sydney NSW
• Recorded by Stephen Adams, ABC Producer and broadcast on the ABC’s New Waves Podcast.
• Released on the ABC CD “To Listen To Sing” (2023)

BURRADOWI (2018) ; WARANGKA MAKIALO (2018) ; KAYA MARY (The Blue Pool) (2018) ; WONTHAGGI (Wind and Rain) ; MARY MOORDITJ NGAANGK / MARY GENTLE MOTHER (2018)

• Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring (2017) for the second Australian Indigenous Composers Initiative Concert.
• Funded by Mooghalin Arts
• Premiere: Performed by Ensemble Offspring (Lamorna Nightingale, Jason Noble, Anna McMichael, Claire Edwardes, Freya Schack-Arnott, Roland Peelman and and Sonya Holowell) on 15 November 2018, at the ANU School of Music Studio, William Herbert Cres., Acton, Canberra ACT, and on 16 November 2018 at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Ultimo, Sydney NSW.

KALGOORLI SILKY PEAR (2019)

• Commissioned by Dr. Scott Davie for the 1770 Henrion Fortepiano Project
• Funded by the ABC Fresh Start Program
• Recorded by Stephen Adams, ABC Producer and broadcast on the ABC’s New Waves Podcast
• Released on the ABC CD “Ngarra Burria Piyanna” (2021)

UNTITLED for Nineteen to the Dozen (2019)

• Commissioned by The Song Vompany

• Premiered by The Song Company in “Nineteen to the Dozen” at the Joern Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Australia

• Recorded on The Song Company’s Hyperion CD “Nineteen to the Dozen”

SONGS FROM THE HEART : KAOUWI EX CORDIS (2021)

1 Gathering 2 The First Sovereign Nations 3 Sovereignty 4 Miyaldjan Teardrops 5 Australia’s Nationhood 6 Enshrinement 7 Makaratta 8 A Rightful Place. 9 A Better Future

SONGS FROM THE HEART : EIGHT SONGS FROM THE HEART (2021)

1 Cross Country 2 Kaouwi Two Children Cooee 3 As I Walk 4 Noonakoort Karnya Respect 5 Ngaala Maaman 6 Keep Guard of our Dreams 7 Koorlangka Children 8 Land of Sunshine

KOORDABOODJAR HEARTLAND FOR FLUTE AND HARP (2021)

• Commissioned by Dr. Sally Walker, Flute Lecturer, Australian National University

• Premiered by flautist Dr. Sally Walker and harpist Emily Granger at the NSW Art Gallery’s 150the Anniversary Resonate Concert, April 2021

WE ARE YOUR WITNESSES / NGALAK NOONOOK BALGA (SATB and Organ 2023)

• Commissioned by Dr. Graeme Morton, Musuc Director, St Johns Cathedral Brisbane, Australia

• Premiered by the St Johns Cathedral Choir, Brisbane, July 2023

KAROLLINI. TEN AUSTRALIAN CAROLS (2023)

1 Listen my Spirit. 2 On This Day. 3 Ngangk Yira Sunrise Carol. 4 The Kamay Carol. 5 Not in a Golden Palace. 6 Mary Moorditj Ngaangk / Mary Gentle Mother. 7 The Coolamon Carol. 8 Blue Sky Country. 9 Kaya Mary 10 Golden Summer

• Commissioned, funded and premiered by Elizabeth Sheppard Media in partnership with River City Voices and the Ngarra Burria First Peoples Composers Group of the Australian National University

• Recording fully funded by Elizabeth Sheppard Media at 2MBS FM Founders Studio, St Leonards NSW Australia. Recording Engineer: Joe Goddard. Mixing / Mastering: Joe Goddard & Elizabeth Sheppard

• Karollini Christmas CD released worldwide via TuneCore on November 1 2023

• Karollini Christmas Songbook produced and published by Elizabeth Sheppard Media November 2023; see National Library of Australia website