Choral Works
SATB Choir
Triste (2022) c. 5 mins Text by Gwen Harwood
SATB solo voices. Commissioned by AVÉ - Australian Vocal Ensemble_______________________________________________________________________
Legato of After Rain (2021-22) c. 6 mins Text by Peter Goldsworthy
SATB Choir with soli and divisi. Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Singers. Premiered in 2021._______________________________________________________________________
Requiem (2021) c 45 mins. Texts from the Latin Requiem as well as Emily Dickinson, Mary Elizabeth Fry and Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Soprano and Tenor soli, SATB Chamber Choir, oboe/cor anglais, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, harp and percussion
Commissioned by the Russell Mills Foundation. Awarded 'Choral work of the Year' in the APRA/AMC Art Awards, 2022.
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I am Martuwarra (2019) c. 8 mins Text by Steve Hawke.
for multi-choir format: Junior trebles (SA) Senior trebles (SSA) plus SATB Choir, piano and 3 percussionists.
Commissioned by Gondwana Choirs. First performed by Gondwana World Choral Festival Choirs,
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 15 July 2019. APRA/AMC Choral work of the Year, 2020.
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Mary Mother, Meek and Mild (2019) c. 4 mins SATB Choir and organ.Advent/Christmas carol commissioned by the Choir of St George Cathedral, Perth.
First performance cond. Joseph Nolan, December 2019.
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This is Our Home - from Jandamarra (2014/2017) c. 4 mins. Text by Steve Hawke, June Oscar and Patsy Bedford.
SATB, piano and simple percussion. Suitable for advanced High School Choirs
Version for SSA + SATB plus orchestar or wind symphony also available.
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De Profundis (2017) c. 5 mins. Text from Psalm 130 and based on the 'Aus tiefer Not' tune by Martin Luther.
SSATBarB solo voices plus chamber organ OR Chamber Choir (SSATBB) and organ.
Commissioned by the Song Company.
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Agnus Dei / Do not stand at my grave and weep (2016) c. 8 mins. Text from the Latin Requiem / Mary Elizabeth Frye.
SATB Choir. Commissioned by Adelaide Chamber Singers. Now part of the Requiem (2021)
_______________________________________________________________________The Land is Healed - Ban.garay! from Jandamarra (2014) c. 5 mins. Text by Steve Hawke.
SATB Choir
_______________________________________________________________________Lament to Saint Cecilia (2012) c. 6 mins. Text by Veronica Pamoukaghlian.
SATB Choir. Commissioned by Gondwana Choirs.
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Cherubic Hymn (2012) c. 5 mins 30 sec. Textin Latin from the Liturgy of St John.
SATB Choir and organ. Commissioned by the Choir or St James Church, King St, Sydney.
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Ubi Caritas (2012) c. 4 mins Trad. Latin Text
SATB Choir. Commissioned by the Brisbane Chamber Choir.
_______________________________________________________________________ Exile Lamentations - Three Choruses (2007-2009) c. 18 mins. Texts from The Old Testament plus contemporary Arabic poetry.
I Eykhah II Deserts of Exile III Lament
Commissioned by The Melbourne Symphony Chorus, Sydney Chamber Choir and the Elysian Singers of London.
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Lux Aeterna (1999) c. 6 mins. Text from the Latin Requiem.
SATB Choir or SSATBarB vocal sextet. Commissioned by St Peters Chorale, Brisbane.
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Fiant Luminaria (1999/2016) c. 7 mins. Latin text from Genesis 1.
SATB Choir, organ, piano, timpani + 2 percussionists
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Three Geography Songs (1994-1997) c. 15 mins. Texts by Michael Dransfield
SATB Choir