Performed Works

Performed by the Coruscalia Collective: Tegan Beck (Piccolo), Madeleine Stewart (Flute), Mandy Hutchinson (Alto Flute), Melanie Walters (Bass Flute), Jennifer Bird (Narration), at Morialta Uniting Church, July 2023.

I had the idea for this work while playing in a clarinet quartet, before adopting two cats which perfectly fit the story I had in mind. I wanted to write something for children, akin to Peter and the Wolf with narration and musical themes the kids could latch onto. The Eb clarinet reminded me of a little cat, and then I adopted my cat Jenkins - a little orange cat. Having worked with Melanie previously, she asked if I had anything for flute quartet to be performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, so I adapted my clarinet work for flute, and thus Dance of the Little Cat in the Night Time was born. 

Performed by Melanie Walters (Bass Flute), Mitch Berick (Bb Bass Clarinet), and Dean Newcomb (Bb Clarinet)

Written for the Re:Classified Project in 2022, which aimed to pair emerging composers with some of Adelaide's best performers to write a work for a chamber ensemble to perform in one of three heritage locations in Adelaide. I was assigned the performance at Z-Ward, a former psychiatric prison. I used experimental flute and clarinet techniques which were workshopped with the performers, to create music that reached into the buildings past and connected with the memories of the former residents. 

Performed by the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, as part of the Lunchtime Concert Series - Powerhouse (August 19th, 2022)
Conducted by Prof. Luke Dollman

In Japan, seasons are broken into smaller sub-seasons which reflect the observed changes in nature. Hazakura is the period where the blossoms from the Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) begin to fall and are replaced by new leaves. This phenomena, to me, represents the idea of new beginnings. The work is in two parts, a dark Chaconne, and a lighter song form, and was dedicated to my Uncle and his family to express my conviction that their new beginnings would serve their family well. 

Performed live by Bailey Coates at The Wheaty, as part of Elder Music Lab.

My professor caught on rather quickly that I latched onto stories and visual ideas to guide my pieces. He thought it would be a useful exercise for me to branch away from programmatic music and write something from a theoretical / musical perspective only. The result was this Nocturne for Clarinet which I wrote in 11/8. It's a rather challenging work, largely because I wanted to create polyphonic layers with a single-line instrument. To achieve this I made use of the different characters of the clarinet registers, jumping between them at quite a high frequency.  

Performed live by Paris Williams (Violin) and Hamish Netting (Cello) at The Wheaty, as part of Elder Music Lab.

This work was both Brodie, and my first work performed to an audience. We were both in our first year, and we decided to write this work collaboratively. We themed it around a natural disaster, where my movement (the first) represented the calm before the storm, and his (the second) was the coming of the disaster. Keep an ear out for the weather, which perfectly complimented this performance. 

Performed by Ben Wight, playing the 2020 edition of Animal Études (I - VI). 

I. Cats 

II. Martians

III. Horses

IV. Octopuses

V. Fish

VI. Dragons