I’m accustomed to long waits between finishing a work and hearing it, sometimes in the order of years. So when Richard Haynes announced the première performance of my ghosts of motion for his new clarinet d’amore on 23 October–less than…
Well, who would have guessed it? After years of being a finalist here and there, a work of mine has finally won an Art Music Award outright: passing bells: day, performed and nominated by the outstanding Brisbane pianist Alex Raineri,…
Those of you with long memories might remember Peter de Jager winning the APRA AMCOS 2017 Performance of the Year Award for his 2016 rendition of my Piano Sonata at ANAM. That was for the performance though, not the music,…
Someone recently described Carl Rosman, precisely, as ‘the Compleat Musician’. Clarinetist extraordinaire, conductor, educator, I’ve known Carl for 25 years now, and not only is he is one of my favourite people, but also at the top of the list…
Those who have visited this site before will have noticed that a new page has appeared dedicated to the nearly-completed study score of my 1985/2019 String Quartet. The version of the score that we have posted is, at this stage,…
I am pleased to be able to announce that the Australia Council graciously funded my ‘isolation schedule’ program of new works—These projects will have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding…
In the space of two days last week two extensive interviews appeared online: The Score Follower interview, over which SF director Emir Bejo and I corresponded in 2019 and Episode 24: The Labyrinthine Worlds of Chris Dench, a real time…