Composer CV
2026
Upcoming in 2027
Violin concerto for Scottish violinist Roo Geddes, to be debuted at the National Folk Festival and performed with orchestras across Australia.
2026 - Writing 50 minutes of string orchestral music for the National Folk Festival.
2025 - Writing string quartet parts for Pirritu’s upcoming 3rd album.
2025 - Arranging 50 minutes of music for string orchestra for performance the National Folk Festival
2025 - Rupert’s Lullaby for solo violin
2024 - 50 minutes of music for a 40 piece string section at the River Folk Festival
2024 - Arranging strings for Chinese/Australian artist Kim Yang’s upcoming album
2024 - 50 minutes of string orchestral arrangements for a mainstage performance at the National Folk Festival, collaborating with national and international artists.
2024 - Solace In Wonder” Sophomore album for harp and fiddle duo Mickey & Michelle. 50 minutes of original music for harp, violin and voice.
2023 - Distraction - For Trentham District Primary School band.
2023 - No Xceptions - for the Stringmania music camp.
2023 - Arranging 60 minutes of song to be performed with a string septet at Dorrigo Folk Festival
2023 - What a Shermozzle - Contemporary Klezmer piece commissioned by Emmanuel High School String Orchestra
2023 - Lullaby for Orchestra - First orchestral commission from the Dunedin Collegiate Orchestra
2023 - Our Own Little Festival - For string trio, double bass, bassoon, lever harp and flugelhorn, performed by the Malmsbury Collective.
2022 - Great Xpectations - For high school string and percussion ensemble, as part of an artist in residency at Wilunga-Waldorf Steiner School, South Australia.
2022 - Meeting the Pygmy Whale - for Erhu, Violin, Pedal-Harp, French Horn and Clarinet, produced for the Radioplaydate Podcast.
2022 - Daylesford Anthem - Written and recorded over the course of a 10 week artist in residency at Daylesford Public School, Victoria.
2022 - Get Set for solo pedal harp, winner of the Commonwealth Community Music Initiative competition.
2022 - Welcome to the Club - For String Orchestra, taught at, and performed by the Stringmania Music Camp, published in the Melbourne Tune Writers Collection in 2022.
2022 - Aunty Antechinus - for primary school choir, string orchestra and piano. Commissioned by Emmanuel School, NSW
2022 - The Whanganui River - 4 Minute composition for the Lane Cove Concert Band.
2022 - Deadlines - A two movement piece for the Sydney Cello Quartet.
2021 - Fragments - 5 minute piece for violin and harp for the Irish short film “Fragments”
2021 - Awen Main Theme - Two lever harps & String quartet for the Australian video game “Awen”.
2021 - Heartbeat My string orchestra arrangement of Aboriginal song Heartbeat earned me a membership into the Music Arrangers Guild of Australia.
2020 - Wrote and recorded 10 pieces for the Squeezebox Trio’s second album “Festival”, for jazz violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, clarinet, flute, string quintet and beatbox.
2020 - Commissioned Unicorn Ryder for primary school string orchestra.
2019 - Wrote and arranged nine pieces for violin, lever harp and two voices for the album “A Walking Pace”, by Mickey & Michelle. This album was toured across New Zealand’s 3000km “Te Araroa” trail, entirely on foot.
2018 - Published “Eleven Energetic Dance Tunes from Around the World” for primary school string orchestra.
2018 - Commissioned “Whatcha Wheelie Bin Doin’?” for a university percussion ensemble.
2018 - Commissioned “East Ryders of the Storm”, for primary school string orchestra.
2017- Present - At least once a year I write a 20 minute children’s radioplay drama to be performed with a school music ensemble between NSW, VIC and SA.
2016-2019 - Wrote and performed a selection of the music in Lubicizia - A Wild Violet. This Croatian Cabaret performed in Sydney and Melbourne, winning “Best Music” at the 2015 Fringe Festival.
2016 - Commissioned “Don’t Make Me Laugh at These High Speeds” - For high school string orchestra
2016 - Commissioned “I Wish We’d Never Agreed to this Epic Sea Quest”, for primary school string orchestra
2012 - Present - I run a project called Pickpockets & Rascals, where I arrange for a performer to be able to play their material with a 13-21 piece chamber ensemble. Past collaborations have included Ngaiire, Elana Stone, Brain Campeau, Lucy Wise, The Crooked Fiddle Band, and many more.
2013 - Graduated from Western Sydney University (Bmus) and spent one semester at Concordia University, Montreal (CAN) studying composition.