Composition Portfolio

Chamber Works

Razors (2022)

for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano and percussion

commissioned for Konzertprojekt's Sound Stories series

premiered by Ensemble MUSE

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We Demand Our Equal Rights (2021)

for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion

composed for Ensemble Offspring's Hatched Composer Summer School

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Panels of Light (2019)

for recorder quartet

commissioned for Konzertprojekt's Light Qualities series at Vivid Sydney 2019

featured on Goddesses album by The Judgment of Paris

A Paradox of Sea and Coal (2019)

for flute, euphonium, bucket and spoken poetry

premiered at Konzertprojekt presents: Gaia

Secret Signals (2019)

for piccolo or flute duet

commissioned by Christine Draeger

for Fluteworthy's Ensemble Workbook

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Luminosa (2018)

for flute, vibraphone, piano and string quintet

performed by the Sydney Conservatorium Modern Music Ensemble

Morning Song (2017)

for soprano voice, flute, viola and piano

workshopped at Sydney Chamber Opera Composition Masterclass

Asylum (2016)

for baritone voice, euphonium and water percussion

premiered at Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Something Elvish (2016)

for flute, violin and cello

premiered at Sydney Conservatorium of Music

River Waltz (2015)

for two violins and piano

Solo Works

New Parables (2022)

for mezzo soprano and piano

composed for Ellena Hicks

Rain Dance (2020)

for solo violin and poetry

composed for Hannah Buckley

Echo (2018)

for solo flute and poetry

performed at Extended Play New Music Festival

Honourable Mention, Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition

Articulate (2017)

for solo flute

Adrift (2015)

for solo piano

Ensemble Works

Palindrums (2019)

for bucket drums and wheelie bin

commissioned by Liam Webb

Into the Dragon's Den (2018)

for junior string orchestra or string quartet

premiered by Sydney Youth Orchestras' Mozart Orchestra

performed by Quart-Ed at The Women's Club

Fractals and Shadows (2017)

for wind orchestra

premiered by Sydney Youth Orchestras' Symphonic Wind Orchestra

Under the Stars (2016)

for symphony orchestra

premiered by Newcastle Youth Orchestra for their Composer Residency

Dragonsong (2015)

composed for and premiered by

the Maitland Grossmann High School band

Electroacoustic Works

Leave It in the Ground (2019)

for saxophone duo and electronics

Birdsong Revisited (2018)

for solo clarinet and tape

premiered by Katherine Howarth

She Stands (2017)

for poetry and electronic soundscape

Choral Works

On Them Light Has Shined (2019)

for mezzo-soprano soloist and SAB choir

premiered by Leichhardt Uniting Church choir

One (2019)

for treble choir

premiered by Gondwana Voices

composed for Gondwana Choirs' Composer School

Nauru (2018)

for SATB choir with two narrators

Recycled Memories (2016)

for SSA choir

Improvised Works

The Telephone Game (2021)

livestream of improvised and electroacoustic music

presented with Konzertprojekt

as part of hiberNATION Festival of the lo-fi

Care Package (2020)

for percussionist Bree Van Reyk

Ensemble Offspring livestream for hiberNATION Festival of the lo-fi

Poetstream (2020)

two livestreams of poetry and improvised flute music

presented as part of hiberNATION Festival of the lo-fi

Composition Portfolio

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