Australian Solo Pieces
Flute
1987: Arthurs Cave
Solo flute
Commissioned by Gordon Yemm (Aust Council grant)
Level: University student | Duration: 4 mins
1994: The Flowergirls
Solo flute
Recorded by Rachel Tolmie for Wirripang label. Australian Double Reed Society upper level competition piece 2016. In three whacky movements.
Level: University student | Duration: 5 mins
2008: Two Miniatures (Hit The Sky Running, Each Field A Window)
For flute (tenor saxophone or clarinet) | For Levande Musik, Sweden
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 30 sec each
2014: Adagio Melancolico
Duo version for flute and violin
Level: Middle grades | Duration: 3 mins
2013-14: Beach Life Images for Flute and Piano (beach life vignettes)
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 16 mins
2018: Djagamara
For flute and harp | For Griffyn Ensemble Canberra | Dedicated to the memory of James Djagamara MacLeod
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 5 mins
Oboe
1994: The Flowergirls
For solo oboe (or solo flute) | Recorded by Rachel Tolmie for Wirripang label | Australian Double Reed Society upper level competition piece 2016 | In three whacky movements
Level: University student | Duration: 5 mins
2004: Pacifica
For oboe and guitar (or soprano saxophone instead of oboe)
Level: University students | Duration: 8 mins
Piano
1995: Grit
For piano
Level: University student | Duration: 3 mins
2012: Civic Melancholy
For two pianos | In eight movements, whacky music for two pianos with integral screened images by Jamie Holcombe
For Andrew Swan and Geoff Preece via an Arts Central grant/Create NSW
Level: Pro | Duration: 23 mins
2014: Five Little Piano Pieces in C
Exploring and indulging the key of C in five short etudes
Level: Middle and upper grades
2014: Bagatelles for Flute and Piano (beach life vignettes)
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 16 mins
2018: The Arrival
For piano | Written for Teddy Neeman, commissioned by Polish Festival Canberra 2018
Level: Professional | Duration: 8 mins
2019: Grainger in Bourke St
For piano
Duration: 2 mins
2024: Interrupted Cadence
For two pianos (a grand, plus an old slightly out of tune upright)
For ANAM graduate Reuben Johnson with Paavali Jumppanen
Duration: 7 mins
Saxophone
1998: Illawong Dream
For tenor saxophone and guitar | For Eora College concert featuring Sydney saxophonist Michael Brown
Level: Professional or university student | Duration: 8 mins
2008: Two Miniatures (Hit The Sky Running, Each Field A Window)
For tenor saxophone (or flute or clarinet) | For Levande Musik, Sweden
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 30 sec each
Guitar
1998: Illawong Dream
For tenor saxophone and guitar | For Eora College concert featuring Sydney saxophonist Michael Brown
Level: Professional or university student | Duration: 8 mins
2000: North Country Sketches
For solo guitar | Uses bi-tones | AMEB upper grades listed work | Melbourne Conservatorium teachers schedule it for 4th-year performance students to study | Ken Murray recorded it for ABC | Other international performances include by Gian Marco Ciampa (Italy)
Level: Professional or university student | Duration: 8 mins
2002: Star of the Sea
For solo guitar
Level: Upper grades student | Duration: 3 mins
2002: Summer Rag
For solo guitar
Level: Professional or university student | Duration: 3 mins
2002: Harvest Hymn
For solo guitar | An arrangement of the Grainger piano piece
Level: Professional or university student | Duration: 4 mins
2004: My Eye Has Seen My Desire
For bass recorder (in F) and guitar (or bass clarinet with guitar) | Commissioned by Izhar Elias for Duo Bosgraaf Elias (Holland)
Repeated performances in Australia and internationally by them, and also Sylvia Hinz (Germany and Argentina)
Level: Professional | Duration: 9 mins
2005: The Cardinal Virtues
For solo guitar | A set of seven short meditations on these virtues as expounded by the Church
Level: Professional or university student | Duration: 17 mins
2008: Simple Truths
For solo guitar | Recorded on the Anima album by Chris
Now a VCE performance piece
2019: Lake Music
An installation or concert work for amplified or electric guitars with effects
For Rowan Conroy's Goulburn Gallery solo exhibition 2019
2021: Rain Falls and After
For two guitars
Level: Professional | Duration: 7 mins
2024: The Perpetual Presence
For solo guitar
For Ken Murray.
Level: Professional | Duration: 5 mins
Recorder
2004: My Eye Has Seen My Desire
For bass recorder (in F) and guitar | Commissioned by Izhar Elias for Duo Bosgraaf Elias (Holland) | Repeated performances in Australia and internationally by them, and also Sylvia Hinz (Germany and Argentina)
Level: Professional | Duration: 9 mins
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
2004: My Eye Has Seen My Desire
Version for bass clarinet with guitar | Commissioned by Izhar Elias for Duo Bosgraaf Elias (Holland) | Repeated performances in Australia and internationally by them, and also Sylvia Hinz (Germany and Argentina)
Level: Professional | Duration: 9 mins
2008: Two Miniatures (Hit The Sky Running, Each Field A Window)
For clarinet (or flute or tenor sax) | For Levande Musik, Sweden
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 30 sec each
2018: Dying River Party
For solo clarinet
Level: Grade 7 and University students | Duration: 11 mins
Strings
2014: Adagio Melancolico
For two violins
Level: Middle grades | Duration: 3 mins
2021: From the Deep
For double bass
Duration:3 mins
Carillon
2017: As Wild As All Get Out
For carillon | Commissioned by Thomas Laue, Canberra
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 5 mins
2021: Where Blue Plains Widen
For carillon and amplified classical guitar
Level: Professional | Duration: 5 mins
Harp
2018: Djagamara
For flute and harp | For Griffyn Ensemble Canberra | Dedicated to the memory of James Djagamara MacLeod
Level: Pro or Uni student | Duration: 5 mins
