List of Compositions
Scored Compositions
Bridge (2023 - in progress)
Commission - Richmond Bicentenary, Richmond Village Fair & Events, Richmond,Tasmania
30-min jazz work for piano, bass, drums, winds, voice, violin.
Joyous (2023) (Wirripang)
String quartet
Three Moods: Poetic - Solemn - Playful (2022/23)
Clarinet quartet
Mulaka Milaythina (2022)
Commission - Clarence Jazz Festival, Clarence City Council Arts and Events, Rosny, Tasmania.
35-min jazz/classical work for piano, bass, drums, winds, trombone, trumpet, violin x2, viola, cello and narrator. (Quiet Country - Dance - Across Country - Hanging - War & Negotiation -
Exile - Kutalayna - Forward)
Premiered Feb 15, 2023.
Saborea el momento (2022)
String orchestra (3.3.2.1) and flute soloist
Commissioned by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Premiered Feb 10, 2022.
Sketches: Procession - Deliberation - Vindication (2021)
Piano Trio
Premiered March 9, 2023 by Muses Trio, Brisbane
Cooktown Cantata (2019/2021)
Libretto & Creative Direction - Jan Black
Commission - Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association, Cooktown, Qld
60-min work for soprano, baritone and tenor voice, piano, acoustic bass, cello, viola and 2 multi-wind players. (Still the Mystery Exists - Me Father Gave Me an Acre of Land - In the Name of Science - Flower of Cooktown - Reflection - The Picnic - My River - Journey into Country - The Land Beyond Beyond)
Premiered June 12, 2021, Cooktown Discovery Festival
Une Évolution (2021)
Solo piano (Figée - Agitée - Enragée - Reconciliée - Apaisée)
Premiered Sept 23, 2022 by Alex Raineri, Brisbane Music Festival
Tipping Point (2021) (Wirripang)
Cello duo
Salt and Light (2020)
Bb clarinet and piano
Violet is a State of Mind (2020)
Piano solo.
In K. Zhukov (Ed.). Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology Vol. 3. Woolongong: Wirripang Pty. Ltd.
Monsoon Time (2020)
SATB choir
In Australian Choral Anthology, Vol 1, 2020. Woolongong: Wirripang Pty. Ltd.
Poem by Elvira Davis
Illuminatio (1998/2019)
Piano solo.
In K. Zhukov (Ed.). Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology Vol. 2. Woolongong: Wirripang Pty. Ltd.
Mill Life (2018)
14 pianos and percussion. Site specific work for the Piano Mill, curated by Erik Griswold & Vanessa Tomlinson.
Premiered April 1, 2018
Two Boleros (arrs. 2007/2016) (Wirripang)
Piano trio
Premiered March 9, 2007 by Griffith Trio
Recorded by Muses Trio 2016
Fragment 40 (2016) (Wirripang)
Soprano & Piano (Keep Love - Could Eros be Kept? - Love is Bitter and Sweet - I Had Thought Myself Frail What Need?)
Poems by American symbolist poet Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) (1886 – 1961).
Premiered Aug 18, 2016
by Sarah Court (sop) & Therese Milanovic (pno)
Marina (2016) (unpublished)
Tenor vox and string quartet
Poem by T.S. Eliot
Time (2015) (Wirripang)
Soprano & Piano (Always There - What is There Wasn’t There Once It is to Have Never Been - It Is Now)
Poems by Australian multi-instrumentalist John Stefulj (1968 - 2018)
Premiered Sept 24, 2015 by Margaret Schindler (sop) & Stephen Emmerson (pno)
Desire (2015) (Wirripang)
Soprano & Piano (Distant Land - Dream 1 - Dream 2 - Joy - One Desire)
Lyrics by Louise Denson, based on the writings of diarist Anaïs Nin (1903 – 1977)
Premiered April 22, 2015
by Sarah Court (sop) & Therese Milanovic (pno)
Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet (arr 2015)
(Green Tristano - Pondside - Star of)
Premiered 2015 by Barega Saxophone Quartet
Resolve (2014)
Piano, drums, acoustic bass, bass clarinet, cello and violin
Pemiered Oct 11, 2014 by Collusion & Trichotomy
Revised for piano, alto saxophone and harp (2021)
Fisherman Islands (2013)
Vignette inspired by the poetry of Samuel Wagan Watson: Smoke Encrypted Whispers
Bassoon, bass clarinet, horn in F, oboe, piano and soprano voice.
Premiered Nov 30, 2008 by Southern Cross Soloists
Four Songs for Piano and Soprano (2013) (Wirripang)
Soprano & Piano (Son parfum - Quand le soleil s’éteint - Frémit mon coeur - La lune)
Poems by French poet/translator Denis Supersac (b. 1961)
Premiered April 22, 2015 by Sarah Court (sop) & Therese Milanovic (pno)
Quatre vinaigrettes (1995)
Four short pieces for solo piano using 12–tone rows
Jazz, ‘Latin’ Jazz & Afro-Cuban compositions: Small Group arrangements (1989 – 2023)
* = recorded
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Title |
GENRE/STYle |
Instrumentation |
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*All I Know (Lyrics – Elly Hoyt) |
Jazz Ballad ¾ |
Rhythm + Vox |
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And the Moonlight |
Jazz Ballad |
Piano Trio |
|
Another Bolero |
Bolero |
Piano Trio |
|
*Another Cup |
Afro 6/8 - fast salsa |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
|
Away |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
|
A Yearning |
Jazz Ballad |
Piano Trio |
|
Balance |
Str 5/4 |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
|
Banks Street |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
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Bolerito |
Bolero |
Rhythm + Flugelhorn |
|
Bolero 17 |
Bolero |
Piano Trio |
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*Bolero for Wendy |
Bolero |
Rhythm + Clarinet |
|
Bright Spot |
Str 8, open improv sections |
Piano Trio |
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Brillante esta la luna (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
2:3 salsa |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Cha Cha Che |
Cha cha cha |
Rhythm + Flute |
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*Cheek |
Swing |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Clean Start |
Boogaloo |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Contemplación |
Bolero |
Piano Trio |
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*Colours of Your Love (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Jazz Ballad |
Rhythm + Vox |
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Como escondír mi pena? (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Pambiche |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Cut and Dried |
Blues, hard bop |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Dancing on A Sunday |
Swing |
Rhythm + Trumpet + Tenor + Trombone + Voice |
|
Dark Side, The |
3:2 salsa |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
|
Decir y hacer (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Tango/bolero |
Piano Trio |
|
Desejo |
Bossa nova |
Piano Trio |
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Disquiet |
Str 8 |
Piano Trio |
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Finding |
Str 8 |
Piano Trio |
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*First Love (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Bolero |
Piano Trio |
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*Flame Tree |
Cha cha cha
|
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor + Vox |
|
Flora australiae |
3 mvt suite |
Big band + wind soloist |
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*Frangipani |
Bolero |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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From the Other Side |
Jazz Ballad |
Piano Trio |
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*Gone too Soon (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Str 8 moody |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor + Vox |
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*Green Tristano |
Hard bop |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Hear Me! (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Afro 6/8 |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor + Vox |
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Here We Are (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Swing, up tempo |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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He Said, She Said (Lyrics - L. Denson) |
Samba |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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Hot Mambo Descarga (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
2:3 salsa |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor + Vox |
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*I Don’t Smoke (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Bebop contrafact |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb + Vox |
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*I’ll Ask You One More Time (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Cha cha cha/songo |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor + Vox |
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Illuminatio |
Jazz waltz |
Piano Trio |
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*Ineffable |
Str 8 |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*In the Morning (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Bossa nova |
Rhythm + Vox + Flute |
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*Itty Bitty Boogaloo |
Boogaloo |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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June |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
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*L’angoisse, qu’est-ce? |
Post bop |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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L’armonia (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
2:3 salsa |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Lately |
Str 8, moody |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Life Itself |
Samba |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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Light of the Heart |
Jazz Ballad |
Piano Trio |
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*Lonely Wing (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Jazz Ballad |
Rhythm + Vox |
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Look Over There |
Str 8 |
Rhythm + Eb |
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*Lost my Heart (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Bossa nova |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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*Low Moon |
Str 8, moody |
Piano Trio |
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Maga et Manu |
Str 8, moody |
Piano Trio |
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Man Values Ute |
Swing |
Rhythm + Bb |
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*Maré de Agosto |
Samba |
Rhythm + Eb horn |
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*Maybe Tomorrow (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Jazz Waltz |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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Means to an End |
Str 8, moody |
Piano Trio |
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*Mercurio |
3:2 salsa |
Rhythm + 2 horns |
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*Moving On |
Swing, up tempo |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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New Sunrise |
Str 8 |
Piano Trio |
|
New Waltz |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
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Nigerian Daydream |
Latin/swing |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Not This Time (Lyrics – Denson/James) |
Blues, Funk |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Nova Nova |
Bossa nova |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Now You Are Gone |
Bolero |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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Oath |
Slow, chorale |
Rhythm + Vox |
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*Oblique Angle |
Swing, up tempo |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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Oh, by the way |
Jazz waltz |
Piano Trio |
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O, I Thawed a Sheep Once |
Swing |
Rhythm + Bb |
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*On the Level |
Str 8, 7/4 blues |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor or Alto |
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On the Way (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Jazz Ballad |
Rhythm + Vox |
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*Out of My Way! |
Samba |
Saxophone orchestra |
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Paperchase |
Str 8 |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Para te ver |
Choro/bossa |
Piano Trio |
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*Parting |
Str 8 |
Piano Trio |
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*Pondside |
Jazz Waltz |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Prevailing Wisterly |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
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Running Creek |
Str 8 |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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*Sambacita |
Samba |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Samba Lucia |
Samba |
Piano Trio or Bb or Eb |
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*Sanctuary |
Jazz Waltz |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Seamless Sea |
Bossa nova |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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Second Step |
Str 8, moody |
Piano Trio |
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*Serious Undertaking |
Jazz waltz |
Piano Trio or Bb or Eb |
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Si te quiero (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Bachata |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor |
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Slow Down (Lyrics –James/Denson) |
Blues, slow or funky |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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Smarten Up |
2:3 salsa |
Piano Trio |
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*Soñando de tí |
Bolero |
Rhythm + Flugelhorn |
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Souvenir de Montréal |
Jazz Waltz |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Sparring, Sparing |
2:3 salsa |
Rhythm + Eb |
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Spring in My Step |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
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Star of |
Str 8 |
Piano solo |
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Suddenly the Sun Went Down |
Str 8, slow |
Piano Trio |
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Switchback |
Str 8, up |
Rhythm + Tpt + Tenor or Alto |
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Temporary Insamity |
Str 8, 12/8 |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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Think Twice (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Samba |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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*Time to be (Lyrics – Denson/James) |
Choro/bossa |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb or Vox |
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Unexpected, The |
Jazz Waltz |
Piano Trio |
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*Upstart |
Blues, med |
Rhythm + Bb or Eb |
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*Wild December Wind (Lyrics – Ingrid James) |
Bossa nova |
Rhythm + Vox |
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Wind |
Bossa nova |
Rhythm + Gtr + Vibes; or Bb or Eb |
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*Wooden Shoes |
Jazz Waltz |
Rhythm + Bb |
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*You Said (Lyrics - Louise Denson) |
Swing, up tempo |
Rhythm + Bb and Eb, or Vox |
Arrangements for jazz/classical nonet (voice, piano, drums, acoustic bass, tenor saxophone, trumpet/flugelhorn, violin, viola, cello)
# = Originals listed above
Constant Craving (Lang/Mink)
Gnossienne No. 1 (Satie)
#Gone Too Soon
If You Could Read My Mind (Lightfoot)
It’s Too Late (King)
Logical Song (Hodgson)
#Maybe Tomorrow
Out of Season (Sherlock/Denson)
Russian Lullaby/Old Country (Berlin/Adderley)
San Francisco River (Moreira/Purim)
#Switchback
The Hope (Purim)
#Think Twice
#Time to Be
Trajectoire (Tcholakian/James)
#Wild December Wind
Arrangements for jazz/classical septet (voice, piano, drums, acoustic bass, violin, viola, cello)
# = Originals listed above
#Colours of Your Love
#First Love
#On the Way
Tristeza de amar (Vandré/Roberto)
Arrangements for big band
# = Originals listed above
#Flora Australiae – Eucalyptus regnans, Ozothmnus ledifolius, Bougainvillea glabra
(Commissioned by multi-wind instrumentalist Diana Tolmie)
#Another Cup
#Bolerito
#Bolero for Wendy
#Cha Cha Che
#Decir y hacer
#Flame Tree
Gnossienne No. 1 (Satie)
#I Don’t Smoke
#I’ll Ask You One More Time
#Life Itself
#Mercurio
Son of Northland (Finnish trad.)
#I Don’t Smoke
Rent-a-Crowd (Green)
#Sparring, Sparing
Turn Your Engines On (Slater)
#Wild December Wind
Arrangements for saxophone quartet
# = Originals listed above
#Green Tristano
#Pondside
#Star of
Arrangements for saxophone orchestra
# = Originals listed above
#Bougainvillea glabra
#Out of My Way!
#Wild December Wind
