Education
2005 - Masters in Screen Composition - The Australian Film Television and Radio School, NSW

1995 - Bachelor of Music Performance (Improvisation - Voice) - VCA, Melbourne

Residencies

2021 - Chosen artist for Chambermade Orange House By The Sea Residency.

2019 - Creative Music Intensive, Australian Art Orchestra, Tasmania

2014 - Boxohouse, The Joshua Tree Desert, USA

2012 - Atlantic Centre for The Arts – three-week residency in Florida USA to work with composer performer Paul Dresher.

Commissions & Arranging

2023/2024 - Listening Acts, Chambermade (premieres 2024)

2023 - City of Melbourne Installation with Megan Evans - (premieres 15 October 2023)

2023 - Light Burst - album of co-compositions with Lizzy Welsh (premieres October 2023)

2022 - All that you hear is all that is Heard - Audio walk for the Nicholas Building

2022 - No More Sugar, No More Tea – Co-composed with Richard J Frankland at Northcote Town Hall

2022 - Lunar; The Moon; Seven Moons for Qanun, String Quartet & Voices, co-composed with Lizzy Welsh for Vahideh Essai & TLSQ

2022 - Cannot You Use A Loving Violence for 2 Baroque Violins, Harpsichord, Viola Da Gamba, Baroque Harp, Mezzo-Soprano, Tuning Forks, Field Recordings plus film by Hanna Chetwin

2021 - Play On – Created geo-located sound/music for an installation by Martin John Lee at Castlemaine Football Oval

2020 - Summer of the Fires - string arrangement for Jodi Phillis

2019/2020 - Yuggerabul Meriam le, Songs from the Heart, arrangements for John Wayne Parsons PhD project

2019 - Chambermade for development of All that you hear is all that is Heard via Little Operations fund

2019 - The Silly Season – Adelaide Cabaret Festival. 

2019 - The Glass Violin, Baroque Violin, Voice, Wine glasses and Processing for Lizzy Welsh

2018 - TLSQ x ASMR – Festival of Live Art, Arts House. 

2018 - MTV Unplugged with Gang of Youths – performed with TLSQ and arranged strings & horns.

2015 - All the Stories, song cycle for TLSQ & Marita Dyson, libretto: Maria Zajkowski

2014 - ‘Stranger’ with visual artist Megan Evans.

2013 - Songs & Stories co-compositions with Jida Gulpilil, Passi Jo & Laura Jean, City of Yarra

2013 - Melbhattan: music for an animation by local cartoonist Oslo Davis.

2012 - Passing Video art installation by Megan Evans

2011 - Victoria Park Reopening. Re-composition & Arrangement of AFL songs for choir, 4 solo voices, brass quartet and drums

2007 - Musicbox and sticks - solo voice, viola & live loops, Full Tilt, Fairfax Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne

Awards & Nominations

2019 - The Lyrebird Gift Award shortlist for All the Stories

2018 - Green Room Award Nomination, Contemporary Sound Performance for tlsq x asmr

2016 - The Melbourne Music Prize Award, Outstanding Musician finalist

2013 - APRA AGSC Screen Music Awards nomination, Best Music for an Animation; Melbhatten

2006 - Park City Film Music Festival Gold Medal for Excellence: Danya

2006 - Park City Film Music Festival Silver Medal for Excellence - Audience Choice for Best Impact of Music in an Animated Short Film; The First Thing I Remember

2005 - APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards nomination, Best Music for a Documentary; Switch on the Night

Grants

2022 - Australia Council, Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups for Light Burst project with Lizzy Welsh

2021 - Creative Victoria, Creative Workers Fund for All that you Hear is All That is Heard

2021 - City of Melbourne, Annual Arts Grants Program for All that you Hear is All That is Heard

2020 - City of Melbourne, Covid 19 Quick Response Arts Grant for online version of All that you Hear is All That is Heard

2017 - Creative Victoria, Music Works for All the Stories -The Letter String Quartet début album feat. Marita Dyson

2015 - Australia Council,  Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups for The Letter String Quartet Concert Series, Concert 1: Song Cycle for Baritone, Oliver Mann

2015 - Spirituous Program, Abbotsford Convent for a series of TLSQ concerts

2013 - Arts Victoria, VicArts Grant, Recording Project of compositions by Biddy Connor and Erik Deluca at Princeton, USA

2012 - Australia Council, Skills and Arts Development for a residency at BoxoHOUSE, Joshua Tree Desert, USA with visual artist Megan Evans

Releases

2023 - Light Burst, Light Burst (to be released October 2023)

2022 - Lunar; The Moon; Seven Moons, TLSQ

2020 - All the Stories, TLSQ

2011 - Sailor Days, original compositions

Film & Games 

2023 - The Wonderful World of Nancy Nancy, Director and Writer: Tim Spanos 

2022 - The Honeysuckle Sisters, Director and Writer: Tim Spanos

2018 - Paperbark -  video game about the Australian Bush: currently in process. In 2016 I began by composing, performing and producing music for the bush fire scene.

2006 - Australian Conservation Foundation Community Service Announcements, Director: Frank Woodley/ Kate Kantor

2005 -  Autumn Moon short animation, Director: Nahji Chu, Editor: Rowena Crowe

2005 - The First Thing I Remember  Super8/Animation - Short Doco, Director: Tamara Meem

2005 - Fuse, Short Drama, Writer: Marcus Waters, Director: Maia Horniak, Producer: Katie Shortland

2005 - Missing, Short Doco, Director: Susan Cornish, Producer: Sarah Royds

2005 - Switch Off The Night,  Documentary, Director: Alejandra Canales, Producers: Susan Cornish, Sarah Royds

2004 - Danya 35mm-Drama, short Director/Writer: Beth Armstrong, Producer Luke Eve

2004 - Transgression Doco-short Director: Dean Francis, Producer: Katie Shortland

Theatre

2022 - Naomi, Writer/Performer Patrick Livesy, Director Bronwen Coleman

2022 - FoRT, Asking For Trouble, children’s theatre/acrobatic show.

2018 - The Bottle Collector, Asking for Trouble,children’s theatre/acrobatic show. 

2010 - Nil, Cat and Buried, Written by Steven Sewell, directed by Alice Bishop

2009 - Body Bag, ITCH productions 

2009 - Everybody, Westside Circus 

2008 - Escape Hatch, Westside Circus  

2007 - Dr. Egg and the Man with no Ear, Puppet show, co-composed with James Wilkinson 

2006 - The Women’s Circus, opening of the Aquatic Centre, Maribyrnong, Highpoint.