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.