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White Bone Country: Nine Music Landscapes for Piano and Percussion (2007)
40-minute piece for piano and percussion

Mp3s: Movement 1 (6.3MB, 5'28); Movement 9 (3.8 MB. 3'15)
Stephen Gosling, piano; David Shively, percussion


Fata Morgana: Mirages on the Horizon (2007)
four pieces for prepared piano
mp3s


Tracks for solo piano
More information
mp3s


Cradle Song for solo crotales (2007)
More information
mp3


The Othersiders: New Australians in Paraguay (2006)
60-minute piece for three singers, three keyboards, and three percussionists

Commissioned by Potter Foundation.


When Worlds Collide for string and percussion quartets (2006)

First Movement (mp3 excerpt 3.07 MB)

Commissioned by Lark String Quartet an Ethos Percussion Ensemble.
   


Footsteps music for dance (2004)
50-minute piece in 18 movements
Movement 3 (mp3 excerpt .7 MB)
Movement 5 (mp3 excerpt 1.5 MB)
Movement 6 (mp3 excerpt 1.1 MB)
Movement 7 (mp3 excerpt 1 MB)


Six Dances for solo piano (2002)
14-minute solo piano piece

Six Dances is dedicated to Michael Kieran Harvey.

Score is available from the Australian Music Centre



Vanishing Point for two pianos (2002)
(mp3 excerpt 342K)
20 minute one movement piece for two pianos.

Score is available from the Australian Music Centre


March for Astra for two pianos (2001)
for the 50th celebration of Astra in Melbourne, the 90-second piece


Shadow Show for eight amplified singers, two keyboards, and electronics (2001)
30 minute "electric cantata" based on texts from the time of Australian Federation

Commissioned by Seduction Opera with assistance from the Australia Council


In these great times... (2001) Music for voice, violin, cello, mandolin, electric guitar, bass, and keyboards

Acclaimed CD featuring the ByrneBand

CD and score are available from the Australian Music Centre


Force for 2 saxes, violin, cello, double bass, keyboards (1999)
(mp3 excerpt)
Score is available from the Australian Music Centre

Force is dedicated to Astra and John McCaughey.
Commissioned by Astra with assistance from the Australia Council


Piano Music '98 (1998) (mp3 excerpt 474k)
for solo piano 12 minute piece.