ORCHESTRA

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Tear it Down, Build it Up (2022) Symphony Orchestra. ca. 4'.

 

Penumbral Shadow (2018) Chamber Orchestra. ca. 11'00". Listen. Published by the Australian Music Centre.

 

Echoes and Threads (2017) Symphony Orchestra. ca. 3'30". Commissioned for the TSO Songbook Part 2. Full score available from the TSO under a Creative Commons License. Access here. Please contact the composer to hire parts. Listen. View score.

 

Arcane (2014-2015) Symphony Orchestra. 9'15". Listen.

Version 1: (2014-2015) 2 (1.2=picc.). 2 (ca). 2 (bcl). 2 (cbn). – 4. 3. 2+bass. 1 –timp. 2perc. hp. pno/cel. strings. 

Version 2: (2015) 2 (1.2=picc.). 2 (ca). 2 (bcl). 2 (cbn). – 4. 2. 2+bass. 1 – timp. 1perc. hp. strings. 

The Pool and the Star (2012-2013) for Chamber Orchestra & Symphony Orchestra. 9'40". V1 published by the Australian Music Centre.

Version 1: Chamber Orchestra (2013). 1(fl/picc). 1. 1 + bcl. 1. – 2. 2. 1. 1. timp. 2 perc. hp. pno/cel. strings. Listen.

Version 2: Symphony Orchestra (2016). 3 (1 = picc. 2.3 – fl), 2+ca. 2 (1=Bb, 2=A) + bcl. 2 – 4. 3. 3. 1. timp. 2 perc. hp. pno. strings.

 

Turbulence (2012) Chamber Orchestra & arr. for Wind Symphony. 5'45". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen.

Version 1: Chamber Orchestra (2012). 1(fl/picc). 1 (ob/ca). 1 (cl/bcl). 1 (Bsn/Cbsn). - 1.1.1.1 - 2perc. hp. pno. strings.

Version 2: Wind Symphony (2016)

 

Reflection (2012) String Orchestra. 7'00'. Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen. Watch.

 

Life Suite (2008) Mvts 1-3. Chamber Orchestra. 1. 1. 1. bcl. 1 - 1. 1. 0. 0. 1perc. strings.  

 

For more orchestral works, see ARRANGEMENTS below.

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CONCERTI

 

Flute Concerto (2017) Flute and reduced orchestra: 0, ca, 1+1, 1+1, - 0, 2, 2, 0, timp, perc, hp, cel, str. 16’ 30”. Listen.

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CHAMBER MUSIC

 

Heavenly Bodies (2021) Flute and piano (with ebow). Watch.

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Miniature No. 1 (2018) Percussion Quintet (unpitched percussion). 1'00". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Watch.

 

Hold Me Not Back (2016) Mvts 1-4. Fl/A.Fl, Vc, Pno. 9’00". Listen in the podcast.

 

Everything is Illuminated (2016) Hp, Pno, Perc., Vln, Vla, Vc, Db. 9'00". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen. Watch. Available on the album 'When We Speak'.

 

No Distant Place (2015) Mvts 1 & 2. Cl/B.Cl, Vln, Pno. 12'30". Listen. Available on the album 'When We Speak'.

 

Quiver (2013) Fl, B. Cl and Marimba. 3'30". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen. Watch.

 

Elegy (2013) Baritone Saxophone and String Quartet. 8'45". Listen. Watch.

 

A Bridge Between (2012-2013) Ob, Vln, Vla, Cllo, D. Bass, Pno. 6'30".  Listen.

 

Fragile (2012-13) Version 1: Viola and Piano. 5'00". Watch.

Version 2: (rev. 2018) for Violin and Piano.

 

Imaginary Dances, No. 1 & 2  (2012 -13) Fl, Cl, Vln, Cllo, Pno. 7'30".  Listen.

 

Song of City Ghosts (2008) Ob, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Pno. 2’00”. Published by the Australian Music Centre. Released on Melba Recording. See CD.

 

Vitalita (2007) Fl, Cl, Vl, Cllo, Marimba. 5’13”. Listen. 

 

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CHAMBER MUSIC with VOICE

 

Fire and Ice (2013) Baritone, Cello and Piano. Text: Robert Frost. 3'30". Listen.

 

Multiples (2010) Mvts 1 & 2. Sop, Fl, Ob, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Pno. Text: Robert Schumman. 10'40". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen.

 

Faint Lights (2010) Sop, Fl, Vln, Hn, Tin Whistle, Perc. Text: Goethe. 7'00". Listen.

 

Violent Stars (2010) Sop, Ob, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Pno. 8'00". Listen. [withdrawn]

 

Fade Not (2009) Sop, Cl & Pno. Text: Malcolm Rock. 6'40". Watch.

 

GOMA (2007)  2 x Alto Voice & Alto Flute. 4'00".

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VOCAL with PIANO

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Lullaby (2006) Mezzo Soprano & Pno. 4'15". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen.

 

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CHORAL

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Go Back and Start Again (2019) For SATB choir. Text: Lisa Cheney sourced from members of the TSO Chorus. Commissioned by the TSO Chorus. ca. 4'30".

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Take This Sound (2018) For massed choir. Text: Lisa Cheney. ca. 4'00".

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God Bless This Tiny Little Boat (2016) For SATB choir. Text: Michael Leunig. 4'00".

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Drought (2012) Solo soprano and SSAATTBB. Text: Judith Wright. Published by the Australian Music Centre. 4'45". Listen.

Available on the Sydney Antiphony album 'Memoriam'. Purchase here.

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SOLO INSTRUMENT

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Before You (2021)  Bass Recorder. 6'00". Listen.  Available on the album 'Bass Instincts'.

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Strange Charisma (2017 rev. 2021)  Solo Harp and Preparations. 8’30". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Available on the album 'When We Speak'.

 

When We Speak (2016, rev. 2017)  Solo Cello and Electroacoustic Track. 12’00". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen. Available on the album 'When We Speak'.

 

Jazzoon (2010) Solo Bassoon, 1'45". Published by the Australian Music Centre. Listen.

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SOLO PIANO

Tracing Ghosts (2019)  ca. 5'30"

Somewhere in the Middle (2011)  5'00" Listen.

 

Perplexed Prelude (2008) 4’00”.

Black on White (2008) 5’00”. Listen.

 

Blue Silk Drifting (2007) 4'00". Listen.

 

Legend (2005) 5'30". Listen.

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FILM & ANIMATION

Soldier On  (2011)  Piano & Cello. Co-Composer. 10'00".

Poca (2009)  Solo Flute. 1’30” 

GUS (2009) Fl, Ob, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Perc, Vln 1 & 2, Vla Vc - Co-Composer.  7'00". Listen. Watch.

Outpost (2008) - Co-Composer. 3’50”

 

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THEATRE & BALLET

Beneath the Floorboards (2011) White Wolf Theatre Company. Electroacoustic music. Listen.

 

Fade Not (2009) Australian Ballet. Sop, Cl & Pno. 6'40". Watch.

 

NODDY (2006) Brisbane Arts Theatre. Instrumental Miniatures: Fl, B.Cl, Bsn, Perc Quartet, Pno, Vln, D.B.

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STAGE WORKS

 

The Owl and the Pussycat (2018) An opera/musical theatre work for young audiences. For Soprano (Pussycat), Mezzo-Soprano (Owl) and Musical Theatre Baritone (various), Cl/B.Cl, Vc, Perc. + fixed electroacoustic track. Book and libretto by Kathryn Marquet. Little Match Productions. 45'00". Listen to the album. 

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WORKS FOR SCHOOL & COMMUNITY ENSEMBLES

Processional (2015). Commissioned by Saint Stephen's College for their 20th Anniversary. Listen.

Version 1: Concert Band + strings. Grade 3. ca 1'20"

Version 2: String Quartet. Grade 3-4. ca 2'00"

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ARRANGEMENTS & EDUCATION RESOURCES

 

Along the Peterskaya (2017) Traditional. Arr. for: Symphony Orchestra. 1’15".  Commissioned for the TSO Songbook Part 2. Full score available from the TSO under a Creative Commons License. Access here. Please contact the composer to hire parts. Listen.

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Echoes and Threads (2017) Original for: Symphony Orchestra. ca. 3'30". Commissioned for the TSO Songbook Part 2 composed in response to Along the Peterskaya. Full score available from the TSO under a Creative Commons License. Access here. Please contact the composer to hire parts. Listen. View score.

 

Tingalayo (2016) Traditional. Arr. for: Chamber Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. 2’40".  Commissioned for the TSO Songbook Part 1. Full score available from the TSO under a Creative Commons License. Access here. Please contact the composer to hire parts. Listen.

Version 1: Chamber Orchestra

Version 2: Symphony Orchestra

 

Nuages Gris (2015) Franz Liszt. Arr. for Symphony Orchestra. 3’54”. Full score available from the TSO under a Creative Commons License. Access here. Please contact the composer to hire parts. As featured in TSO in your Classroom: Arranging with Cheney. Watch.

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OTHER

OTHER often involve electronics, collaboration or some degree of improvisation

 

My Destination is No Longer a Place (2015) – For mounted Handbells and four hands. ca. 14'00". Watch.

 

Reich That! (2011) Fl, Vln, Cello, Piano, Percussion and Magnetic Tape. 7'-8'00". Listen in the podcast.

 

Sound and Unsound (2011) Erhu, Perc & Electroacoustic Track. 8'10". Watch.

 

In the Deep (2007) B. CL, Perc & Delay Electroacoustic Track.  6'30". Listen.

 

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NOTE: This list is current to September 2023. Work titles that are underlined indicate more information is available to be previewed online.

Please contact the composer directly to inquire about a score or regarding works for certain instruments that may not be listed here.