Orchestral

Concrete Shadows

for chamber orchestra (2024)

(flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bassoon, French horn, percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass)

and those of us so small
beneath the stars

for choir and symphony orchestra (2023-24)

(2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes/cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons/contrabassoon,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion, SATB, strings)

Of Gates No Longer Known

for symphony orchestra (2023)

(2 flutes, oboe, cor anglais, 2 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns,
2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 2 percussion, strings)

composed for the Kur-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra

This work is not illustration of war, but rather a meditation for those who have been disrupted, displaced or killed from it. The dislocation war causes can be felt everywhere, whether an individual has lived through one or not. My own family fled Cyprus, hoping one day to return home. And yet here today there is no end in sight, most recently with the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Particularly, an ironic element of these wars is that the involved countries (and their surroundings) share the same religion, Ukrainian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Macedonian Orthodox, et cetera. Distant melodies from this shared faith are echoed throughout the work to crystallise unity between humanity.

‘but the sky is surely open’

for chamber orchestra (2022)

(flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, timpani,
percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass)

‘Meanwhile Daedalus, hating Crete, and his long exile, and filled with a desire to stand on his native soil, was imprisoned by the waves. ‘He may thwart our escape by land or sea’ he said, ‘but the sky is surely open to us: we will go that way: Minos rules everything but he does not rule the heavens.’

-Excerpt from Ovid’s Metamorphoses tr. Anthony S. Kline

‘but the sky is surely open’ follows the journey of a boy named Icarus, son of Daedalus, from Ancient Greece. After obtaining the ability to fly, Icarus finds a sense of freedom in escaping the boundaries of the Earth. He becomes infatuated with this new sensation: defying the limits of man.

Oriental Overture

for symphony orchestra (2022)

(piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns,
2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion, strings)

Performed by the Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic (SYOP)

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