Post 1. The italicized section below was written by my librettist Tracey Slaughter. This project aims to speak to the scale of the refugee crisis […]
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Prayer for Broken Shelter
I have begun to compose my third opera Prayer for Broken Shelter which is based on the world refugee crisis and I aim to write […]
The Future is Not War
Have a look at the link below to a piece I wrote a few years ago and was broadcast on ANZAC day this year, to […]
The Human Cockroach
A heart attack during the Covid-19 Lockdown. In the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, I had a heart attack on the 28th March and was […]
Rally
I will be speaking at the rally for RNZ Concert on Friday 28th Feb at Garden Place in Hamilton. We are trying our very best […]
Holidays
Holidays don’t agree with me at all. The university is on summer break and I decided to take a break from composing for a few […]
Jane Curry
My friend and member of the NZGQ (New Zealand Guitar Quartet, the beautiful Jane Curry, had a terrible accident body surfing on boxing day. She […]
New Zealand Guitar Quartet
Almost finished writing a new piece “Equinox” for the incredible NZGQ. A real labor of love. Please follow and like us:
Surah al Ma’dah
A very moving concert on the 25th October in Sydney, given by the wonderful Australian soprano Ayse Goknur-Shanal, of a new piece “Surah Al Ma’dah. […]
A fickle mistress
Music is a fickle mistress. She is wonderfully generous when daily attention is paid to her, but gets very sulky and stubborn when she is […]