News & Current Projects
from stars to sydney harbour
My orchestral piece The Space Between Stars formed the sonic backdrop of a Sydney Opera House livestream early this year that showed the hauntingly still and empty harbour as a result of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
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beautiful new recording
Thank you Ensemble Apex for this most beautiful recording of my string quartet Resting With Angels.
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come to sleep
In 2019 I had the absolute pleasure of writing the orchestral arrangement for Cotter Kypriotis’ beautiful song Come To Sleep. This project took place in conjunction with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s Australian Composers’ School which I was selected to participate in from 2018-19.
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falling embers
A stunning performance by Claire Edwardes, recorded by Pheonix Central Park.
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FLINDERS QUARTET
This year I have been working on my newest string quartet titled A Love Worth Fighting For, composed for the Flinders Quartet. Click here to see the quartet perform my piece Resting with Angels in 2017.
SSO 50 fanfares
I've been commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to compose a new work as part of a multi-season initiative which will see the SSO commission and present the world premieres of new music by 50 Australian composers. Pretty chuffed to be in the mix! Click here to see the SSO perform my piece The Space Between Stars.
carillon + Voice
I've been commissioned by the National Carillon Association of Australia to compose a new work for carillon and voice. Looking forward to writing my third work for the biggest instrument in the world!
Recent Projects
the innocence of life
A big thank you to Megan Pampling and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra for the opportunity to write a song for my beautiful twin nieces born this year!
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4 years with the tso
The end of last year marked the conclusion of a wonderful 4-year collaboration with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. In this time I composed three works for symphony orchestra titled FLIGHT, The Space Between Stars and Lamentation, my first concertino titled Glass Ocean for cor anglais and symphony orchestra, and arranged two fantastic songs by singer-songwriters Jordan Kenny and Cotter Cypriotis. Looking forward to working with these artists and the TSO again in the future! Click here for a snippet of Glass Ocean.
sydney children’s choir
In 2018-19 I had an absolute ball filling the role of composer in residence with Sydney Children’s Choir. I worked in conjunction with Sydney Living Museums to create 6 new works that explored the stories of a collection of Sydney’s most historic properties and sites.
mass choir in toronto
In 2018 I was invited to expand my choral work Vecmamina Svesuma (Grandmother in a Foreign Land) to include orchestra. The work was performed by orchestra and a choir of over 1,000 singers in Toronto in July at the XV Canadian Latvian Song and Dance Festival mass choir concert at Maple Leaf Gardens. Click here to see a snippet.
Willoughby symphony orchestra
In 2019 I was commissioned to expand my piece The Lake into a string orchestra work for the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Click here to see them perform it.
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In September 2019 I was invited to attend the World Federation of Free Latvians ‘World Latvian Cultural Conference’ as a panelist alongside composers Eriks Esenvalds, Dace Aperane and Juris Kenins. Click here to see a snippet : )