Wally Gunn

About

Wally Gunn is a composer who makes use of patterns and processes in his work, and sometimes utilizes speech, gesture, and movement to heighten the theatricality of musical performance, all with the aim of creating music that is expressive and affecting. The extramusical themes in his work look outward to explore the natural world, and inward to reflect queer identity and experience. Hailing from rural Australia, Wally first played in rock bands, then attended Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, before moving to New York to study at Manhattan School of Music, and then pursue a PhD at Princeton University. He currently divides his time between USA and Australia.

For a full biography, an artist’s statement, a curriculum vitae, and photographs, go to Media Kit.

New

Come To This

Rorqual

‘Rorqual’ is a 60 minute song cycle for vocalist and chamber ensemble by Wally Gunn with text from various authors, including contemporary poet Katie Berta. The work was commissioned by Rubiks Collective, and the premiere season features the ensemble joined by vocalist Gian Slater.

2024.12.05 / 7:30 PM
2024.12.06 / 7:30 PM
2024.12.07 / 2:00 PM
2024.12.07 / 7:30 PM

Temperance Hall, 199 Napier St, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia / ‘Rorqual’ (world premiere) / Rubiks Collective, Gian Slater / tickets and more information

‘Rorqual’ takes the story of “the world’s loneliest whale” as the inspiration for an intimate and affecting work that journeys through withdrawal, solitude, resilience, and connection. Using found and repurposed texts drawn from the deep past to the present, composer Wally Gunn’s song cycle fuses classical and indie-rock music, and features the ethereal vocals of jazz singer Gian Slater, the searingly precise musicians of Rubiks Collective, immersive interludes from sound artist Tilman Robinson, and dark dreamscape projections from film artist Chris Bennett. The show takes the audience from the ocean’s shimmering surface to its mysterious depths, and back. Join us for the world premiere season of ‘Rorqual, the story of this modern-day mythological creature that continues to sing its one-of-a-kind song.

Then Watch These

I heart Artemis

‘I heart Artemis’ is a 60 minute oratorio by Wally Gunn and longtime collaborator, librettist Maria Zajkowski, written in fulfillment of the Albert H Maggs Composition Award, and completed in 2021. The world premiere was performed by Variant 6 in Philadelphia, PA, in March 2022 and the Australian premiere was performed by The Consort of Melbourne in September 2022, the Australian in 2019.

Everything is fragile. Love, the earth, the waters we rely on to give us life. And things can change so easily. Even those who think they are untouchable can be touched by change. In the time before time, Athena and Artemis meet, fall in love, and live a brief eternity of passion. But their paradise can’t last. On earth, men wage war, indulge their lusts, and exploit the land. Athena and Artemis watch in horror as the world falls apart, and must unite to defend what cannot defend itself. Is time running out? The deities are watching. ‘I heart Artemis’ is a story about a mythological love and a very real crisis, which asks the most pressing questions about humanity’s future.

And Watch These Too

Smythesdale

Smythesdale is Wally Gunn’s pop music project, in collaboration with lyricist Maria Zajkowski, visual artist Martin John Lee, and filmmaker Terrence Hunt. Wally and Maria collaborated on a set of five songs in 2016, and from March – May 2020, Wally recorded them. The five-track EP ‘Space For Stars’ was released on July 15, 2020. Visit the Smythesdale page on this website to stream the full 5-song EP of music on Spotify and Apple Music, view the magnificent artwork, read the gorgeous lyrics, and follow links to the contributing artists’ sites to check out their previous work.

Moonlite

‘Moonlite’ is a 90 minute oratorio, based on the true crime queer love story of the 19th-century Australian bushranger Andrew George Scott, known as ‘Captain Moonlite.’ Wally and longtime collaborator, librettist Maria Zajkowski, wrote the work over the course of two years, starting in 2017, and in May of 2019, the work was premiered by Variant 6, Mobius Percussion, and Veronica Jurkiewicz in Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY, and Princeton, NJ. The work won the Albert H Maggs Composition Award in 2019.

In Australia, in the late 19th-century, an educated Irishman by the name of Andrew George Scott rose to infamy. Once an engineer, soldier, and gentleman, Scott was employed as a preacher when he was convicted of bank robbery, leaving a note at the scene signed ‘Captain Moonlite.’ While in prison he met James Nesbitt and the two became lovers. Upon release, Scott and Nesbitt were plagued by hardship and police harassment in Melbourne, and set out for the countryside in search of work and a better life. With a reputation preceding them and hunger at their heels, their honest efforts were thwarted, leading them to take desperate actions. The extraordinary events that followed tell a story of daring, bravery, love, violence, tragedy, and punishment, and in 1880 Scott went to the gallows, wearing a ring made of Nesbitt’s hair. The events of Scott’s life are documented in his own words in letters he wrote while waiting for his execution. ‘Moonlite’ is based on his account.

Music

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Solo / Duo

Stairwell Echoes
2022 (05:00)
Celeste and harpsichord
Commissioned by Astra Chamber Music

To The Uttermost Parts
2022 (10:00)
Text by Wally Gunn
Solo percussion with speaking voice
Commissioned by Eric Shuster

Ore
2018 (07:00)
Text by Maria Zajkowski
Percussion duo with speaking voices
Commissioned by the New Works Project and consortium members

Seven Shells
2016 (06:00)
Text by Wally Gunn
Solo prepared drum kit and speaking voice
Commissioned by Becca Doughty and consortium

Astonishing Islands
2016 (09:00)
Solo guitar with voice
Commissioned by St John’s Smith Square
Written for Laura Snowden

Arches and Shadows
2016 (08:30)
Solo violin or solo viola with singing voice

Bare White Bones
2016 (10:00)
Text by Wally Gunn and James Gunn
Flute, percussion
Commissioned by Gemini Duo and consortium

Willow
2015 (04:00)
Text by Wally Gunn and Jenise Treuting
Solo drum kit
Commissioned by Jason Treuting

Little Things
2015 (22:00)
Text by Wally Gunn
Percussion duo
Commissioned by Steady State

Can You Hear Me?
2012 (09:00)
Piano, drum kit and percussion
Written for futureCities

Mantid
2012 (06:30)
Shakuhachi or alto flute, tape
Written for Riley Lee

The Hive
2005 (14:00)
Viola, percussion, tape
Written for Phoebe Green

Trio / Quartet

Space For Stars
2016 (17:00)
Music by Wally Gunn
Words by Maria Zajkowski
2 voices and 3 instrumental parts

Discothèque
2016 (10:00)
Percussion trio

Broken Song
2016 (06:30)
Oboe, melodica and toy piano, harp

Pinwheel
2016 (09:30)
Trumpet, trombone, electric guitar
Commissioned by Three

Blood
2015 (20:00)
String quartet
Commissioned by The Letter String Quartet

Vicious Children
2014 (09:00)
Text by Wally Gunn, after Mother Goose
Percussion quartet
Written for Mobius Percussion

Archaean Eon
2013 (06:00)
Electric guitar quartet, drum kit
Written for Dither Guitar Quartet

Stones
2013 (20:00)
Percussion quartet
Written for Mobius Percussion

Double Or Nothing
2012 (09:00)
Percussion quartet

Tangram
2012 (08:00)
Percussion quartet
Written for Sō Percussion

Skin and Bone
2008 (09:00)
String quartet

PreCambrian
2003 (04:40)
Guitar quartet

Larger Ensemble

Rorqual
2024 (55:00)
Song cycle for mezzo-soprano voice, flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion
Music by Wally Gunn
Text by various authors
Commissioned by Rubiks Collective

I heart Artemis
2021 (60:00)
An oratorio for six voices
Music by Wally Gunn
Libretto by Maria Zajkowski
Written for Variant 6 and The Consort of Melbourne

Moonlite
2019 (88:00)
Music by Wally Gunn
Libretto by Maria Zajkowski
6 voices, 4 percussion, viola
Written for Variant 6 and Mobius Percussion

Interior
2016 (08:30)
Flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin, contrabass
Written for Ensemble Mise-En

The Ascendant
2012 and 2016 (31:15)
Text by Maria Zajkowski
8 voices, drum kit
Commissioned by Roomful of Teeth

Arid Land
2014 (06:00)
Orchestra

The Earth Must Move
2015 (06:00)
Text by Nicolaus Copernicus
Mens vocal ensemble
Commissioned by Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Long Distance
2015 (22:40)
Text by Scott Brennan
Tenor voice, woodwind octet, piano, percussion

A Sort Of Orbit
2013 (07:00)
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass
Written for 3 Shades Black

Lonely Road
2011 (08:00)
Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass

Doublethink
2009 (07:50)
Orchestra

Performances

Upcoming
Past

Upcoming:

2024.11.30 / 11:00 AM / 75 Reid, 75 Reid Street, Fitzroy North, VIC 3068, Australia / ‘Rorqual’ (preview) / Rubiks Collective, Gian Slater / more information

2024.12.05 / 7:30 PM / Temperance Hall, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia / ‘Rorqual’ (world premiere) / Rubiks Collective, Gian Slater / tickets and more information

2024.12.06 / 7:30 PM / Temperance Hall, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia / ‘Rorqual’ / Rubiks Collective, Gian Slater / tickets and more information

2024.12.07 / 2:00 PM / Temperance Hall, 199 Napier Street, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia / ‘Rorqual’ / Rubiks Collective, Gian Slater / tickets and more information

2024.12.07 / 7:30 PM / Temperance Hall, 199 Napier St, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia / ‘Rorqual’ / Rubiks Collective, Gian Slater / tickets and more information

Past:

2023

2023.03.10 / Grace Place, Chicago, IL, USA / ‘The Ascendant’ / William Ferris Chorale, Christopher Windle, Director

2023.05.17 / Mary B Galvin Recital Hall at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA / ‘The Ascendant’ (excerpts: ‘the fence is gone,’ ‘are we death now,’ ‘surviving death’) / The Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, Beth Willer, conductor

2023.06.11 / Édifice Wilder, Espace Bleu, 1435 Rue de Bleury, Montréal, Canada / ‘Terrestrial’ (world premiere) / Architek Percussion / more information

2022

2022.11.10 / Evolution Contemporary Music Series, 2640 Space, Baltimore, MD, USA / ‘The Ascendant’ / Roomful of Teeth

2022.11.10 / ‘Research Day,’ PASIC 2022, Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA / ‘Book of Hours’ / Eric Shuster

2022.11.04 / ‘Friday Drums,’ University of Maryland, Catonsville, MD, USA / ‘Book of Hours’ / Eric Shuster

2022.10.28 / ‘Ghost Notes,’ Fulton Hall, Black box Theater, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA / ‘Book of Hours’ / Eric Shuster

2022.09.27 / Melbourne Recital Center, Melbourne VIC, Australia / ‘I heart Artemis’ (Australian premiere) / The Consort of Melbourne

2022.08.27 / Astra Chamber Music, Church of All Nations, Carlton, VIC, Australia / ‘Stairwell Echoes‘ (world premiere) / Peter Dumsday, celeste; Joy Lee, harpsichord.

2022.06.06 / ‘Tempo Queer’ at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC, Australia / ‘Arches and Shadows’ / Kyla Matsuura-Miller, viola

2022.05.19 / Transplanted Roots Percussion Research Symposium 2022 / ‘Book of Hours’ (world premiere) / Eric Shuster

2022.05.14 / Rose City Park United Methodist Church, Portland, OR, USA / ‘The Ascendant’ / Nexus Vocal Ensemble, Lennie Cottrell, Artistic Director and Conductor, with Aaron Tuchardt, percussion

2022.03.20 / ‘Homophonic!’ at Bendigo Pride Festival, Engine Room, Bendigo, VIC, Australia / ‘Skin and Bone’ / Homophonic! Ensemble

2022.03.19 / Wicker Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL, USA / ‘The Ascendant’ / William Ferris Chorale

2022.03.17 / Maas Building, Philadelphia, PA, USA / ‘I heart Artemis’ / (world premiere) / Variant 6

2022.02.24 / Australian Digital Concert Hall, The Athanaeum, Melbourne, VIC, Australia / ‘The Ascendant’ / The Consort of Melbourne

2021

2021.10.13 / Livestream from San Diego Mesa College Music Department, San Diego, CA, USA / [unknown work] / Kyle Flens

2021.05.10 / Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA / ‘Can You Hear Me?’ / UMD Percussion Ensemble

2021.04.25, 7:30 PM / Homophonic! at La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne, VIC Australia / Selections from ‘Moonlite’ (2, 5, 9) / Homophonic! Ensemble, featuring The Consort of Melbourne, voices, Phoebe Green, viola, and Hamish Upton, percussion.

2021.04.25, 2:00 PM / Homophonic! at La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne, VIC Australia / Selections from ‘Moonlite’ (2, 5, 9) / Homophonic! Ensemble, featuring The Consort of Melbourne, voices, Phoebe Green, viola, and Hamish Upton, percussion.

2021.04.24, 2:00 PM / Homophonic! at La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne, VIC Australia / Selections from ‘Moonlite’ (2, 5, 9) / Homophonic! Ensemble, featuring The Consort of Melbourne, voices, Phoebe Green, viola, and Hamish Upton, percussion.

2021.03.21 / ‘Homophonic!’ at The Engine Room, The Bendigo Fire Station, Bendigo, VIC Australia / Selections from ‘Moonlite’ (2, 5, 9) / Homophonic! Ensemble, featuring The Consort of Melbourne, voices, Phoebe Green, viola, and Hamish Upton, percussion.

2021.03.06 / ‘Homophonic!’ at ChillOut Festival, Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve Amphitheater, Hepburn Springs, VIC Australia / Selections from ‘Moonlite’ (2, 5, 9) / Homophonic! Ensemble, featuring The Consort of Melbourne, voices, Phoebe Green, viola, and Hamish Upton, percussion.

2020

2020.07.08 / Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia / ‘Pinwheel’ / Three

2020.04.14 / Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin / ‘Vicious Children’ / UT Percussion Ensemble

2020.03.07 / Adelaide Festival: UKARIA Cultural Centre / Mount Barker Summit, SA, Australia / ‘The Ascendant’ / Roomful of Teeth

2020.02.15 / Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / ‘Tangram’ / Sō Percussion

2020.02.13 / American Songbook series at Lincoln Center / New York, NY, USA / ‘The Ascendant’ / Roomful of Teeth

2020.02.01 / Midsumma Festival: ‘Homophonic!’ at LaMama Courthouse / Melbourne, VIC, Australia / ‘The beginning and’ from ‘The Ascendant’ / The Consort of Melbourne and 3 Shades Black

2020.01.31 / Midsumma Festival: ‘Homophonic!’ at LaMama Courthouse / Melbourne, VIC, Australia / ‘The beginning and’ from ‘The Ascendant’ / The Consort of Melbourne and 3 Shades Black

2020.01.30 / Midsumma Festival: ‘Homophonic!’ at LaMama Courthouse / Melbourne, VIC, Australia / ‘The beginning and’ from ‘The Ascendant’ / The Consort of Melbourne and 3 Shades Black

2019

2019.11.19 / Western Carolina University, Coulter Recital Hall / Cullowhee, NC, USA / Stones / Western Carolina University Percussion Ensemble

2019.10.27 / University of Texas / El Paso, TX, USA / Vicious Children / UTEP Percussion Ensemble

2019.05.19 / Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Middle Park / Melbourne, VIC, AU / Arches and Shadows / Phoebe Green

2019.05.19 / Matthews Theater, 185 Nassau St / Princeton, NJ, USA / Moonlite / Variant 6, Mobius Percussion, Veronica Jurkiewicz

2019.05.17 / Pregones Theater / Bronx, NY, USA / Moonlite / Variant 6, Mobius Percussion, Veronica Jurkiewicz

2019.05.16 / Maas Building / Philadelphia, PA, USA / Moonlite / Variant 6, Mobius Percussion, Veronica Jurkiewicz

2019.04.12 / Schneider Museum of Art / Ashland, OR, USA / Bare White Bones / Caballito Negro

2019.03.14 / Queen’s Convent Ballroom, Gibraltar Philharmonic Society / Gibraltar / Can You Hear Me? / Cristina Altamura, piano and David Degge, percussion

2019.02.21 / Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Pinwheel / Three

2018

2018.12.19 / New York University / New York, NY, USA / Seven Shells / Yang Chen

2018.08.12 / Wisconsin Union Theater / Madison, WI, USA / Ore / Filament Percussion Duo

2018.04.30 / Friends University / Wichita, KS, USA / Discothéque / Friends University Percussion Group

2018.04.11 / Friends University / Wichita, KS, USA / Discothéque / Friends University Percussion Group

2018.02.18 / Mountain Meadows / Ashland, OR, USA / Bare White Bones / Caballito Negro

2018.02.10 / Abbie Weisenbloom Presents / Portland, OR, USA / Bare White Bones / Caballito Negro

2018.01.13 / BBC Radio 3 Open Ear Concert, LSO St Luke’s / London, England, UK / Vicious Children / Abstruckt Percussion

2017

2017.11.09 / Percussive Arts Society International Conference (PASIC) / Indianapolis, IN, USA / Thank You For Calling from Little Things / Steady State

2017.04.27 / University of Buffalo / Amherst, NY, USA / Willow / John Smigielski

2017.04.25 / Spark and Wiry Cries songSLAM / HERE Theater / New York, NY, USA / One Good Life (world premiere) / Jonathan Russell MacArthur and Darren Creech

2017.04.23 / Hawthorn Arts Center / Hawthorn, VIC, AUS / old wounds, from Blood / The Letter String Quartet

2017.04.11 / Miller Theater, Columbia University / New York, NY, USA / Willow / Jason Treuting

2017.04.22 / Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College / Ithaca, NY, USA / Little Things / Ian Jones and Jessica Foster, percussion

2017.03.28 / Null Point presents / The WASH Project / Buffalo, NY, USA / Willow / John Smigielski

2017.02.23 / Spotlight presents ‘Australian Electric’ at Melbourne Recital Center / Melbourne, VIC, AUS / Pinwheel (world premiere) / Three

2017.01.20 / DiMenna Center / New York, NY, USA / Bare White Bones / Gemini Duo

2016

2016.12.01 / St John’s Smith Square / London, UK / Astonishing Islands (world premiere) / Laura Snowden

2016.11.20 / Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Seven Shells (world premiere) / Becca Doughty

2016.11.12 / Spectrum / New York, NY, USA / Bare White Bones (world premiere) / Gemini Duo

2016.09.17 / The Juilliard School / New York, NY, USA / Highway, Night (work in progress) / Tala Rasa

2016.09.15 / University of Massachusetts / Amherst, MA, USA / Highway, Night (work in progress) / Tala Rasa

2016.09.14 / Alma Thomas Theater, Sarofim School of Fine Arts’ Music Department, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2016.09.13 / Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, School of Music at Baylor University / Waco, TX, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2016.09.13 / New York University / New York, NY, USA / Highway, Night (work in progress) / Tala Rasa

2016.09.12 / University of Maryland / College Park, MD, USA / Highway, Night (work in progress) / Tala Rasa

2016.08.30 / National Opera Center / New York, NY, USA / Interior / Ensemble Mise-En

2016.08.28 / I-Park Composers + Musician Collaborative Residency Concert at First Congregational Church of Old Lyme / Old Lyme, CT, USA / Interior (world premiere) / Ensemble Mise-En

2016.08.21 / Ravinia Festival / Highland Park, IL, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2016.07.17 / Princeton Composers Concert, Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Matthews Theater, Lewis Center For the Arts / Princeton, NJ, USA / Discothèque (world premiere) / Jacob Gutierrez, Nathan Matthews, Somali Wilson

2016.06.25 / Firehouse Space / Brooklyn, NY, USA / Double Or Nothing / Soundmark Project

2016.06.24 / Spectrum / New York, NY, USA / Double Or Nothing / Soundmark Project

2016.06.24 / Toronto Creative Music Lab 2016 at 918 Bathurst / Toronto, ON, Canada / Broken Song (world premiere) / Carly Gordon, Grace Scheele, Wesley Shen

2016.05.28 / Melbourne Recital Center / Melbourne, VIC, Australia / Blood (world premiere) / The Letter String Quartet

2016.05.18 / Melbourne Recital Center / Melbourne, VIC, Australia / sangfroid from Blood (world premiere) / The Letter String Quartet

2016.04.30 / Baldwin Autitorium at Duke University / Durham, NC, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2016.04.28 / Free Range Asheville at Asheville Masonic Temple / Asheville, NC, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2016.04.15 / Melba Hall at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music / Melbourne, VIC, Australia / Archaean Eon / Ken Murray and colleagues

2016.04.09 / SPF16 (Salisbury Percussion Festival), Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Can You Hear Me? / Alex Cooper and Becca Doughty

2016.04.08 / SPF16 (Salisbury Percussion Festival), Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Little Things / Steady State

2016.04.07 / SPF16 (Salisbury Percussion Festival), Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Vicious Children / Becca Doughty, Dylan Ira, Tyler Ringer, Gianna Spedale

2016.03.30 / Westminster Choir College / Princeton, NJ, USA / The Ascendant (3 new songs, world premiere) / Roomful of Teeth

2016.03.22 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Blood (work in progress) / Escher String Quartet

2016.03.21 / Conservatorio di Musica dall’Abaco / Verona, Italy / Can You Hear Me? / Passepartout Duo

2016.03.20 / Fondation des Etats-Unis (Grand Salon) / Paris, France / Can You Hear Me? / Passepartout Duo

2016.03.17 / Swiss Foundation for Young Musicians / Basel, Switzerland / Can You Hear Me? / Passepartout Duo

2016.03.14 / University of Chichester (Chapel of the Ascension – Bishop Otter Campus) / Chichester, England / Can You Hear Me? / Passepartout Duo

2016.03.02 / Fine Arts Series at Tower Fine Arts Center, The College At Brockport / Brockport, NY, USA / Willow / Aaron Staebell

2016.02.21 / Spectrum / New York, NY, USA / Can You Hear Me? / Passepartout Duo

2015

2015.12.13 / 2:00pm & 6:00pm / Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church / Brooklyn, NY, USA / The Earth Must Move (world premiere) / Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Men’s Ensemble

2015.10.17 / The Oratory, Abbotsford Convent / Abbotsford, VIC, AUS / Blood (iii. sangfroid) (work in progress) / The Letter String Quartet

2015.09.27 / Unruly Sounds Marathon / Unruly Sounds Festival / Princeton Public Library / Princeton, NJ, USA / Little Things / Steady State percussion duo

2015.08.28 / Mass MoCA / North Adams, MA, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2015.08.08 / Bravo! Vail / Vail, CO, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2015.08.01 / Final Concert, Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Matthews Theater, Lewis Center For the Arts / Princeton, NJ, USA / Vicious Children / Kaylie Hardeman, Mike Jones, Evan Miller, Paul Stevens

2015.07.30 / Fulton Hall, Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Little Things (world premiere) / Steady State

2015.07.25 / Princeton Composers Concert, Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Matthews Theater, Lewis Center For the Arts / Princeton, NJ, USA / Little Things (work in progress) / Luz Carime Santa-Coloma and Max Fahland

2015.07.25 / TorQ Percussion Seminar at Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance / Linenburg, NS, Canada / Stones / TorQ Percussion Seminar students

2015.07.24 / River To River Festival at Liberty Plaza / New York, NY, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2015.04.09 / Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2015.03.31 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Willow (world premiere) / Jason Treuting

2015.03.20 / Louisiana State University / Baton Rouge, LA, USA / Little Things (work in progress) / Steady State

2015.03.08 / Princeton Public Library / Princeton, NJ, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2015.03.06 / Newman Center / Denver, CO, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth with Colorado Symphony Orchestra

2015.03.03 / Guzetta Hall at University of Akron / Akron, OH, USA / Vicious Children / Dillon Bolon, Matt Deihl, Tyler Mashek, Noah Roberts

2015.02.28 / Tennessee Day of Percussion / Cookeville, TN, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2015.02.13 / ArtShareLA / Los Angeles, CA, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2015.02.11 / California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2015.02.10 / California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2015.02.10 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Long Distance (world premiere) / American Modern Ensemble

2015.02.09 / University of Southern California / Los Angeles, CA, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2015.01.23 / ShapeShifter Lab / Brooklyn, NY, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2014

2014.12.19 / Firehouse Space / Brooklyn, NY, 11211, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2014.12.09 / Brooklyn Bound at Sō Studio / Brooklyn, NY, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2014.12.09 / Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Arid Land (work in progress) / New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

2014.11.09 / Millhill Family Center Concert at Westminster Choir College / Princeton, NJ, USA / Vicious Children / Mobius Percussion

2014.11.08 / Stage One Performing Arts Center / Wallingford, PA, USA / Vicious Children (world premiere) / Mobius Percussion

2014.11.02 / Bleed Through at Oratory Room, Abbotsford Convent / Melbourne, AUS / Mantid / Laila Engle, alto flute

2014.07.26 / Princeton Composers Concert, Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Matthews Theater, Lewis Center For the Arts / Princeton, NJ, USA / Vicious Children (work in progress) / Kaylee Bonatakis, Zac Brunell, Paul Finckel, Adam Holmes, percussion

2014.06.06 / Neif-Norf Summer Festival at Furman University Department of Music / Can You Hear Me? (i) / Evan Chapman, percussion, Andrea Lodge, piano

2014.05.20 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Stones (world premiere) / Mobius Percussion

2014.05.12 / New Music Network’s New Music Mini Series at Northcote Uniting Church / Melbourne, Victoria, AUS / The Hive / Phoebe Green, viola, Leah Scholes, percussion

2014.05.08 / New Music Network’s New Music Mini Series at Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Griffith Conservatorium of Music / Brisbane, Queensland, AUS / The Hive / Phoebe Green, viola, Leah Scholes, percussion

2014.05.07 / Wellesley College Concert Series at Wellesley College / Wellesley, MA, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth + members of Asphalt Orchestra

2014.05.05 / Music Mondays at Advent Lutheran Church / New York, NY, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2014.05.03 / Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church / Bronx, NY, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Mobius Percussion

2014.02.18 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Archaean Eon (world premiere) / Dither Guitar Quartet

2014.01.24 and 2014.01.25 / Midsumma Festival’s Homophonic: New Music By Queer Composers at La Mama Courthouse / Melbourne, AUS / A Sort Of Orbit (world premiere) / 3 Shades Black (2014): Laila Engle, flute, Ben Opie, oboe, Aviva Endean, clarinet, Zoey Pepper, bassoon, Luke Paulding, tuba, Jen Morrish, percussion, Zachary Johnston, violin, Phoebe Green, viola, Jen Mills, violoncello, Miranda Hill, contrabass

2013

2013.11.07 / New Music Salisbury at Great Hall, Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Salisbury University Percussion Ensemble

2013.11.15 / Holloway Hall, Salisbury University / Salisbury, MD, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Salisbury University Percussion Ensemble

2013.11.05 / The Black Box Project at Wilson College Black Box Theater, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / By The Time You Get This (world premiere) / Ryan Drickey, violin, Jason Treuting, percussion

2013.10.17 / The Cell, New York, NY, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Mobius Percussion

2013.10.24 / Good Child Music / New York, NY, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Mobius Percussion

2013.09.21 / Carlsbad Music Festival at Magee Park, Carlsbad Village Theatre / Carlsbad, CA, USA / The Ascendant / Roomful of Teeth

2013.07.27 / Princeton Composers Concert, Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Matthews Theater, Lewis Center For the Arts / Princeton, NJ, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Jonathan Brown, Adam Friedman, Matthew Timman, Ashley Tini

2013.07.26 / Small World Coffee / Princeton, NJ, USA / Stones (work in progress) / Jonathan Brown, Adam Friedman, Matthew Timman, Ashley Tini

2013.04.23 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / We Can Walk The Empty Streets Again Tonight (world premiere) / Red Shift: Kate Campbell, piano, Evelyn Farny, violoncello, Andie Springer, violin

2013.04.19 / Carnegie Hall Neighbourhood Concert at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center / New York, NY, USA / Double Or Nothing / So Percussion

2013.03.12 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / The Ascendant (world premiere) / Roomful of Teeth

2013.03 / Switchboard Music Festival / San Francisco, CA, USA / Can You Hear Me? / futureCities

2013.03 / Center for New Music / San Francisco, CA, USA / Can You Hear Me? / futureCities

2012

2012.11.20 / Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron / Akron, OH, USA / Tangram / The University of Akron Percussion Ensemble: Matt Edick, Steve Neal, Thomas Russell, Cameron Weichman, Dave Wolf

2012.07.21 / Princeton Composers Concert, Sō Percussion Summer Institute at Matthews Theater, Lewis Center For the Arts / Princeton, NJ, USA / Double Or Nothing (world premiere) / Chris Demetriou, Abby Fisher, Christopher Gunnell, Eric Shuster, percussion

2012.07.20 / Small World Coffee, Princeton, NJ, USA / Double Or Nothing (work in progress) / Chris Demetriou, Abby Fisher, Christopher Gunnell, Eric Shuster, percussion

2012.06.01 Opera On Tap: New Brew at Barbes / New York, NY, USA / Furniture (work in progress) / Kamala Sankaram, voice, Melissa Tong, violin, Mila Henry, piano

2012.05.02 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Tangram (world premiere) / Sō Percussion

2012.04.03 / Princeton Sound Kitchen at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University / Princeton, NJ, USA / Mantid (world premiere) / Riley Lee, shakuhachi

2012.02.21 / Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA / Can You Hear Me? (world premiere) / futureCities

2012.02.02 / Midsumma Festival’s Homophonic: New Music By Queer Composers at Trades Hall / Melbourne, AUS / There Might Have Been A Time (world premiere) / 3 Shades Black (2012): Laila Engle, flute, Edward Ferris, clarinet, Joshua de Graaf, oboe, Oscar Garrido de la Rosa, bassoon, Daniel Richardson, percussion, Stephanie Kabanyana, percussion, Phoebe Green, viola, Ruby Paskas, violin, Miranda Hill, double bass

2011

2011.07.25 / Bang On A Can Summer Music Festival presents “An Afternoon of World Premieres” at Massachusetts Museum of Contemprary Art (Mass MoCA) / North Adams, MA, USA / Lonely Road (world premiere) / Brad Lubman, conductor, Shaun Barlow, flute, Stuart Breczinski, oboe, Alejandro T. Acierto, clarinet, Stephanie Patterson, Bassoon, Julia Brooks, french horn, Jacob Walls, trumpet, Matt Barbier, trombone, Peter de Jager, piano, Ben Reimer, percussion, Heidi Achaul-Yoder, violin, Patti Kilroy, viola, Nick Photinos, violoncello, Will Hack, contrabass

2011.03.28 / Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne, AUS / Skin and Bone / Atticus String Quartet: Zachary Johnston, violin, Lizzy Welsh, violin, Phoebe Green, viola, Judith Hamann, violoncello

2010

2010.04.30 / Charles Myers Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music / New York, NY, USA / Can You Hear Me? (work in progress) / futureCities: Anne Rainwater, piano, Jude Traxler, percussion

2010.04.26 / Pforzheimer Hall, Manhattan School of Music / New York, NY, USA / Captain Moonlight (work in progress) / Nils Nilson, tenor voice, Houston Vinson, baritone voice, Mia Elezovic, piano

2010.02.12 / Bordern Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music / New York, NY, USA / Doublethink (world premiere) / Manhattan School of Music Student Orchestra

2009

2009.06.28 / Composer’s Voice Concert Series at Jan Hus Church / New York, NY, USA / Furniture (work in progress) / Megan Schubert, soprano, Joshua Modney, violin, Vicky Chow, piano

2009.03.30 / Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music / New York, NY, USA / Long Distance (work in progress) / Brian Harris, tenor voice, Nicole Camacho, flute, Elizabeth Kalenik, flute, Kathleen Coughlin, oboe, Emily D’Angelo, oboe, Marie Bessesen, clarinet, Philip Everal, clarinet, Annie Lyle, bassoon, Adam Lintz, bassoon,Youngwoo Yoo, piano, Jeff Witherell, percussion

2009.07.26 / Glen Eira Town Hall / Melbourne, AUS / Skin and Bone (world premiere) / Silo String Quartet: Aaron Barnden, violin, Andrea Keeble, violin, Ceridwen Davies, viola, Caerwen Martin, violoncello

2008

2007

2007.05.03 and 2007.05.04 / Dead Horse Productions presents “Trot, Canter, Gallop” at Full Tilt at the Arts Centre at Fairfax Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre / Melbourne, AUS / Run Run Run ( world premiere) / Dead Horse String Quartet + Wally Gunn, tenor voice

2007.02.23 / Dead Horse Productions presents “Ground Elastic Sound” at The Forum / Melbourne, AUS / Eleven Fifty-Five (world premiere) / Dead Horse Ensemble: Benjamin Northey, conductor, Dead Horse Ensemble: Martin Mackerras, clarinet, Adam Simmons, saxophone, Phil Bywater, saxophone, Joanne Montesano, horn, Tristram Williams, trumpet, Charles MacInnes, trombone, Miki Tsonuda, violin, Zachary Johnston, violin, Phoebe Green, viola, Caerwen Davies, violoncello, Anita Hustas, contrabass

2006

2006.06.27 / Loop Bar / Melbourne, AUS / What I Ought And Ought Not Do (world premiere) / Speak Percussion: Peter Neville, Eugene Ughetti, Clare Edwardes

2006.06.06 / Loop Bar, Melbourne, AUS / Rational Behaviour (world premiere) / Proktet: Amelia Coleman, oboe, Aviva Endean, clarinet, Zachary Johnston, violin, Phoebe Green, viola, Chloe Smith, double bass

2006.02.10 and 2006.02.11 / Dead Horse Productions presents “Concave City” at Meat Market, Arts House / Melbourne, AUS / The Hive (world premiere) / Phoebe Green, viola, and Dan Richardson, percussion

2005

2005.12.10 / Melbourne Art Rooms (MARS), / Melbourne, AUS / Insect Studies (world premiere) / Uska Dara: Jess Foot, oboe, Adam Mikulic, bassoon

2004

2004.11.30 / Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, AUS / The Slaves (work in progress) / Victorian College of the Arts student ensemble

2004.09 / Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Centre, Melbourne, AUS / Imperial Milking Machine (world premiere) / Victorian College of the Arts Student Orchestra

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