BLOOM

I’ve worked with the Calligram boys a few times already, but in this case it’s much more of a ‘proud sister moment’ than your regular old shout-out. My brother Noah has written and directed his first feature film ‘Bloom’. Hitting festivals and your screens in 2024.

Here’s the trailer, featuring the theme we composed: “4:17”.


METEOR MASH (2023)

I was an honoured participant in last year’s Hatched program with the amazing Ensemble Offspring. Wrote this little cretin of a work for their musicians based on the sounds of metal, meteors and mashing.

It was an absolute pleasure to throw myself into a bunch of sounds and techniques I never would have had the chance to explore outside of a group of musicians who live and breathe weird and unconventional music. I want to say a big thank you to Damien, Claire, Lamorna, Jason, Blair and Natalia for being such wonderful mentors throughout the week and into the future.

Feel like one-upping me? You should apply: https://www.ensembleoffspring.com/hatched-academy

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FIRE DANCES

Thanks to the ABC New Australian Music Fund, Natalie Williams and the Muses Trio have been able to commission a new piano trio suite, Fire Dances, keeping the conversation alive around the recent Australian bushfire tragedy. I’m honoured to have been chosen to represent Queensland in this epic team of Australian women composers.

My contribution, Will-O-Wisp, is a quirky and mischievous scherzo. In folklore, Will-O-Wisps are cheeky little spirits that look like tiny flames.

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I’m really looking forward to hearing the whole suite on ABC Classic FM in November, just in time for Ausmusic Month. In the mean time, the Muses have some sneaky previews on their Facebook page.

The Fire Dances Suite is a national collaboration consisting of composers Elena Kats-Chernin (NSW), Natalie Williams (ACT), Cathy Applegate (NT), Maria Grenfell (TAS), Hilary Kleinig (SA), Nat Bartsch (VIC), Olivia Davies (WA) and Isabella Gerometta (QLD).

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Follow the Muses Trio: Therese Milanovic (piano), Christa Powell (violin) & Louise King (cello)

BEAMS AND WAVES

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Beams and Waves is a work based on the architecture of the Tree of Knowledge memorial in Barcaldine, Queensland. The memorial is constructed of 3,449 beams of wood suspended on the inside of a large box surrounding the tree. Waveforms created by the beams being suspended at different lengths show the negative space of where the branches would have stretched out were the tree still alive.

Different perspectives on the architecture offer different visual experiences. From the outside, the beams appear to be phasing in and out of each other. From the inside, the waves and negative space can be viewed in their full glory. Looking down, the view becomes kaleidoscopic; the reflection of the beams can be seen in conjunction with the roots of the tree underneath the patterned glass. Beams and Waves explores these perspectives and renders them as sonic structures, jutting themes and rhythmic grooves. Expressive melodies recall the branches of the tree, stretching out amongst the architecture.

Beams and Waves was commissioned by Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra for their 2018 regional Queensland tour. Watch a video of their live perfomance of Beams and Waves underneath the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine:

 

Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra was live.

CONVERGE with Expressions Dance Company

Bold new contemporary dance works from four of Australasia's hottest young choreographers. EDC partners with the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) to present Converge, a dynamic choreographic platform for national and international dance artists and featuring the works of emerging composers and musicians from QCGU.

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