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Composer of ‘Have A Go’ a song-cycle about sport, commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2006/7)
- composing, arranging and recording songs for children’s choir and orchestra for the 2006 Primary Schools’ Festival of Music
Music Producer and Composer/Arranger for juju eyeballs trailer (2006)
- creating a musical soundtrack for an animated film
- working in collaboration with animation company Sector3 (Vic) and RT Productions (SA)
Composer for ABC TV production BTN Network News (2005)
- writing music and syncing to video for internationally-released DVD
Composer of ‘A Boy Called Wolfie’ a song-cycle about Mozart on the 250th anniversary of his birth, commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2005/6)
- composing, arranging and recording songs for children’s choir and orchestra for the 2006 Primary Schools’ Festival of Music
Composer for the documentary ‘I
Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
(2005) - composing, arranging and recording music for
the film and television versions - World Premiere at the Adelaide Film
Festival, produced by Hatchling Productions, directed by Cathy Henkel
Composer for ABC TV series Behind
The News, For The Juniors, Count Us In, Music Moves, Take On Technology,
Food For Thought, Being Me and Like It Is
(1999-present). - writing songs, theme and incidental
music for educational television series in various musical styles
including orchestral, country, rap, reggae and techno. - synchronizing
music to video and providing a master recording to the producer for audio
post production.
Composer/Sound Designer for
Windmill Performing Arts production Afternoon of the Elves, directed by
Linda Hartzel from the Seattle Children’s Theatre
(2004) - composing and recording music and soundscape
for live theatre performance at the Dunstan Playhouse
Composer of ‘Dance Crazy!’ a
song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society
(2004/5) - composing, arranging and recording songs for
children’s choir and orchestra for the Primary Schools’ Festival of
Music
Composer for ABC Asia/Pacific
TV programs English Bites, Gallery/Museum Pieces and Living English
(2001-present) - composing, performing and producing
title music and underscore for international satellite broadcast.
Composer for State Theatre Company
of South Australia production of Scenes From An Execution by Howard
Barker, directed by Kim Durban (Sept/Oct 2002) -
composing, performing and producing a recording of music/soundscape for
performances at The Dunstan Playhouse.
Arranger/Musical Director for World
Shine On – A Global Odyssey a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public
Primary Schools Music Society (2002) - co-ordinating
and instructing songwriters from diverse cultural backgrounds -
arranging songs into a song-cycle for children’s choir and
orchestra.
· Composer/Musical Director for The
World Congress on Information Technology (Feb 2002)
writing, arranging and producing a song commissioned
for the Opening Ceremony to be performed before 2000 delegates and
featuring Aboriginal performers, 250-voice Children’s Choir and violinists
from the ASO. - composing a 10 minute dance piece performed by the Leigh
Warren Dance Company at the Gala Dinner
· Composer for
ABC TV documentary series Salinity - Australia’s Silent Flood (Nov-Dec
2001)
· Composer for ABC Asia/Pacific
TV programs English Bites and Gallery/Museum Pieces (Nov-Dec 2001)
- composing, performing and producing title music and underscore for international
satellite broadcast.
· Composer for State Theatre
Company (SA) production of Art, written Yasmina Reza, directed by Chris
Drummond (June 2001)
- composing, performing and producing a recording
of music/soundscape for performances at The Space and regional theatres
throughout South Australia and Victoria.
· Musical Director, arranger
and co-composer for a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary
Schools Music Society and Patch Theatre Company - A Centenary of Federation
funded project (2001)
- co-ordinating and instructing songwriters from
diverse cultural backgrounds
- arranging songs into a song-cycle for children's choir and orchestra
- composing the Finale and title song for the work, We Are Home Here to
be performed over 10 nights at The Adelaide Festival Theatre during The
2001 Festival of Music.
· Composer for ABC TV series For The Juniors
and Count Us In.(2000-present).
- writing songs, theme and incidental music for
children's educational television series in various musical styles including
orchestral, country, rap, reggae and techno.
- synchronizing music to video and providing a master recording to the
producer for audio post production.
· Producer, arranger and music programmer
for virtual reality cyber-band Juju Eyeballs (1997-present)
- winners of radio Triple J's Unearthed Competition
and featured at Womadelaide's Wozone and The Big Day Out
· Composer for ABC Radio Arts production
of Monologues For An Apocalypse (1999-2000)
- creating a musical soundcape for a contemporary
radio drama, broadcast nationally.
· Composer for Patch Theatre Company production,
A Giant Sleeps.(1998-1999).
- composing and recording a soundscape for a puppet
theatre production without dialogue, written and directed by Gilly McGinnes
and Ken Evans.
· Composer, orchestrator and producer for
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. (1997, 1998)
- composer and orchestrator of 'The Gift' and 'Australia's
Christmas Day' for a recording by The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with
The Borderers.
- orchestrating, scoring and co-producing a recording and live performance
of 'Mars', adapted from Holst's The Planets by Michael Darren and performed
by the A.S.O.
- co-producer of a recording of the original Mars score conducted by David
Stanhope and performed by the A.S.O.
· Composer for Shout! Youth Theatre dance
production Theif, Come Out 1997.
- a collaboration with director Neil Scales and
choreographer Jeanette Scales to produce a soundtrack recording of original
youth-oriented music.
· Songwriter, arranger and performer with
Celtic band, The Borderers. (1994-1999)
- arranger and composer of songs for three studio
albums.
- performances at Womadelaide 95 and 97, The Melbourne Festival, Port
Fairy Folk Festival and in Glasgow, Scotland.
· Best Keyboard Player nominee at the South
Australian Music Industry (SAMI) Awards (1995,1997,1998).
· Composer of Kookookachoo, a rock opera
commissioned by Patch Theatre company. (1995)
- composer of songs and incidental music in the
style of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper era in collaboration with librettist
and artistic director Dave Brown.
· Founding member and multi-instrumentalist
with rock band Seven Stories. (1985-1993)
- extensive touring throughout Australia with artists
such as Midnight Oil, INXS, The Black Sorrows and Hothouse Flowers.
- two albums recorded for Sony Music and a promotional tour to Europe
and North America.
· Freelance French Horn player (1982-1989)
- for Adelaide Festival Centre productions of Evita,
The Sound of Music and with The Sadlers Wells Ballet.
- with The D.W. Waldorf Swing Orchestra, 1940's-style jazz big band.
· B.A. (Performing Arts) - Music, Adelaide
College of the Arts and Education. (1979)
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