Featured Works

Compositions and Dedications

Song of the Ocean

In 2022 I premiered my composition "Song of the Ocean" for solo violin. I grew up swimming in the ocean nearly every day, and like many Australians, have a deep love for its beauty and the joy and solace it brings, as well as the sense of awe at its vastness and timelessness. The piece is very visual and atmospheric, combining ambient soundscapes and soaring melodies, and also making room for the beautiful and quirky creatures of the deep.

In 2026, Song of the Ocean was released on streaming platforms. Here are links to some of the sites:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3wClwzE1EM56RkGOTKGCoU
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/song-of-the-ocean-ep/6774381182?l=es&ls=1
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0H383QJYC
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/album/993592321
Tidal: https://tidal.com/album/528860133

YouTube: https://youtu.be/qfexLfi8QXg

The piece has scope for adding ambient strings and/or percussion - and performing in collaboration with visuals or dancers, something I am working toward.

Here are my thoughts on the four pieces of the suite:

The Heartbeat

Stillness over the ocean - the quiet of the deep - the heartbeat - the rise and fall of the surface.

Whales - sunlight, ripples, playful splashes - dolphins.

Return to the heartbeat - stillness.

The Song

Whispers across the waves, hints of the song sung over a world vast in distance and immeasurable in time.

As it nears and takes form it remains a mystery.

Then, briefly, we are allowed in and feel the warmth of being part of, breathing and moving in and with the ocean, before it rises up and reminds us once again of its mystery.

The Dance

The life within - lumbering, darting, swirling, gently floating, quirky, colourful, beautiful. A ballet of shapes and patterns, lone giants and schools of tiny thousands.

The Horizon

The vastness - hints of the song and the dance hang just above or below the surface, maybe here, over there, somewhere, unreachable as the horizon. They come together and rise to a climax, sweeping us along in a grand gesture across the breadth of the seas, before dispersing and being carried far from us to the horizon and beyond.

Tommy Tycho - Violin Concerto

Australian legendary composer, pianist, arranger and star of TV variety Tommy Tycho composed this incredible concerto for me and I have the great honour of bearing the dedication. I premiered it in 2010 with the Lurline Chamber Orchestra and after about 20 performances I continue to make the work as widely heard as possible.