A selection of (mainly smaller scale) pieces available now from Vaia’ata Print. Please inquire about music for other combinations of instruments. In addition, many of the pieces in my choral catalogue require an instrumental ensemble.
| Destinations | Bass Voice, Clarinet, Piano | Cycle Robert Louis Stevenson texts, including the famous “Under the wide and starry sky....” Lyrical, moving. First performance: Jonathan Lemalu (B) Peter Adams (C) Terence Denis (P), first recording: David Griffiths, (B) Peter Scholes (C) Christine Griffiths (P). ±10" |
| Elegy | Solo Viola (Violin version also available) | This piece was composed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1994, premiered by Donald Maurice. US premiere by John Graham at the Eastman School of Music in 1997 LISTEN! Revised, 2001. Performed by Greg McGarity at the XXIXth International Viola Congress in Wellington NZ, April 2001. ±4" |
| Eola Stroll | Euphonium, Tuba duet | |
| Fleeting Visions | Soprano with String Quartet | “Austerely beautiful” cycle of four texts by New Zealand poet Ruth Dallas. #1:LISTEN! ±9" |
| Flights of Fancy | Soprano (or Mezzo) with Piano | Cycle of eight contrasting songs (also available individually) with references to flight by NZ poets, Ruth Dallas, Janet Frame, Robin Hyde, Katherine Mansfield, Jocelyn Marshall. Successful entrant in Diana Barnhart American Song Contest (1998). ±22" |
| Homage | Violin and Piano | Stylistic reconciliation between Tchaikowsky and Brahms! Pure lyricism. Commissioned by Hermine Williams. Performances at the Eastman School and throughout the US. LISTEN! ±4" |
| Intermezzo | Wind Quintet | Charming bonbon in the spirit of Richard Strauss - ideal encore material! ±4" LOST - would be grateful for any information regarding extant score, part or recordings. |
| Miniatures | Cello and Piano | Three elegant pieces in contrasting yet complementary styles, premiered by Christopher Hutton (Cello) and Thomas Lausmann (Piano) at the Eastman School. ±8" LISTEN! (recordings used by permission of Christopher and Thomas) |
| Prelude & Fugue | Fortepiano | Very light-hearted, in the spirit of Poulenc. First performed by Micaela Gutierrez at the Eastman School in 1997. ±10" |
| Scherzo | Piano | Scintillating, challenging hyper-Romantic romp. Commissioned by the University of Waikato and premiered by Chikkako Komaki in 1996. ±4" |
| Synergy | Flute Duo and Piano | Exuberant ‘moto perpetuo’ to set the foot tapping! Commissioned by the University of Waikato. Successful performances there and at the University of Victoria (Canada). ±5" |
| Three Aspects of Spring | Violin , Clarinet, Piano | ‘October Idyll’, ‘Bushwalk’, ‘Synergy’, melodious, evocative and exhilarating by turns. Composed for and premiered by the Verdehr Trio in Brasilia in 2002. Winner of the Philip Neill Memorial Prize in 1995. LISTEN! ±15" |
| Time Out | Tenor, Viola, Piano | 2 light-hearted settings of NZ poems, commissioned by Robert Smith and first performed by Todd Frizzell (Tenor) Barry Stearn (Viola) and Robert Smith (Piano) in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York). ±6" |
| Woman Rising | Violin | Soulful Romantic rhapsody for solo violin, commissioned by Kathleen Rand of Sparks, NV, for her daughter Chanda. The premiere is planned for December 2003. LISTEN! ±4" |