Commissioned works

Michael WHITICKER After the fire
First Performance: Australian Music Centre Sydney 1990

Michael FINNISSY Two scenes from Shameful Vice
First performance: Purcell Room London January 1994

Alessandro SOLBIATI Vezelay
FP: Lismore City Hall NSW July 1994

Elena KATS-CHERNIN Chamber of Horrors
FP: Sydney Spring Festival August 1995

Gordon KERRY No atmosphere
FP: Adelaide Festival March 1996

Andrew FORD Rough Magic
FP: Adelaide Festival March 1996

Gerard BROPHY The Republic of Dreams
FP: Adelaide Festival March 1996

Gerard BROPHY charM
FP: Adelaide Festival March 1996

David CHESWORH Rare/Very Rare/Possibly Extinct
FP: Adelaide Festival March 1996

Carlo GIACCO The Lair of Sweet Caterpillar Blossoms
FP: Sydney Conservatorium of Music August 1997

Damien RICKETSON Corriente
FP: Sydney Conservatorium of Music August 1997

Rob SMITH Harpoon
FP: US Consul General March 1998

Matthew SHLOMOWITZ Remembering, Beginning
FP: Old Darlington School University of Sydney June 1998

Matthew HINDSON n-trance
FP: The Studio Sydney Opera House September 1999

Paul STANHOPE The Arch Window
FP: The Studio Sydney Opera House September 1999

Brendan COLBERT Agité V
FP: The Studio Sydney Opera House September 1999

Anne BOYD A Feather on the Breath of God
FP: Vale of Glamorgan Festival Wales September 2001

Colin BRIGHT There ain't no harps in hell, Angel!
FP: Sydney Spring Festival September 18 2001

Jessica WELLS Muntu Walunga
FP: Sydney Conservatorium of Music November 1 2001

Christopher WILLCOCK/ Southern Star
Michael LEUNIG
FP: ABC Classic FM Sunday Live December 2004 Choir of Trinity Chapel Melbourne

Stuart GREENBAUM 9 Candles for Dark Nights
FP: Aurora Festival Penrith Sydney May 6 2006

Andrew FORD Bagpipe Music for recorder and harp
FP: Utzon Room Music Series Sydney Opera House Sept 2007

Joby TALBOT Mandala for six harps
FP: London November 2007/Canberra January 2008
Co-commission with Royal Academy of Music and Ars Musica Australis

First performances

Hayden REEDER Games of Balance
FP: Melba Hall Melbourne 1990

Barry CONYNGHAM Awakening
FP: Art Gallery of NSW 1991

John LAMBERT Accents for guitar, harp & orchestra
FP: Royal College of Music London 1992

Paul STEENHUISEN Tract
FP: Sydney Spring Festival September 1995

Jennifer FOWLER Lament for Mr Henry Purcell
FP: Seymour Centre Sydney March 1999

John METCALF Mapping Wales [version for harp and string orchestra]
FP: Vale of Glamorgan Festival, Wales
September 11 2001
English String Orchestra / William Boughton

Michael BARKL Vamp II
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney September 2003

Andrew BATT-RAWDEN Themeatrical Elude
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney September 2003

Bradley POSSELT Sonata for harp
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney September 2003

Candice SUSNJAR Pyrus-E
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney September 2003

Meghan STEVENS Twilight
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney September 2003

Benjamin THORN Croutons X
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney September 2003

Andrian PERTOUT Zambalogy
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney November 2005

Jesmond GRIXTI Requiem for Peace
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney November 2005

Cyrus MEURANT Deimos for shakuhachi and harp
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney November 2005

Anne BOYD Yuya 3 for shakuhachi and harp
FP: Danks Street Depot Sydney November 2005

Stuart GREENBAUM 9 Candles for Dark Nights
FP: Aurora Festival Sydney May 6 2006

Ross EDWARDS Arafura Dances for harp & string quartet
FP: Australian Festival of Chamber Music Townsville
Goldner Quartet July 1 2006

Anne BOYD Angry Earth
Concerto for shakuhachi, two harps and orchestra
Riley Lee, shakuhachi; Marshall McGuire/Tegan Peemoeller, harps
Sydney Youth Orchestra/Ron Prussing
City Recital Hall, Angel Place

Anne BOYD Jade Flower Song
FP: Sensational Sundays Series Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sunday October 8 2006
Riley Lee, shakuhachi; Alexa Still, flute; Kim Walker, bassoon

Ross EDWARDS Arafura Dances for harp & string quartet
FP: Australian Festival of Chamber Music Townsville
Goldner Quartet July 1 2006

Stuart GREENBAUM Life in a Day for shakuhachi and harp
FP: Australian Shakuhachi Festival
Sydney Conservatorium of Music July 5 2008

Ross EDWARDS The Harp and the Moon
FP: National Harp Weekend Canberra School of Music
September 25 2008

Nigel WESTLAKE Beneath the Midnight Sun for violin and harp
FP: Australian Festival of Chamber Music Townsville
August 2 2012


Australian Premieres

Graham LYNCH The Hanging-Cloud Bridge

Dai FUJIKURA ….only….

Elliott CARTER Trilogy for oboe and harp
AP: Government House Sydney
The Seymour Group. Diana Doherty, oboe

Harrison BIRTWISTLE 26 Orpheus Elegies for oboe, harp and countertenor
AP: February 2005
Perth International Arts Festival
Andrew Watts, countertenor; Stephen Robinson, oboe

Kaija SAARIAHO Fall
AP: The Studio Sydney Opera House
September 2001

Franco DONATONI Marches
AP: Italian Institute of Culture Sydney 1991

Harrison BIRTWISTLE Crowd
AP: Aurora Festival Sydney May 6 2006

Elliott CARTER Mosaic for harp and ensemble
AP: Sonic Art Ensemble August 5 2006


Arrangements for Harp

Peter SCULTHORPE From Kakadu
Into the Dreaming
Arranged: 1995

Graeme KOEHNE To His Servant Bach God Grants a Final Glimpse:
The Morning Star
Arranged: 1995

Anne BOYD Goldfish through summer rain
Cloudy Mountain
Red Sun, Chill Wind
Arranged: 1995