This list is abridged and in reverse chronological order. It does not include arrangements and incidental music, community pieces and some others, many of which have been withdrawn.
* = incomplete
*D.H.Lawrence in Australia (provisional title) (2006, ff), 90 minutes
Music theatre to a text by William Fitzwater
For four singers, two dancers and instrumental ensemble:
2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, contrabass, keyboard, one percussion and computer effects
Mr McPhee’s Music Boxes (2007), 4 minutes
For three amplified toy pianos
Program Notes
Freycinet Fanfare I (2005), 4 minutes
For orchestra, with two antiphonal didgeridoos
Freycinet Fanfare II (2005), 2 minutes
For trombone octet (7 tenors + 1 bass)
Gauguin in Paradise – The Gold on Their Bodies (2004), 28 minutes
Text by Paul Kavanagh
for tenor voice, violin, cello and piano/electronic keyboard
Program Notes
Northern Lights [July 1999]
Community composition for narrator, mixed ensembles, brass band, organ
• i. The Summoning of the Sun, 5 minutes
for drumming ensemble
Program Notes
Commonwealth Music [January 1999]
Ceremonial music for the Commonwealth Institute, London
For 20 cellos, 17 brass [8 trumpets, 4 French horns, 4 trombones, 2 tubas],
4 percussion, timpani, and sundry solo instruments from British Commonwealth countries
• i. Commonwealth Prelude, 3 minutes
• ii. Symphony 21, 10 minutes
*Cargo Cult [January 1999], 15 minutes
For solo piano
The Little People of Mount Rainier [December 1998], 5+ minutes
For solo piccolo, with any number of other piccolos, live or pre-recorded
*Tripods [October 1998], 20 minutes
Three portraits for violin, clarinet and piano
Program Notes
Requiem [1994; revised 1997], 20 minutes
For unaccompanied six-part chorus
Program Notes
see also Funereal Rites [1994], revisions of a capella Latin movements
Denmark Vesey Takes the Stand [October 1996; revised January 1997], 42 minutes
Music Theater for solo tenor singer-actor and small ensemble :
Clarinet{s}, viola, cello, keyboards [one player] and tape
Program Notes
Florilegium III [1992/January 1997], 20 minutes
Concertino for solo clarinet[s] and small ensemble :
Flute, piano, violin, viola, cello
With optional narration, 24 minutes
Paradise Found [1995], 5 minutes
A motet-anthem for unaccompanied choir
A Summer in Spillville [1995], 8 minutes
For solo viola and 7 other violas, live or pre-recorded
See also Florilegium I, second movement
Mr Gershwin Returns Again to Folly Pier [1995-98], 8-9 minutes
For solo alto saxophone OR clarinet and small orchestra:
2222-2221 - timpani, 2 percussion, piano - strings
Program Notes
Mr Gershwin Returns to Folly Pier [1996], 6 minutes
For solo clarinets and small ensemble : flute, piano, violin, viola, cello
Program Notes
See also Florilegium III, third movement
Mr Gershwin on Folly Pier [February 1995], 8-9 minutes
For solo alto/soprano saxophone and saxophone octet, live or pre-recorded
Program Notes
Cartographies [1994], 15 minutes
Three setting of texts by Rita Dove for unaccompanied youth chorus
Funereal Rites [April 1994], 55 minutes
Music Theater based on the Latin Requiem Mass,with additional texts by the composer
For six solo voices and piano
see also Requiem [1997]
Louisa Lawson's Songbook [1994-98], 25 minutes
Six songs for soprano voice and piano
Suite from the ballet, Louisa [1993-97], 20 minutes
Excerpts from the ballet, for small orchestra :
2222 - 2200 - harp, percussion/timpani - strings
Florilegium II [1992], 20 minutes
Chamber concertino for solo marimba and small ensemble: Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello
With optional narration, 24 minutes
Program Notes
Florilegium I [1992; revised 1997], 20 minutes
Chamber concertino for solo viola and small ensemble :
Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello
With optional narration, 24 minutes
see also A Summer in Spillville [1997]
Barcaldine [October 1992], 8-9 minutes
For solo cello and seven other cellos, live or pre-recorded
Program Notes
see also The Bush Begins to Speak [1992, under Radiophonic Works]
Concord/Eendracht [1990; revised 1991], 20 minutes
A second "orchestral voyage" for medium-sized orchestra
3333-4331- timpani, 2 percussion, harp, piano, strings
SkyFire [1989; revised 1991], 20 minutes
Music Theater/Mime for bowed piano ensemble, 10 players
Program Notes
The Ludlow Lullabies [1989], 11 minutes
For violin and piano
Program Notes
Andrew Torning's March to Victory [1988-89], 40 minutes
An entertainment for singers, actors, chorus and instruments
The Warrant of Henry Lawson [November 1988], 20 minutes
A song cycle.scena, for baritone voice and piano
Metropolis : Sydney [January 1988], 56 minutes 15 seconds
A radiophonic portrait of Sydney, on the eve of the Australian Bicentenary
The Muse of Fire [October 1987], 55 minutes
A Fiery Pageant for narrator, choruses and brass bands
The Wakefield Chronicles [March 1986], 55 minutes
A Pageant for Narrator and Ensembles, in nine movements
For narrator, solo trumpet, solo trombone, solo organ, brass quintet, percussion quartet,
2 brass bands, massed winds, tower bells and handbell choir
including
• The Wakefield Chorales [1985], 8 minutes
Three movements for brass band
• The Wakefield Convocation [1985], 6 minutes
For brass quintet : 2 trumpets, French horn, tenor trombone, tuba
• The Wakefield Invocation [1981; revised 1985], 7 minutes
For trumpet and organ
• The Wakefield Intrada [1986], 3 minutes
For solo organ
• Helices [1985], 7 minutes
For percussion quartet, widely separated
Pacifica [1986; revised 1987], 27 minutes
First orchestral voyage for large orchestra :
3333 - 4441 - timpani, 4 percussion, harp, piano - strings
Program Notes
Franz Liszt Sleeps Alone [March 1985], 4 minutes
A nocturne for solo piano
With optional text to be spoken by the pianist, whilst performing
All Ears [1985], 10 minutes 5 seconds
Radiophonic composition for vocal ensemble
Letters from the Antipodes [1984], 30 minutes
Six English Reflections on Colonial Australia
for mixed chorus and piano
FireRaisers [1984], 17 minutes
A Concertino in the Style of a Vaudeville Entertainment
for solo trumpet and small ensemble :
flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, accordion, percussion, string quartet
The Plaint of Mary Gilmore [1984], 40 minutes
Twelve songs for mezzosoprano voice and piano/speaker
Gallipoli Sunrise [1984], 8 minutes
For solo tenor trombone, and seven other trombones, live or pre-recorded
Facing the Danger [1982], 9 minutes
An Anti-Nuclear Warning for any voice[s] and instrument[s]
Program Notes
On Shooting Stars - Homage to Victor Jara [September 1981], 15 minutes
For small mixed ensemble and domestic cassette recorder/players:
Flute, clarinet, piano, one percussion, violin, cello
Program Notes
The Hymn of the Winstanley Levellers [April 1981], 9 minutes
For solo SATB quartet and SATB chorus
Program Notes
Bakery Hill Rising [1980], 11 minutes
For solo French horn, and eight other horns, live or pre-recorded
Program Notes
Stevie's Wonder Music [1979], 6 minutes 35 seconds
For solo flute, with pre-recorded flute sounds
The Maitland and Morpeth String Quartet [1979; revised 1980], 45 minutes
For solo narrator and string quartet
see also the confection for radio with text by Nicolas Enright
Chrysalis [1977-78; revised 1980], 15 minutes
For solo organ
Australian Folksongs [1977; revised 1978], 45 minutes
A Music-Theatre Piece in Celebration of Australia's Colonial History & Folk Heritage
for solo baritone singer-actor and small ensemble, singing and acting :
flute, clarinet, one percussion, piano/harmonium, violin, cello
Encompassings [1975], 15 minutes
For solo organ, with assistant
Chu no mai [1974; revised 1976], 12 minutes
for solo flute
Program Notes
Magnificat [1970], 9 minutes
For solo flute, solo soprano and three vocal quartets [each SATB]