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Greetings Website Visitor! Just an update during the madness that is COVID-19 around the world – unfortunately many countries have cancelled ‘regular mail’ services for the time being, which means......

23 June, 2020

A belated happy New Year! Recently I was very honoured to receive an award at the Finley Awards, presented by the Independent Theatre Association, in recognition of my music for......

01 February, 2020

Greetings Blog Reader! Last Saturday wrapped up the final performance of The Glass Menagerie, staged by the GRADS Society. My musical contribution was not massive (only about 4 minutes of......

22 October, 2019

Now showing – August: Osage County! The first of two theatre productions I’ll be involved with this year is currently running at the Perth Latvian Centre, in association with Playlovers......

24 June, 2019

A special event happened this month – I sold my 250th of sheet music. Cesar Barrera from Colombia was customer #250. The last time I blogged a milestone like this......

16 September, 2018

Last night was opening night for the GRADS Society production of Macbeth – which I had the honour of composing the music for. I also got my feet wet in......

07 June, 2018

Last week I received some sad, but not entirely unexpected news – I will no longer be teaching music classes at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle. I truly......

28 May, 2018

Greetings! I see it has been quite a long time since I have put up a blog post. Needless to say I am working a new project that is going......

03 April, 2018

Well well. The semester has flown by. I had intended to write this blog at the beginning of my semester at University of Notre Dame Australia back in February, but......

14 July, 2017

6 weeks ago I had the privilege of recording some new big band music in NYC, for my upcoming EP. Having recorded The LA EP last year, I was keen......

05 November, 2016

I am privileged to be a part of the latest Summer CD Sampler put together by JAZZIZ magazine. Disc 1 includes ‘Choose Your Own Adventure‘ from The LA EP. Thanks......

05 August, 2016

The Perth Symphony Orchestra, a relatively new arts organization, recently put a notice on their facebook page (which they have since deleted) asking  for local composers to submit music for......

13 July, 2016

Greetings everyone, Recently I put together this track for a private project, and had a lot of fun doing it. It features Benn Hodgkin on trumpet, Sean Little on tenor......

26 March, 2016

On Monday 29 Feb I had the privilege of attending a Q & A session with Icelandic film composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. Here in Perth for the Perth International Arts Festival,......

03 March, 2016

Seasons Greetings to everyone 🙂 The discs for The LA EP have finally arrived! *Hands in the air* Special thanks to Grant Salinger at Motionlink for the Blu-Ray authoring and......

30 December, 2015

Here are the videos from my recent recording session in LA at United Recording 🙂 Special thanks to Alex Chaloff and Ricky Chavez at Buckets Moving Company for all their......

26 September, 2015

Last month I had the privilege to record some new music in Los Angeles. We recorded at United Recording Studios with some of LAs best jazz and classical players. What......

09 August, 2015

Completed music work on this promo recently – ScreenWest celebrating Indigenous film production in Western Australia 🙂 Put together by Siamese...

26 July, 2015

WAYJO was my training ground as a jazz writing student. I can’t overstate how much they helped me learn and grow as a musician. They have moved bases recently, and......

15 June, 2015

New tune – this time having a go at some pop infused drum n bass, inspired by Ellie Goulding 🙂 Vocals – Cass Luxton...

15 December, 2014

New tune – special thanks to Mel Kay on vocals 🙂...

28 November, 2014

It is with great sadness that I inform you that my Mum passed away 1 week ago today. Luckily for me, Mum always supported my music and my career. Not......

11 November, 2014

Spanish Fusion inspired by Cirque Du Soleil – beautiful artwork by Richard Young ryoung-art.com...

26 August, 2014

Special day today! Sold my 100th copy of sheet music, BIG thank you to JR Music in Tucson, Arizona! Also a special thank you to Ranko Shimizu of Kentucky who......

17 July, 2014

When it comes to plane crashes, I know most people are talking about flight MH370 right now – but I found this memorial to UTA flight 772 very moving, and......

08 April, 2014

Some things are better slowed down....

21 March, 2014

Greetings! Here are some rehearsal and performance photos from the recent Piñata concert, special thanks to Carl Harper (trombone), Katie Thomas (Marimba) and also Louise Devenish for organizing the event......

13 March, 2014

Greetings! Do you live in Perth, Western Australia?? My duo for marimba and trombone Pair Up will be performed next Friday, Feb 28 at the Piñata concert! I will attend......

19 February, 2014

I have been incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to travel, and 2013 was a big travel year for me! I was very fortunate to visit two cities that have......

06 January, 2014

If anyone wants to follow me on Twitter, here it is 🙂 Although I am late to the whole Twitter thing, it is handy for updates that are short and......

28 November, 2013

TS310 – the Music in Theatre unit that I teach at University of Notre Dame – thanks for a fun semester guys!...

20 November, 2013

Originally wrote this whilst studying at U.M! Re-recording it has given me a great chance to work on my recording/mixing/production skills. Special thanks to Paul Millard (pictured), Adrian Kelly, Joshua......

02 November, 2013

Very excited to be writing dance music again for choreographer Ellen McCarthy and The Dance Collective 🙂 These performances will take place from November 1-3 and will be part of......

15 October, 2013

I was lucky enough to recently visit L.A. (in June….took me a while to get photos organized!).  I think for many musicians…..not all, obviously, but many…..Los Angeles is kinda like......

15 August, 2013

It can’t be over-stated how much WAYJO (West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra) brought to my musical education. WAYJO, along with Graeme Lyall (who was responsible for linking the jazz composition/arranging......

03 August, 2013

My Mum has a pen-pal in England, named Valerie.  It’s an interesting story as to how they became pen-pals….Valerie’s parents and my Mum’s parents were pen-pas and when they passed......

21 June, 2013

Recording vocal parts with the lovely Liyana Yusof for my friend Samita Nandy’s dance tune 🙂 Music to be posted soon!    ...

17 June, 2013

Choral works are now available via the sheet music page if anyone is keen 🙂...

29 May, 2013

This semester’s batch of Music Appreciation recruits at ND. 🙂...

23 May, 2013

Lately I’ve been revisiting a lot of old tunes – ‘old’ as in, pieces that I wrote 5-10 years ago or more. Digging into the Myles Wright archives, blowing the......

06 May, 2013

Greetings! I’ve been recording more horns recently – Mark Underwood (trumpet) and my very first saxophone teacher, Paul Millard (saxes) for a big band chart called Warm Cafe. This is......

28 April, 2013

Skate is finally finished 😉 Featuring the horn talents of James Sandon, Ricki Mallet, Carl Mackey and Jeremy Greig, this tune is inspired by (you guessed it) skate boarding. Each......

21 March, 2013

Here is the video from the recent choral recordings 🙂 Special thanks to everyone involved for such a super-duper production!...

13 March, 2013

Very excited to have the audio for the recent choral recording! Video coming soon 🙂 I Love Thee (Words by Thomas Hood) I love thee – I love thee! ‘Tis......

20 February, 2013

Way back in 2002, I attended a very cool 6-week summer workshop called The Henry Mancini Institute. At the time, HMI was running at UCLA in Los Angeles and what......

13 February, 2013

A few nights ago I was privileged to have a fantastic choir perform some new choral works that I have written. The St Georges Cathedral Consort conducted by Joseph Nolan......

10 January, 2013

Happy 2013 everyone! I received a lovely piece of feedback from a harpist in Switzerland recently. Little things like this make it all worth it. I hope everyone’s new year......

04 January, 2013

Happy Holidays! I do hope that anyone reading this has a happy, safe and inspiring holiday season and new year. Thank you to April77 for providing me with a great......

22 December, 2012

Just updated my demo reel for film/TV work – it now includes a TV commercial I did for 303LOWE on mental health, for the Government of South Australia. Cheers to......

18 November, 2012

Some more pics from recording sessions this week – super-excited to have Jeremy Greig (trombone) and Carl Mackey (alto sax) playing on Skate. Carl also played on a tune called......

15 November, 2012

Recently I’ve had the privilege of recording some of Perth’s finest horn players, Ricki Mallet (trumpet) and James Sandon (tenor sax) for an up and coming jazz/fusion tune called Skate.......

11 November, 2012

Tonight is the opening night of The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare) put on by PAANDA (Performing Arts Association of Notre Dame Australia). I’ve written some short musical cues for......

10 October, 2012

Ever heard soul music mixed with drum & bass? Check out this bomber of a tune (music starts at 1:10)....

04 October, 2012