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YULUGI
Ephemera Ensemble
SOLO SHOW
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

​Sun Mar 7th: YULUGI @ Paramatta Eels Festival 
Sun Mar 21st: YULUGI @ SIMA  Harmony Day Event - Bondi Junction 

​Wed Mar 31st: SOLO @ Lazybones with Freyja Garbett Trio  - Tickets here
Sat Jul 3rd: YULUGI
@ Ashfield Bowling Club 
Sat Oct 9th: EPHEMERA @ Festival of Imaginary Flight (Katoomba)

UPCOMING COMPOSITION PROJECTS:
  • Yuluwirri Didgeridoo Concerto ("Rainbow" in Gamilaroi) - collaboration with leading indigenous didgeridoo player Gumaroy Newman and The Metropolitan Orchestra. Based on a  Gamilaroi legend. To be performed Sat Nov 7th 2021 at Petersham Town Hall : Tickets here
  • ​Clarinet and Strings Nonet Sunday 22nd Aug 2021 at Leichhardt Town Hall : Tickets here
  • ​Change Is Coming 6 piece euphonium and trumpet recording project for James Blackford and Michael Collins. A homage to the Australian environmental movement.  ​
  • The Starry Messenger for 6 piece Elysian Fields ensemble.  Based on the booklet written by Galileo Galilei in 1610. To be performed June 2021.
  • Virago - for 5 piece Syzygy Ensemble (Melbourne). A meditation on 5 contemporary female leaders that have managed to break through the usual societal constraints on women. 5 movements about 5 unique female leaders: Jacinda Arden, Greta Thurnberg, Angela Merkel  Naomi Klein and Christine Legarde.  To be performed June 9th in Melbourne Recital Hall.  
  • When The Late Sweet Birds Sang (with lyrics by Chie-Hoon Lee) for Kammerklang's Hidden Curiosities. Set in a dystopian future.  To be performed Sydney Conservatorium Sat 17th April and Melbourne Recital Centre Sat May 22nd.
  • Arranging compositions New Galaxy, Full Moon and Mars for Ros Dunlop and David Miller, to be performed in their house concert series March 27th and 28th.
  • Composing and producing music for feature film Advice for a Broken Hearted Girl, by Andrew Russell
  • Dark Genesis sci-fi opera with libretto by Michal Imielski

SELECTED PAST PROJECTS

  • 2021
  • Musician/producer for Yulugi (2019-ongoing) with shows around Australia including Woodford Folk Festival 2019-2020, Australian Flute Festival (Sydney Conservatorium), Melbourne Recital Centre, MONA, Foundry 616, Bohemian Grove, Lazybones, Foundry 616, Marrickville Festival, Treng Treng First Nations Project at Addison Rd Community Centre, films at Pheonix Central Park, SIMA Summer Festival and many more.
  • Solo shows on flute and piano around Australia (ongoing since 2017) including MONA, Phoenix Central Park, Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival 2021, Foundry 616 and many more. 
  • 2020
  • Sat Mar 7th 8pm @ Seymour Centre (Sydney): performance of didgeridu concerto composition Celestial Emu by The Metropolitan Orchestra (Sydney) with soloist Gumaroy Newman
  • commissioned to compose a piano duet "Quokka Dance" for Riverina Conservatorium
  • 2019
  • Sat Nov 23rd @ Cleveland Institue of Music USA - performance of original composition Chiron (solo viola) by Ryan Greiser  
  • Sun 13th Oct @ Red Rattler Theatre (Marrickville) Lost + Sound concert AND Dec 14th and 15th Ensemble Muse @ Annandale Arts Centre AND Australian Conservation Foundation Dec 4th at The Coal Loader (Waverton), and Tues Nov 19th 2pm at Recital Hall East Sydney Conservatorium - performance of original flute solo composition Thirri Thirri (Willie Wagtail bird in Gamilaroi - First Nations northern NSW language) by Jessica Scott, 
  • Sept 29th 2019: Performance in Taos Falls Arts Festival, New Mexico USA, of original piano compositions Sky Pieces: Leaf in the Wind, Soar and Cloud  by Toas Pianos at Fenchin Arts Centre
  • Sept 2019: ABC Recording and performances: Re-devised New Galaxy for clarinet and piano performed by Maryanne Piper and Gabriella Smart in Lilith Night project including ABC Australia recording and broadcast Sept 2019 and concert series around Europe, Australia and Canada
  • 2019: Composed music for short film Remote Access which was screened at Imagine This Film Festival (New York, 2019 and 2020), Girl Power Film and Media Summit (New York) winning Best Short Film award, Female Feedback Film Festival (Toronto), Shetown Film Festival (Detroit), and Cinema Femme Magazine Anniversary Festival (Chicago)
  • Composer/musician/producer for Ephemera (2015-ongoing) with shows around Australia including Melbourne Recital Centre 2020, Extended Play Festival at City Recital Hall 2018 and Sydney International Womens Jazz Festival 2017 and performances at Seymour Centre, Camelot Lounge, Foundry 616, Red Rattle Theatre and Venue 505 and composition/improvisation workshop at MLC Australian Music Day 2019, films at Pheonix Central Park.
  • Solo flute and piano performances of own compositions/improvisations with loop pedal and projections (since 2017) with performances at MONA (Jun 2019), Australian Flute Festival (2019), Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference 2017, 2019), Air BnB Concerts around Sydney (2018) and at Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt (2017-2019).  
  • Arranged own composition, Titan Tango, for alto sax and piano to be performed in 3 concerts in USA January 2019: University of South Carolina School of Music, University of Georgia and University of Vandebilt by Joseph Lallo as well as Singapore Saxophone Symposium May 2018
  • Sunday Nov 25th 2018 - premiere of Preston by Night for Preston Symphony Orchestra at Preston City Hall (Melbourne)
  • 2018 composed music for Americans in Oz (comedy web shorts)
  • 2018 - Arranged own composition Onyx for 4 saxophones to be performed at Melbourne Saxophone Summer Academy Jan 2018 and World Saxophone Congress (Croatia) Jul 2018 by Australasian Saxophone Quartet (Jay Byrnes, Joseph Lallo, Simon Brew)
  • freelance casual performing in various jazz, improv and classical groups (2001-ongoing)
  • 2018 Fri Aug 10th 1pm @ St Stephen's Church (Sydney) premiere of Dunes of Pluto for solo double bass by Elsen Price
  • 2018 12th April: Ensemble Muse performance of Titan Tango at Customs House for 100 Impact Sydney Event
  • 2018 March: Featured Artist of Australian Jazz Realbook
  • 2018 26th Feb @ Melba Concert Hall (Melbourne) and 5th June @ 45 Downstairs Melbourne - Collide Trio performance of Titan Tango
  • 2017 - ongoing - For this Moment- improvisation duo with Jenna Cave  - shows around Sydney including SIMA Summer Fest
  • Oct 2017 - Pianist for Carl St Jacques solo viola album Elemental Prayer Suite at Mosman Arts Gallery
  • July 2017 - presented Keys Across the Sky in lecture/recital to Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference
  • May 2017 - flautist for Diego Duarte's Bach to Hendrix Guitar Project @ Glebe Town Hall
  • 2017 - ongoing - flautist for Byron Mark's Amalgamation project - shows at Venue 505
  • 2017 - pianist for Colombian singer Angela Rosero's Madre project - show at Venue 505
  • Mar 2016 - flautist/pianist with Arrebato Ensemble - performance of Titan Tango @ Venue 505
  • 2015-16 - Ad Libitum: resident improvisation trio to silent films at SHH
  • 2015-16 - Art of Cadencia: arranger/pianist/composer/flautist for tango/flamenco fusion shows at Basement and Alpha Gallery
  • 2015 - Alin and Melike: flautist for flamenco/Persian fusion shows at the Vanguard, Newtown Theatre
  • 2014 - Marquez Laundry Theatre's re-imagining of Macondo's Clothesline : composed music for theatre piece at Nida Playhouse Theatre
  • Oct 2013 - Spanish Encounters International Piano Symposium: Commissioned by Sydney Conservatorium to devise original composition Luna Llena for festival ensemble
  • Mar 2014 - Premiere of Craters of Rhea performed by Elsen Price at Annandale Church Space, and other venues
  • 2011-2014 - Peña Flamenca: flautist/pianist/occasional composer in 8-piece flamenco fusion ensemble with shows at the Basement/Camelot Lounge/Darling Harbour Jazz Fiesta/Venue 505 - Luna Llena
  • Sept 2013 - Fred and Ginger: composed and performed music for Marquez Laundry Theatre Company's theatre piece, commissioned by Sydney Fringe Festival at Old 505 Theatre
  • 2012-2013 - Martini Rouge: pianist/composer in jazz/pop quartet with many shows including main stage of Royal Easter Show to 10 000 people : Hot Chocolate
  • Aug 2013 member of Noise Ensemble: performance of Callisto @ The Newsagency
  • 2013 - Les Bagatelles: pianist/flautist/composer in French noir duo with Francesca Vencken with shows at Django Bar, the Basement: Circus Watlz
  • Feb 2012 - Adelaide Fringe Festival: opened festival with Flamenco Australia's Sounds of Spain at Adelaide Convention Centre 
  • Oct 2012: Sydney Conservatorium Saxophone Orchestra: Dinner Party @ Sydney Conservatorium Verbruggen Hall 
  • Sept 2011: Alison Mitchell: Buleria Fiero @ Sydney Conservatorium Recital Hall West
  • Nov 2011 - Opened Art Gallery NSW Picasso Exhibition and many other concerts around Sydney with French trio Les Violettes with Elodie Sablier and Eleanore Maurri - Hot Chocolate and Mirage and She is Smiling 
  • 2011 - concert series with Elodie Sablier - flute and piano duo at Flute Tree Studio, Leichhardt
  • 2010 - Amnesty International NSW Arts Network Coordinator - Journey to Freedom photo exhibition at Carriageworks (Sydney), and Global Sounds world music show at Venue 505 (Sydney)
  • 2008 - Sonic Odyssey: in collaboration with composers Alexandra Evans, Matthias Strausmueller, and dancer Mary O'Shea, devised show involving projections and original instrumental compositions/choreography at Bridgwater Arts Centre, UK.
  • 2005 - Lavish Gizzards: composed music for Dan Gale's short film made for The Engine Room (Bridgwater, UK), screened at the Bath International Film festival
  • 2005-2008 - Miami Smoke Machine: flautist in UK Latin ensemble, shows around UK
  • 2000-2001 - Faux Pas: flautist in German tango ensemble, shows around Germany and Italy
  • 2001 - composed song Alien for Hildesheim Univeristy musical performed at Audimax Theatre (Hildesheim, Germany)
FESTIVALS / CONFERENCES / SYMPOSIUMS


2021
- SIMA Summer Festival with YULUGI

2020
-Berlin Independent Film Festival: composed music for "Remote Access" short film 
- SIMA's Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival with SO WHAT BACH solo piano album launch
​-Great Southern Nights Festival NSW with YULUGI


2019
- composed music for "Remote Access" short film which was screened at Imagine This Film Festival (New York, 2019 and 2020), Girl Power Film and Media Summit (New York) winning Best Short Film award, Female Feedback Film Festival (Toronto), Shetown Film Festival (Detroit), and Cinema Femme Magazine Anniversary Festival (Chicago) and Sydney Independent Film Festival at Event Cinemas, (George St, Sydney)
- Taos Falls Arts Festival (New Mexico, USA) - performance of piano compositions Leaf in the Wind, Soar and Cloud by Toas Piano Ensemble
- Woodford Folk Festival (Qld) - Yulugi
- Australiasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (Uni of Qld) - solo piano recital/lecture on original composition practice
- Australian Flute Festival (Sydney Conservatorium) - performed with Yulugi and solo flute recital of original compositions/improvisations loop pedal and space projections
- Sydney Fringe Festival - composed and produced music for play "Altered Love"
- Marrickville Festival - performed with Yulugi

2018
- Extended Play at City Recital Hall (Sydney) 2018 - performed with Ephemera
- World Saxophone Congress (Croatia) - re-devised original composition Onyx for Australasian Saxophone Quartet
- Singapore Saxophone Symposium - re-devised original composition Titan Tango for Joseph Lallo
-Melbourne International Saxophone Festival - re-devised original composition Onyx for Australasian Saxophone Quartet

2017
-Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (Adelaide Uni) - piano recital/lecture on original composition practice
- Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival - Ephemera

2013
- Darling Harbour Fiesta - performed with Pena Flamenca
- Spanish Encounters Piano Symposium (Sydney Conservatorium) - composed ensemble piece La Luna sobre tierras catalanas
- Sydney Fringe Festival - composed music for play "Fred and Ginger"
- Vivid (Sydney) - performed with Pena Flamenca
- Paramassalla (Sydney) - performed with Pena Flamenca

2012
- Adelaide Fringe Festival - performed with Flamenco Australia

2006
- composed music for "Lavish Gizzards" short film which was screened at Bath International Film Festival

2003-6
- Bridgwater Arts and Music Festival (UK)- musician in street theatre troupe





  • Home
  • ALBUMS
    • EPHEMERA: Blackholes and Modulations
    • So What Bach
    • YULUGI: Chasing Stars To The Mother Tree
    • EPHEMERA: Orbits and Riffs
    • Air In Motion
    • Keys Across The Sky
    • Jazz Reverie
    • ALBUM NOTES
  • PROJECTS
    • Upcoming
    • Yulugi
    • Ephemera
    • SOLO SHOW
    • For This Moment
    • Air In Motion
    • Ad Lib Music for Silent Films
  • COMPOSER
    • BUY SCORES
    • SCREEN AND STAGE
    • SELECTED WORKS
    • COMMISSIONS
    • LARGE ENSEMBLE
    • SMALL ENSEMBLE
    • SOLO WORKS >
      • Piano
      • Flute
      • Bass Flute
      • Double Bass
      • Trumpet
      • Oboe
      • Viola
      • Tuba
      • Clarinet
    • HSC SOLO WORKS >
      • Piano
      • Flute
      • Bass Flute
      • Double Bass
      • Trumpet
      • Oboe
      • Viola
      • Tuba
      • Clarinet
    • Australian Jazz Realbook Charts
    • Structured Improvisations
    • FULL LIST OF WORKS
  • MUSICIAN
    • SOLO SHOW
    • FLUTE >
      • VIDEOS
      • Flutist
    • PIANO >
      • VIDEOS
      • Pianist
  • EDUCATOR
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