"A series of images or memories shifting from one to the next; like that seen in a dream"

This series of works, written between 2022 and 2023, is design to be a set of illusory piano pieces. Like flowers that bloom year after year, these pieces are written around the concept of a recursive dream-like state. The connection to botany through the word 'Perennial' here is very intentional. The title refers to this endless cycle of images shifting from one to the next, as in a dream. Each piece is designed to reflect this in their own way. Some have dramatic crecendos, while others remain hazy throughout.

Each piece is entitled "Illusion No.X" instead of Movement, as to emphasis the phantasmal nature of the work.

On particularly rainy night I was sitting out looking over a lake down in the south of Aotearoa, watching the reflection of the moon on the lake. There was an air of serenity and melancholy that hung over the scene. I wanted to try capture that moment; the sound of the rain pattering away on the roof, the nearly flat lake and the sharpness of the moon and clouds rolling over. The night progressed, and there was a relentless, yet calming energy to the whole place. I wanted to capture that scene in this piece. The shifting and flowing resonance of the night, the rain and the lake as the world turns over.

This piece has won first place in the TAVAC Composers Competition 2024 in the ensemble catagory

This piece entails an aspect of winter that is not often thought of. Many associate winter with a sort of serenity and peace; bells and little chimes perhaps. Quite possible this is due to fact many spend their winters inside in the warmth, next to roaring fires and the like. This piece focus much more of the more gruelling side of winter. Striping the trees and life and covering that landscape in a harrowing frost. It’s ceaseless and perennial march over the landscape year after year. Winter continuing on it’s immemorial march.

Parts currently do not exist for this score

A long and slow piece based after the 5th century poem by Prudentius. The references to the Leathe river in the text lead it to a fairly slow and flowing pace. The Lethean is the one of the rivers within hell in greek mythos, and specifically refers to the river of forgetfulness. To drink from the river brings upon this loss of memory, easing the pain that those memories may cause. The music itself ebbes back and forth through it's slow moving harmonies designed to drag the listener into the experience of pain and forgetfulness.

This piece recieved a Commended award in the 2024 Composer Aotearoa Choral Competition

This is simply an orchestration of the second movement of Grieg's piano sonata. Futher movements will perhaps be arranged at a later date.

Full score with parts can be arranged upon contact.

Originally meant to be a small waltz this piece grew into a large and difficult solo piano work. I have performed this live at the Douglas Lilburn Composition Competition The piece features large orchestral piano technique with a softer section in the middle and an intense cadenza. With the great breadth of south the piano creates in this piece In the end I decided an orchestral arrangement seemed in order. If you wish to enquire about the orchestral edition please contact me directly.

The piece lacks any strong themes. However, as I was writing it I was imagining great beast sprits wandering through the depths of hell in their devilish dances. Although there was no strict themes for this piece, the final result is still lively and full of enormous depth.

This is a significantly large work based on the writings of a 12th century poet known only as 'The Archpoet'. His most fiery poem, simply titled 'Confession' is one of the most notable pieces of medieval latin poety. His works speaks of freedom, humanity and drinking. In this work I took the first four stanza's of the poem and transformed them into two large pieces for choir and orchestra: Feror Ego Veluti and Mihi Cordis Gravitas, translating to "Come Hither Masterless" and "Never yet could I endure". As such the two pieces are on the subjects of burning freedom and agonizing death. The two exist to compliment each other around as such have been written to be able to be played in either order, with the final cadence ending on the relative major of the other pieces key. With this pieces can be played in any order, both telling a different story.

Piece to be rearranged at a later date.

This is simply a short little orchestration of The Little Shepard from Debussy's series Children's Corner. This is a stand alone piece, currently there is no plan to orchestrate the rest of Children's Corner.