About
Classically trained but experienced in the commercial and contemporary music industries, I like to blend all of these. My screen and corporate work includes short film scores, TV commercials, live arrangements, and music for corporate events. I’ve written a little for theatre as well. I’m equally at home synthestrating with samples or recording live musicians in the studio. Playlists and podcasts use my music, whilst some songs have been included in Australian TV soundtracks like ATV10’s Extreme Sport program. I’m a trumpet and keyboard player, writing and performing with originals funk band Speakeasy. Speakeasy song 'Straight Ahead' won the Soul and R&B category of the Voyager International Songwriting Contest, and the band dropped an EP in 2024
Photo: Natalie Robertson - Melbourne Music Management
My classical journey includes commissions from the Melbourne Symphony, participation in the Australian Composer’s Orchestral Forum with the Tasmanian Symphony, and collaborations with many other artists and groups including Elision ensemble, Perihelion, and jazz legend James Morrison. Residencies have included the Sydney International Brass Festival and the Gravissimo! Festival in Portugal, where music of mine was also performed during the São João Festival. Recent classical work includes a Trumpet Concerto for David Elton and ABC Classic, and a commission as part of the ANAM Set.
Prizes and awards include the Corbould Composition Prize with the Queensland Philharmonic, the Qantas Youth Award of the Paul Lowin Prize, the Harvey Phillips Award (USA) for brass composition, a Local Heroes commission from the Melbourne Recital Centre, and commendations in the National Songwriting Contest and the Albert H. Maggs Award.
My music has been performed, broadcast and recorded in Australia and around the world. Some of my educational music is included in the HSC, VCE, and AMEB syllabi in Australia, with some also having been test pieces for brass band competitions in Australia and New Zealand. I’m published in Australia, Europe and the USA.
I work at the Melbourne campus of the Australian Institute of Music, where I teach composition alongside various cultural units, and supervise grad students. I like to hang with other creative folk, like Jacqui Grantford who painted the amazing portrait on the Home page. Our collaborative project AnJaq presents exhibitions involving Jacqui's art with my music
