Works for plucked strings (solo, duo, solo + 1)*

*Plucked strings also feature in many works for larger forces.

Solo

Agité V

harp.
1998 rev. 2022: 5 mins. approx.

Agité V – commissioned by Marshall McGuire in 1997 – was originally completed in 1998 and premiered in that form at the 1999 Sydney Spring Festival, where it shared the Marienberg Award for Most Outstanding New Australian Composition. Later revised, it belongs to a series of solos that are all somewhat disturbed in nature and explore some of the more aggressive characteristics of the instruments involved.

Fret (Agité IV)

guitar.
1992 rev. 2024: 5 mins. 25 secs.

Fret (Agité IV) takes its more individual title from both the obvious link with the instrument, and from the relationships between other meanings of the word itself and various aspects of the piece.

Fret:

agitate, disturb, enrage, irritate, torment, vex;
adorn, diversify, variegate;
an interlaced angular design.

Fret (Agité IV) was commissioned by ELISION and premiered in Melbourne in October 1993 by Stefano Cardi, who also gave its European premiere in Chiaravalle, Italy, in January 1994.

Semplice

guitar.
2004: 6 mins. 15 secs. approx.

Semplice was premiered by Geoff Morris in Melbourne in November, 2008.

Akkord II

guitar.

1997: 4 mins. 30 secs.

Akkord II was premiered by Norio Sato at the Melbourne International Festival in October 1998, with its European premiere featuring Gisbert Watty in Prato (Italy) in 2007.

Akkord II is published in “Australian Guitar Miniatures” from Red House Editions.

ISBN 0 9587342-3-2

Agité II

mandolin.
1989: 5 mins. 30 secs.

Agité II is dedicated to Stephen Morey, who commissioned the work and premiered it in Melbourne on 9/8/1990. Its first European performance was given by Michael Hooper in York in May 2009.

Duo

Frost

2 guitars.
= Two roads… +  …in a yellow wood…
(2024: 10 mins. 45 secs. approx.)

Two roads…

2 guitars.
[1st movement of Frost or standalone work]
(2024: 5 mins. approx.)

…in a yellow wood…

2 guitars. 
[2nd movement of Frost or standalone work]
2011: 5 mins. 45 secs. approx.

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could…”
from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

Solo + 1

Melt

guitar + vibes.
(2022: 4 mins. 15 secs. approx.)

“What is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?” Kahlil Gibran

Resurgence

guitar + piano.
2020: 7 mins. approx.

…of two minds…

guitar + glockenspiel.
2008 rev. 2019 : 5 mins. 30 secs. approx.

…of two minds… started life as a duo for alto flute and guitar, and was premiered in that form by Carla Rees and David Black at All Saints Church, Oakleigh Park, London on 23/3/2009. I was however, never completely satisfied with the work, and decided in 2019 that it would be more worthwhile if recast for glockenspiel and guitar.

Twist

guitar + viola.
[2nd movement of Tortus or standalone work]
2017: 2 mins. 15 secs. approx.