Commissioned Australian Composers

Commissioned Australian Composers

1980 - 2019

1984 – Carl VineCafé Concertino commissioned by Musica Viva Australia
1985 – Mark Isaacs So It Does commissioned by Musica Viva Australia
1987 – Graham HairConcerto for clarinettist and double ensemble
1988 – Carl VineMiniature IV
1989 Gerard BrophySeraphita (first performance, commissioned by the NSW Premier’s Award for Composers)
1989 – Nigel WestlakeRefractions at Summercloud Bay
1990 – Bozidar KosCatena 2
1992 – Roger SmalleyPoles Apart
1993 – Gordon KerrySonata da camera
1995 – Brenton BroadstockCelebration – A Symphony for Chamber Ensemble
1995 – Andrew Schultz, Circle Ground
1996 – Julian YuVariations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.37
1997 – Elliott Gygersi doux for six instruments
1997  Liza LimThe Heart’s Ear
1999 – Barry ConynghamYearnings  
2000 – Elena Kats-CherninBottleneck Blues
2000 – Martin Wesley-Smithfin/début
2001 – Christine McCombeNight Alchemy
2002 – Mark IsaacsKensington Rags
2002 Raffaele MarcellinoThe Art of Perception
2003 – Andrew FordChamber Concerto No. 4
2004 – Ross EdwardsIsland Landfall
2005 – Nigel WestlakeString Quartet commissioned by K.W.Tribe for the Goldner String Quartet through Musica Viva Australia
2006  Peter SculthorpeDarwin Calypso
2007 – Nigel WestlakeRare Sugar
2007 – John PetersonGuilty Pleasures commissioned by University of Melbourne, Albert H Maggs Composition Award
2007 – Andrew FordOma Kodu
2008 – Stuart GreenbaumEaster Island
2009 – Paul StanhopeLight and Motion Studies
2009 – Anniversary miniatures
Ross EdwardsRetrospective
Andrew FordOn Winter’s Traces
Martin Wesley-SmithInvention 1
Peter SculthorpeA Little Song of Love
Elena Kats-CherninBirthday Miniature
Raffaele MarcellinoLes Darcy Dances
2010 – Mark IsaacsString Sextet commissioned by University of Melbourne, Albert H Maggs Composition Award
2010 – Matthew Hindson Light is Both a Particle and a Wave commissioned by Justice Jane Mathews
2011 – Brett Dean Sextet  International co-commission with the Nash Ensemble and eighth blackbird
2011 – Barry Conyngham Showboat Kalang
2012 – Elena Kats-Chernin Interludes and a rag  commissioned by 2MBS-FM
2012 Andrew Schultz One Sound
2012 – Maria Grenfell Ten Suns Ablaze commissioned by Sean Buck
2013 - John Peterson Double entendre for piano quintet and two dancers, supported by the Creative Practice Lab in the School of the Arts and Media UNSW
2015 -  Ross Edwards Animisms commissioned in celebration of Peter Maxwell Davies' 80th birthday
2016 - Gordon Kerry while the music lasts commissioned by Dr Patricia Brown in honour of Professor Roger Covell
2016 Andrew Ball Three Dreams in Pulse for clarinet and piano commissioned by Dr Andrew Kennedy, and dedicated to Catherine McCorkill
2016 - Ian Munro Three Birds for soprano, clarinet, cello and piano commissioned by Norma Hawkins in memory of Dr Bruce Hawkins
2017 - Felicity Wilcox Vivre sa vie - Composer's cut for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano and film
2018 - Natalie Williams Letters to Clara
2019Jessica Wells Heartbeat
2020 - Holly Harrison Slipstream 
2020 - Katy Abbott Still for clarinet and piano