Having already made our way into the second month of the New Year, I feel like it's time to stock of what has happened so far. January was an interesting month. It wasn't as productive as I had hoped but that may have been due to the New Year holiday period, my mid-month 8-day trip to the North …
String quartet ‘threads’ – premiere
I was lucky enough to have my string quartet piece 'threads' performed as part of the final concert of the annual Nelson Composer's Workshop run by the Composers Association of New Zealand, held at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts in July this year. It was a super interesting experience getting to …
Composing Reel
Here is compilation of clips featuring my original music, written for the documentary Birds of a Feather by Working Edge Pictures. I was able to collaborate with director Nina Wells to write some tracks for this piece, and it was a superb learning experience for me. I worked from guide tracks that …
Grammys Galore
A few of my absolute favourite musicians have just won Grammys! Time to celebrate! Jacob Collier I've been rather obsessed with this young jazz sensation since a few years ago when my music lecturer showed us one of his youtube videos. JC has since continued to create incredibly innovative …
We came 5TH at the 2016 Sweet Adelines International competition in Vegas!
As a Sweet Adelines member you can be a member of more than one chorus and at the current time I am a member of: Greater Auckland chorus (currently on long term leave as I'm overseas) Christchurch City Chorus (I've been an Out of Town member [OOTM] since Jan 2016) Lions Gate Chorus (I …