Here is a document I have created that lists the notes on each string. It is intended to help young composers writing for violin to work out which chords etc. are possible. It is a violin fingering guide. Click on…
The programme for the 2008 Aurora Festival has been launched, and can be viewed at: We have assembled a most diverse collection of concerts, forums and workshops for this festival, the majority of which will take place in venues…
It was wonderful for my Percussion Concerto, written for Evelyn Glennie and The Queensland Orchestra, to be a finalist in the 2007 Classical Music Awards. Photo J.Wilson(c)/EG Images It was a finalist in the Orchestral Work of the Year category.…
The music festival of which I am the artistic director, the Aurora Festival, last night won the award for Most Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation in the 2007 Classical Music Awards. These annual awards are presented by APRA and the…
Recently I attended some performances at the Camden Haven Music Festival, a festival of various types of music held in the Camden Haven region of Australia (about 30 minutes south of Port Macquarie, or about 3 1/2 hours north of…