







Photo by Nick Granville
SELECTED ORIGINAL WORKS
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
APOLLO 11 2019
Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington FHSS Grant
1. Apollo 11
2. Before This Decade Is Out
3. No Strife, No Prejudice
4. Columbia and the LM
5. The Eagle Has Wings
6. Sixty Six
7. Tranquility Base
8. Magnificent Desolation
9. Rendezvous
10. Ignition
11. Epilogue
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BIRDLIKE (arrangement) 2003
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Luis Bonilla, Gary Valente, Howard Lamb, and Max Seigel
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BLUE MOON (arrangement) 2005
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Rick Culver
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BOXING DAY (arrangement) 2015
Commissioned by the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Sydney Australia
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CHRISTOPH WALTZ 2003
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Bill Mays
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THE CLOWN (arrangement) 2001
Commissioned by River East Collegiate Jazz Ensemble
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COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER - THE BOLDEN LEGEND (69 min.) 2010
Winner of the 2010 Christchurch Big Band Festival International Composition and Arranging Competition (Open Category: Composition)
2. Cricket Noises and Cricket Music
3. The Drawings of Audubon
4. Whistling in the Way of Bolden
5. Auditorium of Enemies
6. The Horror of Noise
7. Suicide of the Hands
8. In Exile
9. The Parade - Part 1
10. The Parade - Part 2
11. Epilogue: Bleach Out to Grey
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DEADPOOL'S BLUES 2023
Commissioned by the University of Regina Jazz Orchestra (Canada)
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GROVER WORKED AND UNDERPAID (arrangement) 2005
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Kirk Whalum
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HILLARY STEP 2021
Commissioned by the Endeavour Jazz Orchestra New Zealand
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ISAB-JIOOT-QUÉ JUBILEE (Eee-sob Jee-oot Kay)
Commissioned by the University of Mary Jazz Ensemble
for the 50th Annual University of Mary Jazz Festival
METROPOLIS 2021
Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant
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MC SHOOTING JACKET 1998 (rev. 2023)
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MORE MUSIC, LESS CIRCUS 2013
Commissioned by Anthony Williams and Cedar Rapids Washington High School Jazz Band
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MY BROTHA (arrangement) 2004
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Carl Allen
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NOT TENNESSEE WALTZ (8 min.) 2005
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra
ORIGIN OF SPECIES 2023
Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant
1. Origin of Species
2. Effects of Habit
3. Individual Differences
4. Struggle for Existence
5. Natural Selection
6. Of Flight and of Vision
7. Instinct
8. Hybridism
9. The Lapse of Time
PUCELETE - JE LANGUIS - DOMINO 2005
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Paul Hanson
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RAFF RIFF (arrangement, 7 min.) 2015
Commissioned by the Rodger Fox Big Band and Michael Houstoun
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RECORDAME (arrangement) 2003
For Luis Bonilla and the University of Memphis Jazz Band II
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RITUAL DANCE (arrangement) 2004
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Carl Allen
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SKADOOSH! 2023
SONG FOR BARRY (arrangement) 1997
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SOON (arrangement) 2010
Winner of the 2010 Christchurch Big Band Festival International Composition and Arranging Competition (Open Category: Arrangement)
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SPEAK LOW (arrangement) 2003
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Marvin Stamm and Bill Mays
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STATLER AND WALDORF (8 min.) 2010
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances at the Jazz Education Network Conference
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TY'S FIRST JORDANS 2005
Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Kirk Whalum
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WALKABOUT - A PLACE FOR VISIONS
Commissioned, recorded, and premiered by the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra,
Sydney Australia
1. Walkabout - "A Place for Visions"
2. The Children - "Tomorrow was also a day"
3. Random Fireflies - "Their nightlights flickering like sparklets"
4. Worumgala, Worum Mwa - "Where do you come from? Where are you going?"
5. Intro to Ebony and Moonlight
6. Ebony and Moonlight - "Hour after hour he stood there, a shadow carved"
7. Walking Alone - "The proving of manhood in his tribal timetable"
8. The Medicine Man - " Those whom the spirit wants, he takes"
9. Intro to Ritual Dance
10. Ritual Dance - "Harness the elements, the fire was made"
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THE WALL (At 300 North 12th Street)
Commissioned by the University of Mary Alumni Jazz Ensemble
for the 50th Annual University of Mary Jazz Festival
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SMALLER JAZZ ENSEMBLES
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BONNIE AND CLYDE (61 min.) 2016
Trumpet and Piano
3. Porgy and Bess
4. Arwen and Aragorn
5. Bonnie and Clyde
6. Antony and Cleopatra
7. Samneric
8. Fred and Ginger
9. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
10. Holmes and Watson
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BONO IN THE TEMPLE (61 min.) 2007
Trumpet, Saxophones, Piano, Bass, Drums
1. Q School
2. Norman Park
4. Dinner at Phil's
5. Toronto Transit Commission
6. Georgia on My Mind (reharmonization)
7. Table 51
9. Bono in the Temple
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HITCH / SLAP (66 min.) 2020
Tenor Saxophones, Trombone, Bass, Drums
5. Hitch / Slap
7. Chieftain Weapons Inspector
HURRICANE OPHELIA (65 min.) 2009
Trumpet, Saxophones, Electric Piano, Bass, Drums
3. Trio Improvisation One
4. Graceland (arrangement)
5. Trio Improvisation Two
6. Coup D'Etat
7. Self-Imposed Exile
8. Trio Improvisation Three
9. I Left My Shiv at Home
JOUST (60 min.) 2020
Trumpet and Piano
2. Table 51
5. Interlude 1
8. Interlude 2
9. Joust
10. Interlude 3
12. Fanfare
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MACHAUT MAN AND A SUPERMAN HAT (69 min.) 2014
Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums
2. Machaut Man and a Superman Hat
4. (You Can't Always Get a) Wet Chihuahua
6. Georgia on my Mind (reharmonization)
8. Katafuzees
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NEMESIS (60 min.) 2022
Trumpet and Piano
1. Nemesis
3. Turing
5. Martyrology
7. Out Cho
9. Drink Light
10. WenDELL
RELATIVITY (67 min.) 2017
Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant
Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums, Vocals
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1. Relativity
4. Simultaneity
8. Spacetime
9. Unbounded
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WATCH (60 min.) 2022
Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums
1.
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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL
CHAMBER MUSIC
FANFARE/PROCESSIONAL, SCENE, AND RECESSIONAL 1997*
Brass Quintet
QUARTET I 1995*
Saxophone Quartet
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QUINTET I 1997*
Brass Quintet
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QUINTET II 2005
Brass Quintet
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QUINTET III 2020
Brass Quintet
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JANUS 1994
Alto Saxophone, Piano 1997*
(Second Alto Saxophone in Movement II)
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KAUA E MATE WHEKE MATE URUROA 2018
Solo Clarinet
MARQUE 1993*
Solo Piano
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ONUS 1996*
Solo Flute
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PRÉVOYANCE 1996*
Trumpet, Piano
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ROTTERDAM EVENING 2004
Solo Trumpet
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SONATA 2021
Trumpet, Piano
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SONATA 2021
Violin, Piano
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WEDDING MUSIC FOR A PENDER ISLAND CEREMONY 2023
Woodwing Quintet, Brass Quintet, String Quintet, Piano, Harp, Percussion
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ZAGREB 1994*
Solo Piano
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*revised
WIND ENSEMBLE
DE PROFUNDIS 2002
For the Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Wind Ensemble
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DELIBERATIONS OF A PERSNICKETY OLD GIMLET 2000
For the Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Wind Ensemble
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THE DOGMAS OF THE QUIET PAST 2014
Commissioned by the SUNY Oswego Wind Ensemble and Charles Pillow, soloist
Wind Ensemble, Alto Saxophone Soloist, Drumset
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MAYO IN A JACKIE SUIT 2002
For the Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Wind Ensemble
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NICKY VS. THE VOLCANO 2001
For the Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Wind Ensemble
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WAR GAMES 2001
For the Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Wind Ensemble
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ELECTRONIC/ELECTROACOUSTIC
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ANCIENT ASTRONAUT THEORY (52 min.) 2011
Taonga puoro, Electronics
1. The Watchers
4. Wondjina
5. Oannes
6. Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth)
7. Epilogue: The Watchers
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AREN'T WE ALL SO BRAVE 2021
Solo Flute, Electronics
1. Many Years Ago
2. Trudging Through
3. Like Most Maudlin Tales
4. In My World
5. Twenty Minutes Through Corn Fields
6. Old Cemeteries
7. When The Sun Was Completely Lost
8. Barely Helped Me
9. The Sky Was So Free
10. Middle Of Nowhere, Earth
11. Aren't We All So Brave
12. For the First Time In So Long
13. The Exact Moment
14. What Seemed Like An Eternity
15. Moon And Stars
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THE CURSE OF THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND (58 min.) 2011
Trumpet, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Bass, Taonga puoro
1. Origin
2.The Nest
3. Echo
4. Early Development
5. In Hiding
7. Mercy
8. Education
9. Contribution
10. Echoes
11. Passing On
12. Closing
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DONATED BY CANTOR FITZGERALD (60 min.) 2011
Piano, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Electronics
1. Donated By Cantor Fitzgerald
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ENCELADUS (52 min.) 2011 (with Jorge Sosa)
Trumpet, Electronics
1. Through the Eyes of Cassini
2. Feeding the Rings of Saturn
3. Cosmic Dust
4. The Ice Volcano
5. The Ice Planet
6. Refraction V
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FATE AND THE PROCESSOR (48 min.) 2011
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Electronics
2. Cupertino
4. Serious As
5. Complexion
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INVENIUM VIAM (49 min.) 2011
Cello, Electronics
1-3. Invenium Viam I-III
4-6. Circulus in Probando
7-9. Post Tenebras, Lux
10-12. Dum Spiro Spero
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JOURNEY (57 min.) 2011
Taonga puoro, Piano, Bass, Tenor Saxophone, Electronics
1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4
5. Part 5
6. Part 6
7. Part 7
8. Part 8
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RAIL 16 (49 min.) 2011
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor saxophone (2), Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello,
Double Bass, Electronics
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STUDENTS IN EXILE (72 min.) 2021
Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Electronics
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TIMEWAVE ZERO (40 min.) 2012
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor saxophone (2), Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello,
Double Bass, Electronics
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FILM/STAGE
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A GHOST IN CORSETS (Film Score) 2018
MELANCHOLY PLAY (Stage Music) 2019
Solo Cello
Nominated for Best Musical Score, Wellington Theatre Awards
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OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD (Stage Music) 2018
Military Chamber Ensemble, Sound Design
Winner of Best Ensemble Production, Wellington Theatre Awards

