2024
Commission - ‘Prescience’, a solo audio installation for the remount of ‘Prescience’ art exhibition by Dianne Fogwell for Geelong Art Gallery
Premiere - Animalising – Becoming Animal / Intense / Imperceptible with Tony Yap Company at Abbotsford Convent for Midsumma Festival
Residency - Moving Forward Residency // Critter Session at Lucy Guerin Inc with Tony Yap
PhD Candidature - Doctor of Philosophy - Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne
2023
EP Release - ‘AVES’ 7” vinyl with I Hold the Lion’s Paw on Made Now Music
Qualification - Masters of Music (Jazz & Improvisation), H1
Commission - ‘Imagination Exploration’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw for Muscia Viva Australia in Schools
Residency - ‘Lost in Place, in Faro’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw, Yumi Umiumare, Taka Takiguchi (滝口貴) and collaborators at MONA
Premiere (AUS) - ‘The House is Empty’, a 60 minute live solo work presented at Melbourne Recital Centre
Commission - Australian Music Centre Momentum Commission
Premiere - ‘Lost in Place’, with I Hold the Lion’s Paw, Yumi Umiumare, Taka Takiguchi (滝口貴) and collaborators at Mona Foma Festival
Premiere - ‘solo’, a 60 minute solo work presented as part of the Morning Meditations series at Mona Foma Festival
Position - Marketing & Communications Manager for Dancehouse
2022
Position - Publicity + Content Producer for Earshift Music
Sound Design - ‘Moriyawa’, composed by Yuin woman Brenda Gifford for the Australian Art Orchestra
Premiere - ‘Kidstruments’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw and Playable Streets at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Premiere - ‘Tower Lake Temple’ with Phonetic Orchestra at Melbourne Recital Centre
LP Release – ‘3x3’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw
Nomination – ‘Lost in Place’ APRA AMCOS/AMC Art Music Award for Jazz work of the year
CD Release – ‘The House is Empty’ debut solo album, Shimmering Moods
Commission - ‘MESS Through The Roof’ a 15 minute solo work commissioned and presented by MESS, RMIT and Melbourne Music Week
Commission - ‘Solo’ a 30 minute solo work commissioned and presented by New North, premiered at Brunswick Mechanics Institute
Orchestration - new work composed by Yuin woman Brenda Gifford for the Australian Art Orchestra. Presented at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Commission - music set to poetry by Tariro Mavondo for the exhibition ‘And she was wearing trousers: a call to our heroines’. Presented by Arts House
Commission - ‘Kidstruments’, in collaboration with I Hold the Lion’s Paw and Playable Streets. Presented by Melbourne Fringe and Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Orchestration - ‘Djiribawal’, composed by Yuin woman Brenda Gifford for the Australian Art Orchestra
Commission - ‘Prescience’, a solo audio installation for the ‘Prescience’ art exhibition by Dianne Fogwell for Geelong Art Gallery
Commission - Electronics for the world premiere of Bianca Gannon’s ‘Utter Stutter Flutter’ for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
2021
Position - Digital Producer & AAO Recordings Manager for Australian Art Orchestra (2021-2023)
Development - ‘Lost in Place’, A new cross-disciplinary durational work by Reuben Lewis in collaboration I Hold the Lion’s Paw and Butoh dancers Yumi Umiumare and Takashi Takiguchi.
Nomination - ARIA (Best Jazz Album) in 2021 for ‘Closed Beginnings’
Award - APRA AMCOS/AMC Art Music Award - Work of the Year - electroacoustic/sound art for ‘Closed Beginnings’ with Tariro Mavondo, Peter Knight and the Australian Art Orchestra
Award - APRA AMCOS/AMC Art Music Award - Performance of the Year - jazz/improvised music for ‘Silent Towns’ with Phonetic Orchestra
Press - ‘Lost in Place’ feature in Beat
Premiere - ‘Finding Place’ video feature on The Partae
Premiere - ‘Solo’ at the Earshift (online) Music Festival, presented by SIMA
Premiere (postponed) - ‘THIS Trojan Women’, a collaboratively composed theatre work with poets Didem Caia and Tariro Mavondo commissioned by the Melbourne Fringe Festival (postponed)
Album Launch - ‘Lost in Place’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Premiere - ‘Harbinger (live)’, an audio/visual solo work commissioned by the Mildura Arts Centre
Premiere - ‘For Jon Hassell’, an audio/visual solo work for the Monash Online Concert Series
Commission - ‘Harbinger’, a solo audio installation for the ‘Harbinger’ art exhibition curated by Nicola Dickson for Mildura Arts Centre
Premiere - ‘ST.ARK’ with Tony Yap Company for the ‘Now Pieces’ series at Dancehouse
Premiere - ‘Quiver’ with Tony Yap Company for the ‘MMeets’ series at MPavilion
Premiere - ‘Animal/God - the great square’ with Tony Yap Company for the ‘Pivot Residency’ at Abbotsford Convent
PD - Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) Professional Development Course (Advanced Stream)
Residency - ‘Pivot’ residency at Abbotsford Convent with Tony Yap, Brendan O’Conner & Cy Gorman
Nomination - Green Room Awards for the ‘LISTENING’ Series
Residency - ‘RESIDENCE’ residency at Footscray Community Arts Centre with Didem Caia & Tariro Mavondo
Feature – ‘Australian Jazz Showcase’ by Sounds Australia & Australian Music Centre at Jazzahead! (DR)
LP Release – ‘Lost in Place’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw, Earshift Music
CD Release – ‘Closed Beginnings’ with Tariro Mavondo & Peter Knight, AAO Recordings
Premiere - ‘Polly Pocket’, an online collaboration with poet Cassandra Atherton, premiered in partnership with publisher Life Before Man
Premiere - ‘Muted Melancholy Between the Lines’, an online collaboration with poet Didem Caia, premiered in partnership with publisher Life Before Man
2020
Position - Marketing & Communications Manager for Australian Art Orchestra (2020-2021)
Premiere – ‘Closed Beginnings’ with Tariro Mavondo, Peter Knight & Australian Art Orchestra
LP Release (collaborating artist) – ‘Rupture’ with HiFiKlub, Matt Cameron & Daffodil, Electric Valley Records
Publication - ‘The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts; Spontaneity, Flaws and the Unfinished’, a collection of essays and interviews centred round the notion of the accidental in creativity and edited by Andy Hamilton and Lara Pearson.
Premiere - ‘The House is Empty’ for the LISTENING Series - curated by Australian Art Orchestra, Room40 and the Substation
Premiere - ‘Silent Towns’ 24-hour live stream, The Phonetic Orchestra
Collaboration, 2020 – ‘Karappo Vol. III’ with Nicole Lizée & The Australian Art Orchestra (CAN)
CD Release (collaborating artist) - ‘Australian Jazz Snapshot’, Jazzwise Magazine (UK)
Premiere - ‘The World Died Today While You Were on Your Phone – VOL. 1 + 2’ by I Hold the Great Rack
LP Release (collaborating artist) - ‘Seven Wonders’ compilation featuring I Hold the Lion’s Paw (IHTLP)
LP Release (collaborating artist) - ‘Live at the Forum’ with the Teskey Brothers
Associate Artist Role (08/2019-08/2020) – Australian Art Orchestra - Pathfinders Program
Artistic Associate Role (2020-2021) – Australian Music Centre Artistic Associate for Jazzahead!
Touring (2012-2020) – Teskey Brothers, Australian Art Orchestra, Phonetic Orchestra, YID!, Tony Yap Company, SVELIA, Solo Works
2019
Premiere (2015-2019) - ‘Stillness’, ‘A Gaze’ & ‘Sisyphus Synthesis’ with TYC at MAP Melaka Festival (MY)
Premiere - ‘Ok. Kill Ourselves’ with Tony Yap Company (TYC) at MAP Moreland Festival
Collaboration - ‘Of Deities & Demons’ at the Meeting Points Series with Australian Art Orchestra & Baliphonics
Collaboration - ‘Doppler’ with ACME at the Due West Festival (VIC)
Collaboration – ‘Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator’ (full-length) with Lillian Steiner at Dance Massive
CD Release (collaborating artist) - ‘Space Klezmer’ with YID!
Nomination - Freedman Jazz Fellowship
Residency (2016-2019) - monthly residency with IHTLP at the Brunswick Green
2018
LP Release – ‘Abstract Playgrounds’ with I Hold the Lion’s Paw, Earshift Music
Collaboration – ‘Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator’ (20 min) with Lilian Steiner at the Keir Choreographic Award
Nomination - Freedman Jazz Fellowship
Collaboration – Lilian Steiner’s ‘Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator’ at La Briqueterie (FR)
Nomination – ‘Best Jazz Ensemble’, Australian Jazz Bell Awards for IHTLP
Premiere - ‘Lovefall’ with TYC at the ButohOUT! festival
Premiere - ‘The Medusa Ultimatum’ with TYC and David Shepherd at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale
Publication - Australian Jazz Real Book (compositions from Abstract Playgrounds)
2017
Premiere – music for Tony Yap’s ‘I am Ding Chai’ at the AsiaTOPA festival
Premiere – 8-hour sleep concert with The Phonetic Orchestra at Serralves Festival (PT)
Commission – ‘I Know That I Know’ for ACME, premiered at The Melbourne Festival
Curation - ‘DuoDuo’ festival curated by Reuben Lewis and presented by Lebowski’s Music
2016
Residency - Lebowski’s Development Residency #1 with I Hold the Lion’s Paw
LP Release (collaborating artist) – ‘Cold Radish Coma’ with 30/70
LP Release (collaborating artist) – ‘Half Mile Harvest’ with the Teskey Brothers
2015
Commission – ‘Sleep Talk’ for the Unfix Orchestra featuring Georgie Darvidis & the Penny String Quartet
Commission – ‘You Keep Still While Storms Flatten Mountains’ for the Bennetts Lane Big Band
Collaboration, 2016 –‘Waterfalls Plunge into the Abyss’ by Bambang N Karim (ID)
Premiere - ‘Stillness’ with TYC at the MAP Melbourne Festival
Premiere – ‘The Station and the Underclass’ by Jon Heilbron with The Phonetic Orchestra at Emmanuel Vigelands Mausoleum (NO)