Hello, I'm Evan and I like cool and weird sounds.

My practice encompasses a Western-art music composition focus alongside a performance led conducting and curation practice.

I aim for my music to be idiomatic and approachable for the performer while still pushing the sonic possibilities and potential of the instrument and musical material.

I am particularly interested in presenting a flow and transfer of energy and emotion in my music. To achieve this I focus on contrasting movement between static and hyperactive textures; often with intricate polyphony and timbers alongside motionless, slow-changing textures.

I am most interested in exploring how humanity has tried to make sense of itself. I have explored this idea through a series of works that investigate the myths and social practices of the ancient world in works such as Labyrinth, Orpheus, Calypso, Peane from Hyacinth, series of works titled Sikinnis, Himeros & Threnoi, and the delicate ballet we all perform in contemporary life in works such as Vois and The Sea.

orchestra, concertante & large ensemble music

collaborators

Writers Samuel Yeo; Jie Eccles; Nicole Butcher; Bridget Mackey; Christopher Bryant; Deborah Cheetham; Daniel Szesiong Todd;

Designers Jane Noonan; Candice MacAllister; Rachel Horgan; Gabe Bethune;

Stage Directors Greg Eldridge; Stephanie Osztreicher; Geordie Brookman; Kate Millett; Gail Edwards;

Dancers & choreographers Ashley Dougan; Jesse Matthews;

Visual artists Anne Lawson; Lucy Fekete, Katherine Phillimore; Fiona Lawson; Geoff Lawson;

Cabaret sensation Danielle Asciak;

Singer-song-writers Addison; Max Lawrence; Holcombe Waller; S0daWater;

Composers May Lyon; Alex Turley; Julie Herndon; Caroline Louise Miller; Yair Klartag; Samuel Smith; Andrew Aronowicz; Diimpa; William Cooper; Elliott Gyger; Micah Thompson; Luke Paulding; Dan Thorpe; Lisa Illean; Brett Dean; Kym Dillon; Dylan Lardelli; Cat Hope; Philip Venables;

Conductors Patrick Burns; Sam Weller; Jacinta Ewers; Nicole Marshall; Andrew Groch; Gloria Gamboz;

Companies Forest Collective, Australia; Monash University Choral Society, Australia; Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, France; Density512, USA; Prismatx Ensemble, USA; Midsumma Festival, Australia; Play On, Australia; Bendigo Festival of Exploratory Music, Australia; Victorian Opera, Australia; Abbotsford Convent, Australia; Tacet(i) Ensemble, Thailand; BK Opera, Australia; Homophonic, Australia; Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, Australia; Stonnington Symphony, Australia.

Repetiteurs Dean Skye Lucas; Phillipa Safey;

Pianist Danaë Killian;

Singers Lotte Betts-Dean; Aleise Bright; Justine Anderson; Daniel Szesiong Todd; Jill Suzanne Morgan; Deborah Cheetham; Teresa Ingrilli; Dimity Shepherd;

Harpists Jacinta Dennett; Jessica Fotinos; Catherine Ashley, Samantha Ramirez; Marshall Maguire; Hannah Lane;

Percussionists Crystal Chu; Peter Neville; Zela Papageorgiou;

Violinists Helen Bower; Isabel Hede; Sara Saraski;

Cellists Rosanne Hunt;

Double Bassists Rebecca Scully; Ian Crossfield;

Flutists Naomi Johnson; Kim Tan;

Recorder Ryan Williams;

Clarinettists Vilan Mai; Ashley Smith; Ryan Lynch;

Saxophonists Sarah Hetrick; Ali Fyffe; Nicholas Yates; Jesse Dean; Jessica Voigt-Page; Ryan Lynch;

Trombonist Trea Hindley;

Horn Phoebe Smithies;

Publications CutCommon; Classikon; Limelight; Music Makers for the Australian National Academy of Music; Victorian Opera.