chamber music

ensemble

Premiered by the Australian Saxophone Quartet Friday, 25 July, 7.30pm at Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
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For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello
Commissioned by IntAct Festival.
World premiere performance by Tacet(i) E nsemble as part of In tAct Festival, December 2022 Bangkok Arts & Culture Centre, Thailand.
Australian premiere performance by Homophonic as part of Midsumma Festival, January 2023 La Mam a Theatre.
Also performed by musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), 11 April 2025, Abbotsford Convent as part of the celebration of 100 years since the birth of Pierre Boulez.
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Dedicated to Anastasia Ryan.
1. Sunset
2. Night Music
3. Sunrise
For Flute/Alto Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Horn, Trombone, Percussion concertino, Piano concertino, Electric Harp concertino, Electric Violin, Cello & Double Bass.
Commissioned by Forest Collective.
Premiered by Forest Collective at their 2022 performance Sun Songs & Cycles 18 - 20 November 2022, Abbotsford Convent.
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Written for Jessica Fotinos.
1. The Heavens
2. The Hades
3. The Pact of Life
4. A Catalogue of Temptations
5. De Vita (wine, air & music)
For Flute, Clarinet, Harp & two Percussionists (bass drum, side drum, vibraphone, crotales, tam-tam, mark tree & bell tree)
Dedicated to Harriet Gregory
1. Wave (electronics)
2. Swell
3. Duet
4. Beach (electronics)
5. Birdcall
6. Wind
7. Rockpool
For Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Trombone, Percussion (Bass Drum & Vibraphone), Cello and fixed electronics.
Commissioned by Forest Collective.
Premiered by Forest Collective at Tides June 2022, Abbotsford Convent.
Dedicated to Georgia Royes
For Flute/Alto Flute, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion (3Tom-Toms), Piano, Violn, Cello and Double Bass.

Commissioned by Forest Collective.
Premiered by Forest Collective, conducted by the composer at the Metropolis New Music Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre May 2016.
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For Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Cello.
Premiered by Syzygy Ensembl e, August 2011 at Kingston Arts Centre.

Trio

Dedicated to Stephanie Arnold.
Pno. Vln. Vlc.
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Commissioned by Judy and Peter Johnson in dedication for Claire Johnson’s completion of her P.H.D.
Premiered by Petrichor e at the F orest Collective performance Shared Sounds April 6 and 7, 2013.
Also performed by Petrichore at Conduit Arts Space, May 22, 2013 and at Medley Hall, August, 2013.
Evan Lawson’s Skinnis for Flute, Viola and Harp (now on its second outing) was the only piece to utilise the harp’s majestic glissandi and full, ringing chords. These kitschy effects were welcome after the crystal-clear articulation and motoric effects of the “bean-counting harp.” — Matthew Lorenzon, Partial Durations
Written for Clara McKay
Premiered at Victorian College of the Arts, November 2009.

Duo

Commissioned by Kim Tan.
Premiered by Kim Tan and Meredith Beardmore, October 2024 at Eleventh Hour Theatre, Melbourne.
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Written for Ryan Williams.
World premiere performance February 2019, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Australia by Ryan Williams and Erica Tucceri as part of Orpheus.
USA premiere performance June 2019, Imagined Art Space, Austin, Texas, by Francois Minaux and Sarah Hetrick as part of Orpheus.
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Dedicated to Naomi Johnson.
Premiered by Kim Tan and Ryan Lynch at La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne, Australia in September 2023.
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Each movement can be played individually;
Threnoi I (2015) for flute *Written for Tanya Vincent dur. 5"
Threnoi II (2015) for melody instrument and percussion (envelopes, opera gong, marimba, random assortment of tea cups and saucers) dur. 5"
Premiered by Edges Duo (Crystal Chu percussion and Steve Sharpe flugelhorn) at the University of Oregon, U.S.A. 1st December 2015.
Written while a Bayside Artist in Residence, Bayside City Council.

Solo

From Labyrinth.
World premiere performance by Alex Macdonald, February 2025, at Abbotsford Convent.
From Labyrinth.
For Danaë Killian.
World premiere performance by Danaë Killian, February 2024, at Abbotsford Convent.
Also performed by Danaë Killian, February 2025, at Abbotsford Convent.
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Dedicated to Dean Sky-Lucas.
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Dedicated to Danae Killian
World premiere performance July, 2020, online by Danaë Killian.
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Dedicated to Isabel Hede & Helen Bower
World premiere performance by Helen Bower November 2022, Abbotsford Convent.
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Written for Ryan Williams.
World premiere performance March 2018, St. Stephen's Church, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia by Ryan Williams.
Written for Jessica Fotinos.
World premiere performance April 15, 2018, Jinji Lake Concert Hall, Suzhou, China by Jessica Fotinos.
Australian premiere performance July 6 & 7, 2018 with Forest Collective Melbourne, Australia by Jessica Fotinos.
Commissioned by Crystal Chu.
World premiere performance by Crystal Chu 17 May 2017, UO Beall Concert Hall, Univeristy of Oregon, U.S.A.
Written while a Bayside Artist in Residence, Bayside City Council
Premiered by Danae Killian at St. Stephen's Church, Melbourne 29 September 2017.
Also performed by Danae Killian at Montsalvat, Melbourne for the Melbourne Composers League 12 November 2017, and for Forest Collective 19 October 2024, Melbourne.
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“These extremes are furthered by Sikinnis III (2015), composed by Evan Lawson, which exhibits dramatic registral shifts in a vigorous work exploring ideas of dance, joy, and sexuality. The dramatic pause Killian holds at the conclusion of this engrossing composition has the audience caught in the piano’s resonances.” - Lewis Ingham, Cut Common
Dedicated to Megan Clune .
Premiered by Megan Clune, in Sydney in September 2012 at Alaska Projects.
Dedicated to Isabel Hede.
Premiered by Isabel Hede Forest Collectives 2010 concert series.
Also performed by Katroina Tsyrlin at the VCA in 2010 and Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne July, 2013.
“...a remarkable solo...” — Matthew Lorenzon, Partial Durations
Dedicated to Johanna Selleck.
Premiered by Tamara Kohler at Forest Collective’s Songs for Satyrs and Gods Richmond Uniting Church, Melbourne May, 2011
Performed by Naomi Jo hnson at The Garden of Ice Melbourne Recital Centre 4 April, 2014.
And performed by Naomi Johnson at Sound Scape New Music Festival, Maccagno, Italy July, 2014.

chamber music

ensemble

ADDICTED TO purity AND VIOLENCE (2025) for saxophone quartet, 5'

Echoes from the Labyrinth (2022) for mixed ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello), 10'

Sun Cycles (2022) concerto grosso for solo piano, solo electric HARP, solo PERCUSSIONIST AND large mixed ensemble, 10'

On obtaining life from the heavens (2022) for mixed ensemble (flute, clarinet, harp and 2 percussionists), 10'

Tides (2022) for mixed ensemble and fixed electronics (clarinet/bass clarinet, Trombone, percussion and cello), 28'

Himeros I (2016) for mixed ensemble (flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, cello and double bass), 15'

Circe & the Ballad of Melierax (2011) for mixed ensemble (flute, clarnet, piano, violin and cello), 7.30'

Trio

Sikinnis IV (2016) for violin, cello and piano, 6'

Sikinnis II (2012, rev. 2014) for flute, viola and harp, 12'

Sequenza & Song (2009) for flute, violin and piano, 6'

Duo

THE PRESENT MAKES RELEVENT THE PAST (2024) for TWO FLUTES, 12'

Share (2019) for two saxophones, 8'

The Voice of Hades (2019) for two bass wind instruments, 10'

Mermeros & Pheres (2017) for two piccolos, or equivalent high wind instrument, 6.30'

Threnoi (2015-18) for flute and percussion, 15'

Solo

thread dance (2024) for viola and fixed electronics, 10'

Asterion & Theseus (2023) for piano, 7'

Memory Study (2023) for piano, 10'

After (2020) for piano, 6'

Meditations (2019-2021) for violin, 20'

Unfolding (2018) for basset recorder or any mid-range wind instrument, 6'

Thriambus (2017-18) for harp, 13'

Crown of Phtheírein (2017) for marimba, 6'

Sikinnis III (2015) for piano, 5'

Gypsy (2011) for clarinet, 6'

Dithyramb (2010) for violin, 9'

Sikinnis I (2010) for flute, 10'