This work commissioned by the City of Aberdeen is in one continuous movement comprising eleven sections. The orchestra has 3 roles – to accompany, to assist ...

This work for strings was written in 2012 for the Westlake High Schools Chamber Orchestra. The piece was shaped by images of swimming, floating and drifting...

This concerto in three movements was commissioned by St Matthews Chamber Orchestra for performance by the orchestra in October 2016 with Helene Pohl as soloi...

This work was commissioned by Auckland accordionist, Harley Jones, for performance in New York, August 1988, but was premiered in Auckland in 1987. In the f...

Whakatipua was originally written for string quartet and was commissioned by Morgan Jones as a surprise present for his wife, Pat, who was turning 60. The ...

The lyrics for Solid Gold are the distillation of thirty years of number one hit song titles. Love is, not surprisingly, a big theme. From song titles absurd...

Orchestra Chromatica is another work in my on going 'Gimel Harmonic Atonal ' series. It was written in July 2018.

In my 'Gimel Harmonic Atonal' musi...

Composed by Arnold Trowell, arranged for string orchestra by Nigel Keay

A Place to Stand is a setting of Karlo Mila's words and was workshopped and performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the soprano, Barbara Graham.

Concertino is a short 3-movement work for sopranino recorder solo and recorder orchestra written in 2005. The second movement was then revised for sopranin...

This accessible, lively work in three movements for solo violin and orchestra tests the soloist fully.

This work for orchestra and organ was commissioned by Uwe Alexander-Grodd and the St. Matthews Chamber Orchestra and premiered in November 1996. Based on Ma...

Inspired by the extraordinary tuba playing of Andrew Jarvis

Suite for orchestra, adapted from incidental music for the film Utu (1982).

This work was written as part of a series of composer workshops organised by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, for works for organ and orchestra. The Auck...

When starting to think about this piece for the Westlake Symphony Orchestra (students of Westlake Girls’ and Boys’ High Schools) I decided to look for ‘local...

Earthquake: 22.2.11 began as a project after the September 2010 earthquakes struck Christchurch and surrounding districts. I was interested in capturing the ...

This concerto is a sunny and life-affirming work. There are moments of reflection however, such as the slow introduction, where a long melody on piano is pic...

This work was composed during the period 2016–2018, including a residency at the Visby International Composers Centre, October 2016. It was written for The C...

frames is a set of shorter ideas; each unique in character and in energy.

noun. a rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door,...

The pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) is often known as New Zealand's Christmas tree. It normally produces its bright crimson flowers around Christmas time, ...

See original voice/piano version here!

This is a symphonic movement which might be for orchestra, migh...

Cloud Fanfares is one of ten fanfares for orchestra commissioned in 1990 by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

Thi...

This work was written for solo cello and orchestra in 2019, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation. The chamber orchestra version was premiered by New Zealan...

This work for full orchestra was commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. It is inspired by a quote from Comte de Salvandy, "Nous dansons sur un ...

A commission for 1986, the Year of Peace, this work for tenor and orchestra takes its text from the writings of conscientious objector Archibald Baxter. The...

This work for massed choir and orchestra was written for Uwe Grodd and the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra for the opening of the Genesis Theatre, TelstraCle...

This fanfare is dedicated to Sir Barry Curtis, with grateful thanks for his many years of support for the Manukau City Symphony Orchestra. The first thirty s...

This work borrows ideas from the Cook Islands where I spent 6 months in 1988. I studied the traditional music and instruments and have been greatly influence...

Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra to mark Tasmania's Bicentenary, 'River Mountain Sky' suggests an impression of the beautiful island that has...

Atiru (Tone Poem for Orchestra) was first conceived during the initial lockdowns in 2020 and deals with dark and brooding themes with both menacing and tri...

Composed by Alex Taylor, in collaboration with visual artist Simon Ingram.

What music would a machine listen to if it could do so? What would an...

This work is an exploration of the possibilities of the string orchestra as a body of sound, the orchestra at times acting like one giant super-instrument co...

Commissioned by the Christchurch Youth Orchestra and premiered by them, it has subsequently been played by the Auckland Philharmonia, in Australia and in the...

This is a lively and colourful piece for youth orchestra, based on a quasi-Hungarian folk tune. After a slow introduction, a rhythmic melody springs to life,...

This work was written for the Taharoto Orchestra - a group consisting of students from both Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys High Schools conducted by Liz Ca...

Although the five movements of this piece traverse a variety of sonic terrain, they amalgamate to explore the distinction between diffused sounds and those i...

Rakaia is a work for full orchestra characterised by the great Rakaia River in the South Island of New Zealand. The Rakaia begins its journey in the Southe...

Gallipoli was composed in memory of the World War I battle that took place between Turkey and Anzacs, symbolizing as a whole, the mutual good relations of ...

Originally conceived as a work for violin and piano, it quickly became apparent that the work was better suited for a solo violin and orchestra. Concertino r...

During my teenage years I was a member of the National Youth Brass Band. One of the long-standing friendships I have maintained since then is with Riki McDon...

Aotearoa is a long narrow land surrounded by sea and buffeted by the wind. We who live here learn to know the direction of the prevailing winds and to track ...

At the height of the witch-hunts in Europe between the years 1450 to 1700, it is believed that as many as 100,000 people were executed for witchcraft. Burnin...

Greenstone Sinfonia is a sinfonia concertante in the classical sense, a multi-movement work in which several soloists work together with the orchestra to m...

Horn Concerto: hydraulic fracture

"The truth of the matter is that the practice has been going safely on in Taranaki for the past 30 years without any iss...