Guide to Australian Composers

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Frances Cameron
Where We Began
Performed by Frances Cameron

Kim Cannan
Renegade
Performed by Kim Cannan

Flora Carbo
Little Jog
Performed by Flora Carbo

Theo Carbo
Gesualdo
Performed by The Rest Is Silence

Ben Carey
Cirrus
Co-composed and performed by Joshua Hyde & Ben Carey

Ann Carr-Boyd
Fantasy for Harp and Orchestra
Performed by Verna Lee, Steel City Strings & Shilong Ye

Peter Cavallo
The Waiting
Performed by Peter Cavallo

Jenna Cave
What Gives You Hope
Performed by Jenna Cave Sextet & Kristin Berardi

Anne Cawrse
A Room of Her Own, III. Anon
Performed by Australian String Quartet

Brendan Champion
First Suite for Brass in B-Flat: I. Monolith
Performed by Blackford & Collins

Alice Chance
Nose Scrunch Reel
Performed by Australian String Quartet

Lyle Chan
Towards Elysium
Performed by Acacia Quartet

Richard Charlton
The Fable of the Glass Rocking Horse
Performed by Matt Withers

Chloé Charody
Castle in the Sky
Performed by Van-Anh Nguyen

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Permit Me
Performed by Daniel Pini

Belle Chen
Closer (Extended Version)
Performed by Belle Chen, CheWei Yeh, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer

Lisa Cheney
When We Speak
Performed by Gemma Kneale

Stephen Chin
Ghost Ship
Performed by Brendan Joyce & Jennifer Wakeling

Joe Chindamo
Tempesta
Performed by Australian String Quartet

Olivia Chindamo
Hey Little Red
Performed by Olivia Chindamo & Matthew Sheens

David Chisholm
Axeman Lullaby
Performed by Anna McMichael & Tamara Anna Cislowska

Tristan Coelho
Forest Stories
Performed by Emily Granger & Andrew Blanch

Jordan Chung
Homecoming
Performed by Zodiac

Ruby Ester Mae (Clariloops)
Clouds
Performed by Clariloops

Barry Cockcroft
Rock Us
Performed by Jeffrey Loeffert & Jonathan Nichol

Madeleine Cocolas
Drift
Performed by Madeleine Cocolas

Leonie Cohen
Lights Finale
Performed by Muses Trio

Meta Cohen
a love is a love is a love – a queer song cycle: 4. we
Performed by Divisi Chamber Singers & Coady Green

Brendan Colbert
Dancing to the Tremors of Time (2017)
Performed by Michael Kieran Harvey

Amanda Cole
Glocken Blocken
Performed by Claire Edwardes

Sebastian Collen
Riconoscenza
Performed by Australian String Quartet

Brendan Collins
Concerto for 2 Trumpets: III. Presto
Performed by Phillip Chase Hawkins, Andy Lott & Maria Fuller

Meredith Connie
A Panoply of Grey: No 5. A Panoply of Grey
Performed by Meredith Connie

Barry Conyngham
Vast 1: The Sea: 1. From Under The Sea
Performed by Australian Youth Orchestra & John Hopkins

Edward Cowie
Bird Portraits: No. 23, Puffins
Performed by Peter Sheppard Skærved & Roderick Chadwick

Mim Crellin
Avalanche
Performed by Mim Crellin, Morten Duun, Dave McEvoy, Josh Baldwin, Dylan Paul, Alison Rayner, Holly Bennett, Heather Lloyd, & David Moran

Dylan Crismani
Shades of Blue: I.
Performed by Dylan Crismani & Gabriella Smart

Romano Crivici
Flat Earth: I. Ebb and Flow
Performed by Elektra String Quartet

Bruce Crossman
Where Are the Sounds of Joy?
Performed by Tristram Williams, Michael Kieran Harvey & Peter Neville

Claire Cross
Rites
Performed by Claire Cross & Harry Cook

Kim Cunio
The Temple Project: Sh’mah Yisrael
Performed by Heather Lee, Kim Cunio, Anne Hildyard, Tunji Beier & Andy Rigby

Robert Curgenven
Eclipse
Performed by Robert Curgenven

Paul Cutlan
Sarabande
Performed by Jenny Eriksson

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