I am an Australian composer and studied at the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne. Other than composing, I also working in the Arts Music Unit of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music , part of the University of Sydney .My main raison d'etre is music composition. I have been fortunate in that my music is regularly performed all over the world. I've had relationships with many organizations including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra , The Queensland Orchestra , Musica Viva Australia , the Sydney Youth Orchestra and most recently, Orchestras Australia .If you're interested in a more extensive bio in about my compositional career, please visit the link at my publishers, Faber Music .When people ask, "what type of music do you write", it's a difficult question to answer. My music often displays influences of popular music styles within a classical music context. So for example, my fundamental musical style is influenced by techno music, but I write music for acoustic ensembles such as orchestras or string quartets. It doesn't always sound like techno, but I think that its influences, such as driving repeated rhythms and a general sense directness and immediacy can be immediately observed.
I do other things in addition to composing music. It is very enjoyable to write music textbooks, and one example has been recently released, entitled "Music Composition Toolbox" , published by Science Press . I am also the progenitor and artistic director of the Aurora Festival , a new festival of contemporary music based in Westen Sydney that premiered in April 2006.
