This is the space for some of my reviews, many of which can be read online.

Book Reviews:

Forthcoming (2009): Review of The Music of Hugh Wood by Edward Venn (Aldershot: Ashgate), Notes, September 2009.
Forthcoming (2009): Review of The Soundscapes of Australia ed. Fiona Richards (Aldershot: Ashgate), Reviews in Australian Studies. <http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/ras>
2008: (peer-reviewed) Review of Peter Sculthorpe: The Making of an Australian Composer by Greame Skinner (Sydney: UNSW Press), Reviews in Australian Studies 3/4. <http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/ras>
2005: Review of Sitsky: Conversations with the composer, Sounds Australian, January 2005.

CD Reviews:

I regularly review CDs for Music Forum. My reviews can be found on the MCA's website.

(Forthcoming) Review of Rear Vision, Melbourne Composers’ League, Music Forum, 15/3, May–July 2009.
Review of Pictures from an Exhibition: Mussorgsky and Rachmaninoff, ABC Classics 476 3166, Music Forum, 14/3, May–July 2008, 63.
Review of Vagabond: Teddy Tahu Rhodes, ABC Classics 476 7175, Music Forum, 14/3, May–July 2008, 63.
Review of Coil: Claire Edwardes, Tall Poppies TP193, Music Forum, 14/2, February–April 2008.
Review of From Far Beyond: Canberra New Music Ensemble, CNME 0004, Music Forum, 14/2, February–April 2008.
Review of Fench Baroque Cantatas, ABC Classics 476 5941, Music Forum, 14/1, November–January 2008, 61.
Review of Hildegard von Bingen: The Sacred Fire, ABC Classics 476 5705, Music Forum, 14/1, November–January 2008, 62.
Review of Visions: Joseph and James Tawadros, JT2005, Music Forum, 13/3, May–July 2007, 77.
Review of Dardanus: Pinchgut Opera, AB Classics 476 5844, Music Forum, 13/3, May–July 2007, 63–64.
Review of BITTERsweet, Red House Editions RED 9403, Music Forum, 13/2, February–April 2007, 74.
Review of Great Vivaldi Concertos: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, ABC Classics 476 9233, Music Forum, 13/1, November–January 2007.
Review of Australia: Southern Cross Soloists, 4MBS10, Music Forum, 12/3, May–July 2006, 74.
Review of 20th-Century Violin Concertos, ABC Classics 476 7182, Music Forum, 12/2, February–April 2006, 66.
Review of Electric Cello: Australian music for solo cello with tape or delay, Tall Poppies TP180, Music Forum, 12/2, February–April 2006, 70.
Review of Afterimage: Slava Grigoryan Plays the Music of Shaun Rigney, ABC Classics 476 227-1, Music Forum, 12/1, November–January 2006, 78.
Review of hardchamber: Works by Thomas Reiner, Music Forum, 12/1, November–January 2006, 78.

 

Live Reviews:

Review of Elision, Kings Place, London, 25 November 2008, resonate.
Review of Elision, Kings Place, London, 28 April 2009, sound and music.
Nigel Butterly’s 70th birthday concerts 2005 published in RealTime 2005.
The Seymour group ‘The next move?’ published in RealTime 2004.
Offspring's Birthday Offering published in RealTime 2004.
Kathleen Gallagher’s ‘Dench Fest’ published in RealTime 2003.