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Violin Sonata - Newgrass Bluegrass

By Diana Blom

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Three movements for violin and piano, c.7'00
This work draws on popular and folk music idioms (bluegrass, jazz, Celtic jig) combined with minimalist devices (aspects of additive rhythmic construction in movements one and two, and repetitive extension of a theme in the last movement).

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ISMN 9790720078724
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Visible Reminder, A

By Paul Paviour

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SAB.  Motet for double choir
Composed 1971

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Vision of Mary MacKillop, The

By Miriam Hyde

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Piano solo optional voice, c.3'00. Grade AMusA
Composed 1992


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Visions in Blue (flute)

By John Peterson

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Flute and piano c.11'00
Three movements: 
  • 1. Big City Blues, fast and very rhythmic - 3'40
  • 2. Across the Oceans Deep and Blue, simple statements of motivic figures developing in intensity - 4'15
  • 3. Under Bright Blue Skies, again fast and rhythmic but much less anxious and a more joyous celebration of living in wide open and richly diverse landscapes - 3'45
Composed 2017

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Visions in Blue (oboe)

By John Peterson

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Oboe and piano c.11'00
Three movements: 
  • 1. Big City Blues, fast and very rhythmic - 3'40
  • 2. Across the Oceans Deep and Blue, simple statements of motivic figures developing in intensity - 4'15
  • 3. Under Bright Blue Skies, again fast and rhythmic but much less anxious and a more joyous celebration of living in wide open and richly diverse landscapes - 3'45
Composed 2017

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ISMN M9790900979940

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Visions of Judgement

By Harry Sdraulig

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Tenor and piano, c.13'00

It sets three texts by the 17th-century bishop William Fuller. The three movements (one for each text) run continuously and form an overall structure, both musically and lyrically.
Composed 2015


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VOCAL grades

By Australian Composers

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GRADE 5 - soprano

After Many Years (Kendall)  By Jocelyn E Kotchie 
Little Lovely Dream, A (Naidu) By Hugh Dixon 
Museum Garden (Doty) By Ann Carr-Boyd 
My True-Love Hath My Heart (Sidney) By Hugh Dixon
Letters from Armidale By Richard Peter Maddox
Poets Alone Should Kiss and Tell (Parker) By R J Stove 
Songs from Australia By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
Voice of Australia (Medium to High) By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
Voice of Australia Vol II By Miller, Dixon

GRADE 6 - soprano
Drama Queen By Richard Peter Maddox

GRADE 7 - soprano

Agapo, Agapo (Beath)
Songs of Tao By Michael H Dixon
Basque Lullaby, Op.1a By Jonathan Little
Day of the Singing Birds, The By Wendy Hiscocks
Evie Dances By Betty Beath
Hour of the Parting, The (Neilson) #1 By Brennan Keats 
Feather, The By Benjamin Loomes
Like Horses By Learne Faint 
Museum Garden (Doty) By Ann Carr-Boyd
Songs from Australia By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
Voice of Australia (Medium to High) By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
Voice of Australia Vol II By Miller, Dixon
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 1 By Various Composers
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 2 By Various Composers

GRADE 8 - soprano/tenor

Albatross  By John Spence
Amarilli - high (Tasso) By Colin Brumby
Another Swag of Love Songs - song cycles By Houston Dunleavy
Blue Wren and the Butcher-bird, The (Wright) By Hugh Dixon
Brown Pansies By Ann Carr-Boyd
Evening (Dickinson) By John Wayne Dixon   Tenor???
I am black (Song of Songs) By Andrew Schultz 
In the Nape of a Dream E By Phillip Wilcher
In the Nape of a Dream F By Phillip Wilcher
In this Garden (Cox) By Betty Beath 
Indonesian Triptych (Mohamad Goenawan) By Betty Beath
Nawang Wulan, guardian of the earth and rice (voice and piano) By Betty Beath
Puppet Maker, The By Betty Beath
River Songs (Woodhouse) By Betty Beath
Songs from the Beasts' Choir By Betty Beath
Moons as Big as Mountains By Brennan Keats
Natures Changes By John Wayne Dixon
Poets Alone Should Kiss and Tell (Parker) By R J Stove 
Three Songs to Words by Emily Dickinson (Dickinson) By John Wayne Dixon
Two Shakespeare Songs By Wendy Hiscocks 
Four Archaic Songs By Richard Peter Maddox
Child in Nature (Gurr) By Nigel Butterley
English Songs, The By Colin Brumby
Eternity's Sun Rise (Blake) By John Peterson
First Person Feminine (Adamson) By Ian Cooper
Five Shakespeare Songs By Hugh Dixon
Satellite of Love and Fear By John Peterson
Songs of Love and the Night By John Wayne Dixon  sop or ten?

Bone of My Bones By Larry Sitsky
Cloths of Heaven, The (Yeats) By John Martin
The Lads in Their Thousands By John Martin
Corinna's going a-maying By Richard Peter Maddox
Drama Queen By Richard Peter Maddox
Four Haiku By David Keeffe  tenor
Four Short Songs (Williams) By Peter Dart
Moth, The By Andrew Helberg
Mysterious Call of the Sea, The By Hugh Dixon
Seasons Lived, Seasons Dreamed By John Wayne Dixon
Shakespeare Song Book, A - Book One By Michael Atherton
Silent River Flows ... Onwards, The By Paul Paviour
Song Book 1 By Frank Millward
Song Book 2 (Gasteen) By Frank Millward
Songs for the Moon By John Peterson
Tulle in E major By Phillip Wilcher also in D and G major
Two French Songs By Colin Brumby
I am She by Tania Owens


Songs from Australia By Miller, Dixon, Aggett, Foulsham
Voice of Australia (Medium to High) By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham
Voice of Australia Vol II By Miller, Dixon
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 1 By Various Composers
Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 2 By Various Composers

 

 

TENOR

Amarilli - low (Tasso) By Colin Brumby
Angels' Wings (Morris) By Carolyn Morris
Christus Petra By Nigel Butterley
Clear-Cut Ballad, A (Dawson) - low By Colin Brumby
Four Epigrams By Stephen Yates (7)
Remembering Babylon By Diana Blom
Songs of a Watchful Man (Howlett) By May Howlett
Ballads of the Bush - Book One By Gavin Lockley
Ballads of the Bush - Book Two By Gavin Lockley

 

BARITONE

Christus Petra By Nigel Butterley
Father William in E major By John Martin
Father William in G major By John Martin
Corinna's Going A-Maying By Richard Peter Maddox (AMus)
Sailor's Complaint, A By Richard Peter Maddox (HSC)
Four Epigrams By Stephen Yates (7)
Patrick Thomas Songs, The By Lindsay Aked
Pledge, A By John Martin
White Secrets By Brennan Keats  (6)
Ballads of the Bush - Book One By Gavin Lockley
Ballads of the Bush - Book Two By Gavin Lockley

 

Vocalise

By Phillip Wilcher

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Cello and piano, c.3'00. Grade 7
Composed 2009


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Voice of Australia

By Various Composers

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Complete Volumes I & II 
Features 29 Australian songs performed by soprano Wendy Dixon, baritone Tim Collins and pianist David Miller. These works demonstrate the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist in the genre of art song. 

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See also online, Voice of Australia Volumes I and II teaching manuals and sheet music for all 29 songs, and Volume I in both medium and high voice.
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1   First Person Feminine - iii - (Ian Cooper)
2   First Person Feminine - vii - (Ian Cooper)
3   Strange Requiem - (Margaret Sutherland)
4   Titania's Lullaby - (Hugh Dixon)
5   Auguries of Innocence - (John Peterson)
6   I am Black - (Andrew Schultz)
7   Frogs 1 - (Nigel Butterley)
8   Frogs 2 - (Nigel Butterley)
9   Frogs 3 - (Nigel Butterley)
10 Quel rosignuol - (Colin Brumby)
11 Each thoughtless day - (Trevor Pearce)
12 where the wind sighs - (Trevor Pearce)
13 Night After Bushfire - (Gordon Kerry)
14 Balloon Ride - (Stuart Greenbaum)
15 Asmaradana - (Betty Beath)
16 Turning Fifty - (Paul Paviour)
17 The Downfall - (James Penberthy)
18 To say before going to sleep - (Stephen Yates)
19 She wore a black ribbon - (Martin Wesley-Smith)
20 The bird sings - (Rhonda Berry)
21 Golden Boy - (Stephen Cronin)
22 A Summer's Day - (Gerald Glynn)
23 Burn out my eyes - (Quentin Grant)
24 Coolness - (David Keeffe)
25 Of a noble race she came - (Roger Smalley)
26 Bush Christmas - (Wendy Hiscocks)
27 Listening to the Harp - (Larry Sitsky)
28 The Moon Has Set - (Kevin Marsh)
29 To A Child - (Ross Edwards)

Voice of Australia (Medium to High)

By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham

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Medium to High voice and piano.  

Songs by 12 Australian composers demonstrates the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist in the genre of art song.

Voice of Australia is an expression of art song and the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist which this genre exemplifies. A composer’s choice of text is neither arbitrary nor insignificant. It is the text that inspires the composer to translate words into music. The responsibility of performers is to discover the composer's intention and to share this with the audience. 

Voice of Australia aims to provide an understanding of the fine balance between text, keyboard accompaniment and voice for each song. Singers have the advantage of using text as an expressive tool, but this advantage can only be fully realised by a shared understanding with the pianist. Performance of a well crafted art song demands textual understanding by both performers, as well as an appreciation of the intricacies of each others’ music. 
To assist performers and teachers the authors have proposed Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced levels to equate with standard examination grades from 1st to 4th, 5th to 8th, and Associate level and above. 
Composers chosen for this book epitomise the quintessential Australian voice. The Australian voice embodies many cultures and has been shaped by many influences. The various voices within our multi-cultural society have found expression in a wide range of musical styles. The authors have attempted to encompass this diversity in our book. 

Backing tracks and vocal CD is included (performed by Wendy Dixon soprano, Tim Collins baritone, David Miller piano).

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ISMN M720041988, ISBN 9781876829117 

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Voice of Australia (Medium to Low)

By Miller, Dixon, Foulsham

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Medium to Low voice and piano.  

See listing above Voice of Australia - Medium to High for details.
Backing tracks and vocal CD is included.

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ISMN720072302, ISBN 9781876829133 

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Voice of Australia, Volume II (High)

By Miller, Dixon

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High voice and piano.  
Songs by 13 Australian composers. 

Demonstrating the unique relationship between poet, composer, singer and pianist in the genre of art song
"Ideally, contemporary Australian Art Song speaks to Australians in a language with which they can readily identify.  As surely as the creative spirit inspires our poets and composers, an essence of their lives enters into our artistic lexicon and by this we are all enriched.  In this resource songs we are sharing with you that have enriched our lives through their music and their poetry.
After the considerable success of Voice of Australia Volume 1,we were emboldened to continue the adventure with a second volume.  Once again we offer aids to teachers, singers and pianists in the hope that this will encourage you all to include these songs as part of your repertoire.  We hope this spirit of exploration will serve as an inspiration for you to also investigate the huge wealth of Australian Art Song still to be discovered.
Our choices of songs for this book are highly idiosyncratic of course.  However our guiding criterion was that all the composers represented had written or are in the process of writing a sizeable output for voice and piano.
We have also attempted to represent a variety of tonal and melodic styles with a range of fast and slow songs.  Where possible we have chosen songs with texts by Australian composers, wanting to share aspects of readily recognizable Australian life and thought." Wendy Dixon and David Miller
Some exercises are included based on material found in the songs.
The accompanying CD includes performances of all the songs and rehearsal versions.
Composed between: 1998 and 2014

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