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tryin’ to find a way thru this malaise (2023)




for Solo Double Bass, performed and commissioned by Will Hansen

'tryin' to find a way through this malaise' explores the phenomenon of 'waiting' in late-Stage capitalism - drawing on plain-chant, no-wave, and working-class colloquialism(s).


score for sympathetic bodies (2022)


Score developed for Jame’s o Hara’s 
We have been here before but never like this

Director: James O’Hara in collaboration with the dancers

Score: James Hazel with the voices of the cast

Cast:

Alexander Berlage
Bronte Hilder
Mairi Armour, Ronan Armstrong, Carmelita Buay,
Sofia Chavez-Hyde, Isabella Ciappara, Juliet Collard, Sophia Fell, Lillian Fearn, Audrey Goth-Towney, Luella Hogan, Emma Langfield, Stefani Lois, Koko Mukai, Avalon Ormiston, Sarah Peressini,
Mia Polinelli, April Stubbs, Charisse Timermanis, Lucy Tobin.

Mastered by Lawrence English


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Instrumentation: Voices, Sintones 




some things i should have told you  (2021)



for cello quartet, electronics and voice memos
Performed by Quartetto Zuena
at the  highSCORE Festival 2021 (Italy) Supported through CREATE NSW





hum (2019)

for Mixed Ensemble
Performed by Ensemble Mise-En (New York)






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