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After the Rain

By Diana Blom

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For four pianos

Composed for a short film by Sydney video installation artist, Neolene Lucas.  The film was shot in the midst of a drought at Hill End, early one morning the day after the one day it rained in the month of May, 2009.  (Hard copy purchases include four scores)
Composed 2016

Recorded on New Music for Multiple Keyboards CD (Wirr 089) is available online

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Antarctica

By Antonietta Loffredo

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New music for toy piano and/or piano played by Antonietta Loffredo. 
Another exciting University of Western Sydney project of newly composed works inspired by the landscapes and atmospheres of one of the most fascinating continents on the planet.  Antarctica is considered an inhospitable continent but it has fascinated and inspired not only travellers, scientists, researchers but musicians and writers.  This program of eleven composers from five countries draws on the sounds of the piano, and the clear, distinctive sound of two toy pianos, into their works. This music been performed by Antonietta in Australia and Italy.
Wirr 059

Antarctica volume of the scores will be available online.

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- 1  Inside Silence  - Sara Carvalho (Portugal)
- 2  The Blue Ice Cave - Diana Blom (Australia)
- 3  Implacable Ice - Mercedes Zavala (Spain)
- 4  "A" As Antarctica - Francesco Schweizer (Italy)
- 5   Percorso A - Stefano Procaccioli (Italy)
- 6   Erebus - Chris Adams (New Zealand)
- 7  HeartBroken Star In The Dream Winds Of Endless Night - Nathan Wilson (Australia)
- 8  Isola di memorie - Paolo Longo (Italy)
- 9  Antarctica Suite - Gian Gaolo Luppi (Italy)
- 10  Icewhite (penguin's steps in the eternity of nothing) - Antonio Giacometti (Italy)
- 11  Iceberg Variations - Paul Smith (Australia)


Antarctica - volume

By Various Composers

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New music for toy piano and/or piano.
Another exciting University of Western Sydney project of newly composed works inspired by the landscapes and atmospheres of one of the most fascinating continents on the planet.  Antarctica is considered an inhospitable continent but it has fascinated and inspired not only travellers, scientists, researchers but musicians and writers.  This program of eleven composers from five countries draws on the sounds of the piano, and the clear, distinctive sound of two toy pianos, into their works.

Recorded by Antonietta in Australia and Italy on the CD Antarctica (Wirr 059) available online.

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Anthology of Australian Art Song for Low Voice, The - Vol. 2

By Various Composers

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An anthology of 21 newly commissioned Australian art songs for low voices, composed to address the paucity of repertoire especially for alto, contralto and bass. 

Volume Two contains songs written for the contralto and bass by composers John Wayne Dixon, Paul Paviour, Diana Blom and Gordon Kerry, with works edited and with pedagogical material for the singer and singing teacher by Cathy Aggett.  
Volume One comprises 10 songs - three songs and one song cycle - for mezzo- soprano, low mezzo-soprano and mezzo-contralto, composed by Houston Dunleavy, Clare Maclean, May Howlett and Larry Sitsky.

Composer dates 2012/2013

Review copies of songs available upon request: keats@wirripang.com.au

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 'Spaces' (Dixon) - sheet music c.3:30 Buy Now
  • Songs of Love (Paviour)Buy Now
  • 1. 'We loved long and happily' - sheet music c.2:15
  • 2. 'That love of ours' - sheet music c.1"30
  • 3. 'Times past' - sheet music  c.2:20
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    'The Ground on Being' (Dixon) - sheet music c.6:00 Buy Now
  • Dance Set (Blom) Buy Now
  • 1. 'Latin Lover' - sheet music c.1:50
  • 2. 'Slowfox' - sheet music c.2:15
  • 3. 'Tango' - sheet musicc.1:20
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    'Cobweb farm' (Blom) - sheet music c.1:20 Buy Now
    'Migratory' (Kerry)- sheet music c.5:10 Buy Now

    ISMN 9790720133997

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    At the end of the world we learn to dance

    By Diana Blom

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    Tenor and  piano. c.10'00 

    The novel, Here at the end of the world we learn to dance, by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones, tells of a lifelong relationship between two people, forged by the tango, which begins on the West Coast of New Zealand, and ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Three excerpts from the novel focus on dancing and learning the tango by these two and others drawn into their story.  The long song adopts the different tango styles and moods referred to in the story through a three-song structure with a refrain and interludes.   
    Composed 2012


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    Australia - East and West - CD

    By Blom, Bennett

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    New music for viola and piano by Australian Composers

     


    Dawn Bennett, viola and Diana Blom, piano

    When two musicians undertake research into the music they perform, thoughts will inevitably turn to a creative research project in which they can put this focus into practice. Australia East and West sought to foster national and international interest in contemporary classical music written by Australian composers through new music for viola and piano.
    The project was devised by composer and pianist Diana Blom and violist Dawn Bennett, who commissioned, performed, recorded and researched a program of new works for viola and piano by Australian composers – Alice Humphries, Michael Hannan, John Encarnacao, Nicole Murphy, Cat Hope, Diana Blom, Lisa Cheney, and Clare Maclean.
    The project resulted in nine new works which connected to the project title through their exploration of aural, cultural and creative notions of Eastern and Western Australia. Diana lives in Sydney and Dawn in Perth, so the two sides of the large Australian continent were in our minds, and we had associations with composers on each coast.
    Wirr 101



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    [1]   Surface - Nicole Murphy
    [2]   Fear - Alice Humphries
    [3]   Majesty - Alice Humphries
    [4]   Waltzing with Elling - Diana Blom
    [5]   In the Sea Paths - Clare Maclean
    Tarantula Variations - John Encarnacao
    [6]   Variation I
    [7]   Variation II
    [8]   Variation III
    [9]   Variation IV
    [10]  Into the Sun - Diana Blom
    [11]  Echo Tango - Michael Hannan
    [12]  The Sinister Glamour of Modernity (after Ross Gibson) - Cat Hope
    [13]  Fragile - Lisa Cheney

    Australian Animals

    By Diana Blom, Felicity Martin

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    PP23 piano solos and 2 duets for elementary to first grade pianists

    Co-written with Felicity Martin, this delightfully illustrated volume for early grade pianists book is not a primer but a collection of pieces to be used in conjunction with a traditional primer to introduce, in an imaginative way, new musical concepts. 

    Composed 2021

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    Australian Choral Anthology Volume 1 - SATB

    By choral

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    16 works for SATB with distinctly Australian content, composed by various Australian composers.


    A ‘call for scores’ requested that the word content must be of ‘distinctly Australian flavour’. More than 40 works were submitted, obviously more than one volume!  Hence, three volumes have emerged with one each for SATB choirs (mostly with piano accompaniment); a SA choir; and choir with instruments other than piano (with separate instrument parts).  As a result, their words have captured our Australian fabric; gum trees, many types of birds - kookaburras, magpies, currawong, even the Noisy Miner, and more - brumbies, bushfires, climate, seasons, and of course, arrangements of traditional folk songs.

    Overall, we have tried to make this project as accessible as possible to ensure that this Australian music is heard and appreciated by many and enjoyed by the singers. 

    Multiple choir copies of any of the works can be purchased individually under license at very reasonable rates. Please contact keats@wirripang.com.au

    Enjoy these new Australian pieces!

    • Andy’s Gone with Cattle – John Martin
    • Brumbies – Carolyn Morris
    • Country Towns - Vivien Arnold
    • Ghost Gum – Tania Owens
    • Australian Bird Song – Joanne Burrows
    • Noisy Miners – Diana Blom
    • The Old Grey Gum – Robert Burrell
    • Bushfire Smoke Haze 0300 Day 30 – Brennan Keats
    • Country Towns #2 – Vivien Arnold
    • Early Summer – Brett McKern
    • Imprints in Fire Ash - Brennan Keats
    • Monsoon Time – Louise Denson
    • Moreton Bay – John D’Arcy
    • So Autumn Comes – Jocelyn E Kotchie
    • The Wild Colonial Boy – John Martin
    • Uluru – Thomas McConochie

       Sample page of each work

          ISMN 9790720231273

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          Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology

          By Katie Zhukov

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          Grades 4 - Dip. 
          15 piano works by Wirripang-published, Australian Women Composers 2014.  
          Especially written and selected for this album as edited by Katie Zhukov and it includes a CD of each work recorded by Katie Zhukov.  
          The aim of this new Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology is to provide a platform for both established as well as the emerging female composers. The new repertoire is written in a variety of styles (Classical, Romantic, 20h century and contemporary), and is suitable for intermediate-to-advanced students. 

          Most works now on the ANZCA Syllabus

          1.    The Adventurous Platypus (Jenny Lee-Robins)  Grade 4, c.1'15
          2.    Farewell (Jennifer Trynes) Grade 4, c.2'15
          3.    Reflections in the Still Water (Barbara Durham) Grade 5, c.3'05
          4.    Aslant a Brook (May Howlett) Grade 5, c.3'15
          5.    Section 32 (Yvonne Barton-Leach) Grade 5, c.3'30
          6.    Red Sky at Dawn (Joanne Burrows) Grade 6, c.3'50
          7.    Raindrops (Carolyn Morris) Grade 6, c.3'25
          8.    Triptych 3rd Movement (Christina Green) Grade 7, c1'20
          9.    Soliloquy (Jocelyn E Kotchie) Grade 7, c.6'00
          10.  Remnant (Nicole Murphy) Grade 8, c.3'25
          11.  The Seduction of Andalucia (Amanda Handel) Cert.Perf., 4'10
          12.  Retro Rag (Ann Carr-Boyd) Dip., c.5'45
          13.  The Night Ship (Diana Blom) Dip., c.4'55
          14.  Anywhere (Jane Hammond) Dip., c.5'10
          15.  Music from a Quiet Place (Betty Beath) Dip, c.5'30

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          These works are now available separately, see titles in catalogue.

          ISMN 979072051601

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          Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology Volume II

          By Katie Zhukov

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          Grades Intermediate (5th) to Advanced (Dip.)
          16 piano works by Wirripang-published, Australian Women Composers 2018.  

          Especially written and selected for this album as edited by Katie Zhukov and it includes a CD of each work recorded by Katie Zhukov.  

          This second volume of new piano repertoire by Australian women composers is a companion to the Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology (2015) published earlier by Wirripang.

          Commissioning new work from established and emerging composers provides an opportunity for women’s voices to be heard in the Australian classical music arena that tends to be dominated by live and recorded performances of music by male composers. Introducing new generations of piano students to music by women composers helps drive the grassroots campaign for gender equality in Australian classical music.
          The pieces vary in style from Romantic to contemporary, neo-classical, and jazz-influenced idioms.
          Each work is accompanied by the composer’s biography, composer comments and pedagogical advice. The grading will assist teachers is choosing repertoire of appropriate difficulty for study and as extra lists for examinations.

          • For Claire (Vivien Arnold), Grade 5, c.1'37
          • Prelude III (Jennifer Trynes), Grade 5, c.1'27
          • Nuages (Karlin G Love), Grade 5, c.2'59
          • Locrian Solitude (Jane Hammond), Grade 6, c.2'37
          • Honeyeater Waltz (Learne Faint), Grade 6, c.1'38
          • Time Travel (Jane Andino), Grade 6, c.1'56
          • Thinking of You (Betty Beath), Grade 6, c.2'30
          • Velvet Drop (Nicole Murphy), Grdae 7, c.2'08
          • The Stones Start Spinning (Amanda Handel), Grade 7, c.2'04
          • Star Dance (Keyna Wilkins), Grade 7, c.3'35
          • Illuminatio (Louise Denson), Grade 8, c.3'02
          • Crimson Rosella (Ann Carr-Boyd), Grade 8, c.3'08
          • Hot Wind, Red Dust and Rolling Weeds (Joanne Burrows), Grade 8, c.2'40
          • The Lost Waltz (May Howlett), Grade Dip., c.4'07
          • Sonata Neoclassica (Diana Blom), Grade Dip., c.4'44
          • Midnight at Mishka's (Jocelyn E Kotchie), Grade Dip., c.4'43

          Sheet music samples and the complete works on YouTube

              These works are now available separately, see titles in catalogue.

              ISMN 9790720214191

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              Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology Volume III

              By Katie Zhukov

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              Grades Intermediate (5th) to Advanced (Dip.)
              15 piano works by Wirripang-published, Australian Women Composers 2020.  

              Again, especially written and selected for this volume as edited by Katie Zhukov and it includes a CD of each work recorded by Katie Zhukov.  

              This third volume of new piano repertoire by Australian women composers is a companion to the Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology (2015)  and Volume II (2017) published earlier by Wirripang.

              Commissioning new work from established and emerging composers provides an opportunity for women’s voices to be heard in the Australian classical music arena that tends to be dominated by live and recorded performances of music by male composers. Introducing new generations of piano students to music by women composers helps drive the grassroots campaign for gender equality in Australian classical music.
              The pieces vary in style from Romantic to contemporary, neo-classical, and jazz-influenced idioms.
              Each work is accompanied by the composer’s biography, composer comments and pedagogical advice. The grading will assist teachers is choosing repertoire of appropriate difficulty for study and as extra lists for examinations.

              Sheet music samples and links to the complete works on YouTube

              Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology - sheet music

                      ISMN 9790720231624

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                      Ball Games

                      By Diana Blom

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                      Three short pieces for solo piano, grades 1 - 4

                      These pieces depict the movement and sound of each of the games - a bouncing ball during a squash game; a heated table tennis match with long rallies; a basketball match with the ball dribbling and players running.
                      Composed 2010

                      Recorded and edited by Katie Zhukov for Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology Book 1 available online

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