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Australian Choral Anthology Volume 1 - SATB

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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 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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                    Desire

                    By Louise Denson

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                    Five songs for voice and piano

                    Words by Louise Denson (inspired by the Diary of Anaïs Nin).
                    Composed 2014
                    • 1. Distant Land
                    • 2. Dream 1
                    • 3. Dream 2
                    • 4. Joy
                    • 5. One Desire

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                    ISMN 9790720172835
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                    Four Songs

                    By Louise Denson

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                    Soprano and piano, words by Denis Supersac:

                    • 1. Son parfum
                    • 2. Quand le soleil s’éteind
                    • 3. Frémit mon coeur
                    • 4. La lune
                    Composed 2010


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                    ISMN 9790720172859
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                    Fragment 40

                    By Louise Denson

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                    Cycle of five songs for soprano and piano. Total duration 11'30
                    Words by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)
                    Composed 2016

                    • Keep Love
                    • Could Eros be Kept?
                    • Love is Bitter Sweet
                    • I Had Thought Myself Frail
                    • What Need

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                      ISMN 9790720227863
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                      Joyous

                      By Louise Denson

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                      String Quartet, c.5'00. Suitable for younger and amateur players
                      Composed 2022


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                      ISMN 9790673143074
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                      Time

                      By Louise Denson

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                      Three songs for voice and piano, words by John Stefulj. 
                      Composed 2015
                      • 1. Always There
                      • 2. What is There Wasn't There Once it is to Have Never Been
                      • 3. It is now

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                      ISMN 9790720172828
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                      Tippping Point

                      By Louise Denson

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                      For two Cellos, c.5'00. Professional players

                      This is a piece about the dire state of our world in the 21st century.
                      The dynamics should be exaggerated throughout. It should be harsh and angry, anguished, filled with extreme emotions
                      Composed 2021
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                      ISMN 9790673143067
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                      Two Boleros

                      By Louise Denson

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                      Piano Trio, c.7'00
                      • 1. Soñando de tí
                      • 2. Contemplación
                      Composed 2007


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                      ISMN 9790720172842
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