Wirripang Anthologies

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

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, with works edited and with pedagogical material for the singer and singing teacher by Cathy Aggett.  
Volume Two contains songs written for the contralto and bass by composers John Wayne Dixon, Paul Paviour, Diana Blom and Gordon Kerry.  
Composer dates 2012/2013

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

View samples below or $10.00 for individual digital download of each song.

To the person who left a note on my windshield (Dunleavy) - sheet music c.5:40

At the Triton's Call (Howlett) - sheet music c.6:35

Distance (Maclean)  - sheet music c.3:50

A Feast of Lanterns  (Sitsky) I  'Bitter Cold' - sheet music c.1:20 II 'The Ghost Road' - sheet music c.2:30 III 'Autumn Thoughts' - sheet music c.1:40 IV 'Along the Stream' - sheet music c.1:40 V 'Freezing' - sheet music c.1:40 VI 'Feast of Lanterns' - sheet music c.1:00 VII 'Song of the Night' - sheet music c.1:50

 ISMN 9790720133973 
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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

View samples below or $10.00 for individual digital download of each song.

'Spaces' (Dixon) - sheet music c.3:30

Songs of Love (Paviour) 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

'The Ground on Being' (Dixon) - sheet music c.6:00

Dance Set (Blom) 1. 'Latin Lover' - sheet music c.1:50 2. 'Slowfox' - sheet music c.2:15 3. 'Tango' - sheet musicc.1:20

'Cobweb farm' (Blom) - sheet music c.1:20

'Migratory' (Kerry)- sheet music c.5:10

ISMN 9790720133997

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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

• Australian Choral Anthology for SATB
  

ISMN 9790720231273

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9 works for SA choir 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 Indian miner bird, 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!

• An Australian Lullaby (Women's Choir) – Colin Brumby
• Botany Bay (SA Choir) – Rod Heard
• Currawong (Treble Choir) – Jane Andino 
• Magpie (Treble Choir) – Jane Andino
• Moreton Bay (SAA Choir) – Rod Heard
• The Old Grey Gum (SA Choir) – Robert Burrell
• Springtime Brings on the Shearing (SA Choir) – Rod Heard
• The Christmas Bush (SA Choir) – Brennan Keats
• The Wild Colonial Boy (SSAA Choir) – Rod Heard

 Sample page of each work

• Australian Choral Anthology for SA and Treble choirs

ISMN 9790720231297

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6 works for SA and SATB choirs accompanied by  instruments and with words having a 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 Indian miner bird, 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!

• Australian Lullaby (flute or violin) – Colin Brumby
• Bushfire at Christmas (flute/oboe) – Brennan Keats
• Dennis O’Reilly (flute and double bass) – Rod Heard
• Laudator Temporis Acti (flute) – Richard Peter Maddox
• The Convict Maid (flute) – Rod Heard
• Winter (flute) – Vivien Arnold

 Sample page of each work

• Australian Choral Anthology for SA and SATB with instruments
  

ISMN 9790720231303

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12 solo and piano accompaniment works by Australian Composers, consisting of two books.   Composed 2013.  
All works were especially arranged or composed and selected for this album - edited and compiled by Robert Woodward.  Critical and performance notes and biographical composer profile accompany each work. 

Composers: Colin Brumby, Paul Ballam-Cross, Brennan Keats, John Wayne Dixon, Paul Paviour, Ric Mills, Brett McKern, Gavin Lockley, Houston Dunleavy, Stephen O'Connell and Stephen Yates.

CD of these works, by the same title, performed by Robert Woodward (saxophone) and Benjamin Burton (piano), available online.

Download samples

• Entrada (Brumby - sheet music 
• Sonata for Alto Saxophone (Ballam-Cross) - sheet music  
• Starlight on the Sea (Keats) - sheet music 
• Seasides (Dixon) - sheet music 
• An April Aubade (Paviour) - sheet music 
• Suite for Saxophone (Mills) - sheet music 
• Scherzo for Saxophone (McKern) - sheet music 
• Pieu Jesu (Lockley) - sheet music 
• Capriccio (Brumby) - sheet music 
• Serenade (Dunleavy) - sheet music 
• Tempe Downs (O'Connell) - sheet music 
• Fandangle Indeed (Yates) - sheet music

ISMN 9790720133683
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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

Download samples

• The Adventurous Platypus - sheet music and https://youtu.be/PA7s5pLz3-c
• Farewell - sheet music and https://youtu.be/LtauGyPM_ps
• Reflections in the Still Water - sheet music and https://youtu.be/k7bbIrc_a4A
• Aslant a Brook - sheet music and https://youtu.be/sQLmzq6QNj
• Section 32 - sheet music and https://youtu.be/z3rftAtCEEk
• Red Sky at Dawn- sheet music and https://youtu.be/BDJR9axW-Ps
• Raindrops - sheet music and https://youtu.be/_6zAeINVKVE
• Triptych 3rd Movement - sheet music and https://youtu.be/91GmtJf4Okg
• Soliloquy  - sheet music and https://youtu.be/H70iOA-q4SM
• Remnant - sheet music and https://youtu.be/lqOJtosujt0
• The Seduction of Andalucia - sheet music and https://youtu.be/WnyIqgz6eFw
• Retro Rag - sheet music and https://youtu.be/KA6b9C3BQ5E
• The Night Ship - sheet music and https://youtu.be/_UpMBo1-cRI
• Anywhere - sheet music and https://youtu.be/qEt0FgZ9Jnk
• Music from a Quiet Place - sheet music and https://youtu.be/TwW7otAR8No

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

ISMN 979072051601

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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

• For Claire and https://youtu.be/KJUtsMM5R-4
• Prelude III and https://youtu.be/pNJF-QPiR3I
• Nuages and https://youtu.be/1sqkwxZwL2M
• Locrian Solitude and https://youtu.be/fUxjU_AX9Bs
• Honeyeater Waltz and https://youtu.be/Md6kRGoUMxM
• Time Travel and https://youtu.be/iM5fFeBezIg
• Thinking of You and https://youtu.be/ERuNB5xkLNA
• Velvet Drop and https://youtu.be/Dis5HrV5vEk
• The Stones Start Spinning and https://youtu.be/LQhbK6QpGw4
• Star Dance and https://youtu.be/cFyytXCpS_A
• Illuminatio and https://youtu.be/QIUhqUnJtiA
• Crimson Rosella and https://youtu.be/PfD8VnuakQY
• Hot Wind, Red Dust and Rolling Weeds and https://youtu.be/iT7dBHXXSCc
• The Lost Waltz and https://youtu.be/jmA4nbg2h_o
• Sonata Neoclassica and https://youtu.be/Ncv_twAnm_4
• Midnight at Mishka's and https://youtu.be/tW5nH03zWIo
  

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

ISMN 9790720214191

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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

• Augmented Reality – Jane Hammond (Grade 5) c.1:13
       https://youtu.be/mNUyMkZyT_w
  
• When I Think of Bach – Tania Owens (Grade 5) c.2:05
       https://youtu.be/Anc94fjEKek
  
• Red Sky at Night – Joanne Burrows (Grade 6) c.1:49
       https://youtu.be/meuMxCVu2tQ
  
• A Conversation – Betty Beath (Grade 6) c.2:22
       https://youtu.be/C4E7yjq4mog
  
• Quiet Music I & II – Diana Blom (Grade 6) c.4:17
       https://youtu.be/4s_Py5j4HcI
  
• Violet is a State of Mind – Louise Denson (Grade 7) c.2:10
       https://youtu.be/gxfOP4I9Urs
  
• The Loping Grimmolow – Gina Ismene Chitty (Grade 7) c.3:38
       https://youtu.be/xNEW_S3iYK0
  
• River Red Gum – Ann Carr-Boyd  (Grade 7) c.4:15
       https://youtu.be/HtiXsnj_XkA
  
• Wildfire – Jocelyn E Kotchie (Grade 8) c.3:50
       https://youtu.be/94M7xxJiL60
  
• La Via della Vita – Sonia Sozio (Grade 8) c.2:49
       https://youtu.be/43vBCccYPlk
  
• Io Spinning – Annie Burbank (Grade 8) c.4:11
       https://youtu.be/Nb4rOaHmAiE
  
• In a Rusted Mirror – Amanda Handel (Certificate) c.4:42
       https://youtu.be/e4jNKvSHagg
  
• Siesta – May Howlett (Certificate) c.5:23
       https://youtu.be/DX_8KbMnPPQ
  
• Blue Ocean – Carolyn Morris (Diploma) c.5:08.  Certificate of Performance, Level 2, AMEB Piano for Leisure Syllabus
       https://youtu.be/mxsIjRctHa0
  
• Rhapsodic Episodes – Learne Faint (Diploma) c.5:30. Certificate of Performance, Level 2, AMEB Piano for Leisure Syllabus
        https://youtu.be/J_oX0O2n5so
  

ISMN 9790720231624

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Various choral combinations, incl. SATB with and without divisi, unison voices, 2 part, with optional accompaniments variously for organ, and solo melodic line instrument. 

The two volumes of Out of Time are asynchronous choral art music. Sacred and secular works by six Australian composers to celebrate the musical aesthetic resulting from the interesting aleatoric effects created by asynchronous choral writing, and can be performed live or online.

• Psalm 105 – Diana Blom
• Come Done, O Love Divine – Brett McKern
• Rejoice in the Lord Alway - Brett McKern
• The Word – Sonia Sozio
• Praise Ye - Brett McKern
• Bowral Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) – Brett McKern
• Exodus: Bells and Pomegranates - Diana Blom

 Sample pages

Out of Time, Volume I - sheet music

ISMN 9790720231532

For discount on multiple copies of individual works contact keats@wirripang.com.au

Review by Resonate Magazine

$20.00 instant download for complete volume 

Various choral combinations, incl. SATB with and without divisi, unison voices, 2 part, with optional accompaniments variously for organ, and solo melodic line instrument. 

The two volumes of Out of Time are asynchronous choral art music. Sacred and secular works by six Australian composers to celebrate the musical aesthetic resulting from the interesting aleatoric effects created by asynchronous choral writing, and can be performed live or online.

• Out of Time – Diana Blom
• Time Hangs Heavily – Brett McKern
• Music is a Gentle Hammer – Andrew Schultz
• Clearly Sing - Brett McKern
• Alfresco Dining – Brennan Keats
• Seven Rings of Saturn – Diana Blom
• Witches Cauldron - Diana Blom
• For Now - Diana Blom
• Waves on the Ocean - Tania Owens
• Drinking with Friends - Rod Heard

 Sample pages

• Out of Time, Volume 2 - sheet music

Sample piece with instructions

• Witches' Cauldron (Blom)

ISMN 9790720231617

For discount on multiple copies of individual works contact keats@wirripang.com.au

Review by Resonate Magazine

$20.00 instant download for complete volume

Beginner to Grade 3

48 piano works by Wirripang-published, Australian composers. 

New repertoire for Piano Progressions was commissioned from Australian male and female composers to celebrate 10 years since the release of Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology in 2011. The first anthology consisted of three books, with 46 new works from Grade One to Diploma level. The success of this publication had led to two Australian Women Composers’ Anthologies in 2015 and 2019 and a third in 2021, all aiming at intermediate-to-advanced piano students. The feedback from teachers indicated the need for more repertoire at beginner-to-intermediate level, resulting in the two books of Piano Progressions that provide fresh teaching materials from Preliminary to Grade 6 level.

Especially written and selected for this volume as edited by Katie Zhukov

• Preliminary grade
• Big Ben Calls – Brennan Keats
• Little Starfish/Little Bluefish – Brennan Keats
• Happy Cats – Yvonne Barton-Leach
• Happy Days – Mark Matthews
• Kangaroo Jazz – Joanne Burrows
• Dusky Bells 1 – Ann Carr-Boyd
• Dusky Bells 2 – Ann Carr-Boyd
• At Home Again Blues – Joanne Burrows
• Tenderly – Simone Lobbia
• Murrumbidgee Deep – Joanne Burrows  
• Rainbows and Sunshowers – Learne Faint
• Windy Weather – Joanne Burrows
• Rock Riff – Amanda Handel
• Skecher Shuffle – Mark Matthews
• Leap-Frog ? Tip-Toad – Graeme Wright Denniss
• Kangaroos – Carolyn Morris
• The Woodpecker – Brett McKern
• Chester Chicken’s Afternoon Stroll – Jocelyn E Kotchie
• Grade 1
• The Beanie Boo Bounce – Mark Matthews
• Suspended – Simone Lobbia
• March of the Fire Ants – Jocelyn E Kotchie
• River of Dreams – Michael Hannan
• Lilia Prima – Robert Burrell
• River Stones – Nicole Murphy
• M.I.A. – Mark Matthews 
• Low Tide – Jennifer Trynes
• Play for Pleasure – Betty Beath
• Letting go … – Mark Matthews
  
• Reverie – Simone Lobbia 
• Grade 2
• Morning Calm – Brennan Keats
• Melody from the Fridge – John D’Arcy
• A Little Waltz for Sara – Ann Carr-Boyd
• Bag Walk – John D’Arcy
• Head in the Clouds – Amanda Handel
• Happy Daze – Carolyn Morris
• Gum Tree Waltz – Joanne Burrows
• Phantom of the Pyramid – Amanda Handel
• Rainbow Lori – Jocelyn E Kotchie
• Tripping Lightly – Phillip Wilcher
• Reflections in the Looking Glass – Tania Owens
• Rockin’ Sonatina – Joanne Burrows
• Suave – Jennifer Trynes
• Misty Morning – Joanne Burrows
• Grade 3 (transitioning)
• A Sedate Little Waltz – Ann Carr-Boyd
• B for Bass – Graeme Wright Denniss
• Bright ‘n’ Breezy – John Martin
• The Time Traveller – Jocelyn E Kotchie 
• Catherine – John D’Arcy

Sheet music samples

Piano Progressions Anthology One - sheet music

and YouTube links
Listen to the following selection of pieces from both Anthologies One and Two performed by students of Riverina Conservatorium of Music, Wagga Wagga, courtesy RCM.

Sample recital performance:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgaRmjSkoKE

A Little Waltz for Sara (Ann Carr-Boyd)
Bag Walk (John D'Arcy)
Chester Chicken's Afternoon Stroll (Jocelyn E Kotchie)
The Beanie Boo Bounce (Mark Matthews)
Phantom of the Pyramid (Amanda Handel)
Melody from the Fridge (John D'Arcy)
Tripping Lightly (Phillip Wilcher)
Reverie (Simone Lobbia)
Promise of Hope (Learne Faint)

ISMN 9790720231570

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