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30,000 Notes
In my synaesthesia, 30,000 Notes is green.
This show was a cross-artform theatrical experiment
with a surround sound choir and string quartet,
a series of monologues,
and everything I've ever written spread out on a 13 metre-long wall.
I wrote the words and music, conducted and performed it.
It's all about memory and how we capture the past.
It's about my Nonna
and how, in music and words, I tried to capture everything she meant to me.
30,000 Notes premiered on the 19th of February 2019 at the Adelaide Fringe.
At the Fringe awards, it won the Adelaide Festival Centre InSpace Development Award, the Holden Street Theatres Award, the Best Emerging Producer Award, and was nominated for the John Chataway Innovation Award.
It also won the Adelaide Theatre Guide Best Cabaret Award and was nominated for the Adelaide Critics Circle Innovation Award.
Listen
Stream this music here for free if you like. Or if you'd like to support me, you can download it and pay what you want.
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Prologue 0:530:00/0:53
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A Thousand Winds 6:360:00/6:36
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Gallery
Sheet Music and Educational Resource
Purchase this and you have the licence to perform this composition, and print unlimited copies for your ensemble.
Purchase this and you have the licence to perform this composition, and print unlimited copies for your ensemble.
Purchase this and you have the licence to perform this composition, and print unlimited copies for your ensemble.
Purchase this and you have the licence to perform this composition, and print unlimited copies for your ensemble.
Dear Malcolm Turnbull
'Malcolm', the former Prime Minister of Australia, is blue in my mind.
So was his political party.
And in 2017 he did some things which made me feel pretty blue:
He decided to put Australia through a divisive and traumatic public debate over gay marriage
when he could have just legalised it with a vote in Parliament.
So I wrote an open letter to him
Where, in rhyme, I outlined my outrage and grievances against him.
And it sort of became my own queer rights anthem
during a period that was so horrible for so many of us.
I posted it online, and it got shared around a bit.
(Okay, about quarter of a million people saw it).
So I released the song for purchase, where the money went to charity
and as a result some very generous people raised over $3,000 for QLife
– Australia's national queer counselling service.
Even though the plebiscite has long since passed, you can still buy this song below,
and the funds will still be donated to QLife.
Released 5th September, 2017. Pay what you want to download this song, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to QLife – online counselling service for LBTQIA+ Australians.
Scarred For Life
Scarred For Life is red to me.
(well, it's actually orange, but my scar is red, so the show is red by association).
This was my debut solo show.
I filled it with original songs
about the time I fell off my bicycle,
ruptured my spleen,
and almost bled to death.
What I'm left with now is an eight inch scar on my abdomen.
I know – perfect material for a musical comedy.
I premiered it at the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival
and something really interesting happened:
all kinds of people came up to me afterwards and told me their own medical stories.
Many showed me their scar(s).
And their willingness to share their stories inspired me to keep telling mine.
I was going to bring it to the Adelaide Fringe 2020, at Holden Street Theatres,
But I decided to bring a new show instead. It's here.
Listen
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Underneath My Shirt 1:580:00/1:58
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I Stuffed Up 5:250:00/5:25
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Rushing 6:490:00/6:49
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I.C.U. 2:560:00/2:56
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Fine 7:470:00/7:47
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Some of my work for others
This was a short film score that I did for a horror film while at music school. I'm still a bit proud of it, so I want to share it with you. The film tells the story of a young couple who are crumbling under the pressure of a life they can't afford. That's when a loanshark named Lou arrives with an offer that the two of them can't resist.
This was a score that I wrote for a one-person play in Adelaide. It tells the story of how, in 2016, playwright Emily Steel had a termination after her baby was diagnosed with Down Syndrome. It’s sad and funny, familiar and surprising, not self-righteous or guilt-ridden but complex and truthful. The audience were invited to sit by a swimming pool, put their feet in the water, and listen.
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The twelve week scan 0:560:00/0:56
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And then I cry. 1:460:00/1:46
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19 Weeks 1:180:00/1:18
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Some of my work with my bestie, Millicent Sarre

So this is my pal, Millicent Sarre. She will probably be okay with you calling her Mim.
Mim and I debuted our new show, Awkward Activists at the 2021 Adelaide Fringe. We are going to tour it around Australia, so keep an eye out in Fringe circuits!
You can also have a look at our Christmas song, Homo Vs Scomo, that we released in the middle of the 2019-2020 Australian Bushfire Crisis and debate over the Federal Government's Religious Freedom Bill.
Pay what you want to download this song, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal.
This song has currently raised $223 for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal.
What else can you do?
Find climate protests in your state here
Donate to Red Cross Disaster Relief here
State-by-State Donation portals:
South Australia Country Fire Services
New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Victorian Country Fire Authority
Queensland Fire Rescue
Write to your Local MP to oppose the Religious Freedom Bill here