More video/audio to be uploaded soon. I've recently done some cool stuff, including several films and performances, so you'll see them here.

Videos If you don't see a media player here, then it probably means you have javascript disabled or don't have the latest version of Flash Player (8+). = Play video/audio (requires javascript enabled and Flash Player plugin version 8+) = Download mp3 = Download score In 2006 I got together with the fantastic Film Production Group at the University of Auckland to make a a bollywood-inspired musical feature film "BeSharpSeeFlat", heralded by my great pal Jack Woon. I was the musical director who composed and produced all of the songs and scores. Check out this TV3 nightline segment regarding our film! Contact me if you want a DVD copy. Another one, on Asia Down-under! Short film Talk With Me, to which I wrote the music. It's a bittersweet little piece that was screened at 15 Minutes of Fame 2007, Big Mountain Short Film Festival 2007 and Magma Short Film Festival 2007. Sounds If you don't see a media player here, then it probably means you have javascript disabled or don't have the latest version of Flash Player (8+). Now playing: Click on one of the links to play! Orchestral soundtrack (excerpts) for short film Tribute I composed and conducted an orchestral soundtrack to Tribute, a short musical film about a young girl losing her mother and trying to save her father from a psychotic denial as he starts to drift into surrealistic fantasies. The film was written, directed and produced again by my friend Jack, and was funded by Creative New Zealand. I'm hoping to upload the whole film soon. Meanwhile you can contact me for a DVD copy, and listen to excerpts of the soundtrack below. The entire soundtrack was recorded in a single 3 hour session with a fantastic 44 piece orchestra assembled from a hodge podge of high school and university students and professional musicians. It marked my conducting "debut" as well (I was nervous as hell :). "Overture" 15-year-old Anita and her father Patrick secretly rehearse a surprise birthday song for her mother, Jenny. Meanwhile Jenny sings to herself in the kitchen as she prepares dinner and bakes her own birthday cake. Anita rushes off to singing lessons before dinner - she can’t wait to come home and sing the song to Ma. But as Anita sings an ominous song at her class, Jenny suddenly feels dizzy and, to the dark beats of the music, suffers a stroke and dies. Breakfast Begins Patrick retreats into a state of denial and, the morning after, he performs an overly cheerful and camp Broadway-style musical number in an attempt to brighten the mood. Anita cannot accept the pretence and stops the music. Love Song for Jenny Patrick begins to see hallucinations of the deceased mother. Anita is perplexed by her father’s behaviour. She tries to stop him as he lives out a musical fantasy with an imaginary Jenny. When Patrick nearly gets hit by a car, Anita desperately drags him home, for fear of losing another parent. "Patrick's world crumbles" segue to Chapel Dance Anita finds out that what her father needs most is the one thing she cannot yet bring herself to do... On the day of Jenny’s funeral, Anita leads Patrick into the chapel. Patrick’s fantasies escalate as he imagines the mourners dancing about him. Anita watches with concern as he reaches the funeral casket, where Jenny’s body lies on display. Finale Seeing her father’s anguish and confusion, Anita takes Patrick’s hand in her own and she musters the courage to sing. With an angelic voice, Anita sings the birthday song that was never heard. Other Compositions Whiter Christmas My take on "White Christmas", in the style of Keith Jarrett meets Gershwin meets Rachmaninoff meets whomever. I hastily wrote this for a brilliant pianist, Jason, who needed a killer encore to dish out on his recital. Little Suite for Piano, Clarinet and Flute A composition that won me the National School Chamber Music Competition in 1998 - that's right, a very long time ago. A very concise piece of work comprising three contrasting movements. The recording is transferred from an old tape, so there's a bit of a hiss in the background. Visions of a Piha Performance A 3-movement piano suite inspired by the famous New Zealand beach Piha (which made its international mark through the movie "The Piano"). This ditty got me a first prize in another national school composition competition in 1999 - again, a long time ago. Recording will be up soon. Quartet of Variance A string quartet I wrote for a national composers' workshop in Nelson. Quirky and offbeat, and insanely difficult, as evidenced by the remarks of the performers who struggled through it. Samwee (the Most Wonderful Girl) A song I dedicated (and sung, and danced) to the eponymous filmmaker friend - for her 22nd birthday - who likes to make chick flicks, bakes the most delectable cakes, savours pearl (tapioca) milk teas, waddles like a duck when you catch her at the right moment, loves hip-hop, and is generally an all-round sweetheart. Performance recordings Bach - Partita No 6 in e minor Toccata Corrente, Sarabande & Tempo di Gavotta Brahms - Drei Intermezzi Op. 117 No. 1 in E flat: Andante Moderato No. 2 in b flat minor: Andante non troppo e con molta espressione No. 3 in c sharp minor: Andante con moto Prokofiev - Sonata No 3 in a minor, Op. 28 Chopin - Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27 No. 2 Chopin - Two Waltzes Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat ("Minute") No. 2 in c sharp minor Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 Allegro maestoso Scherzo: molto vivace Largo Finale: Presto non tanto