Recent performances:

2024:

October 15, 7.30pm Broadening Units perform African marimba music, djembé ensembles and more at the UWA Conservatorium

October 12, 9pm PSO presents Synthony at the RAC Arena

September 27, 8.30pm Without Delay (one of my solo works for marimba-vibe) at the Roundhouse, WAAPA

August 30 - September 14 The WA Philharmonic performs Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with the WA Ballet at His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth

July 1 - 6 MarimbaFest at WAAPA (performing Alice Humphries’ where all is blue (vibraphone, crotales, aluminium pipes and electronics) and John Psathas’ Her Alchemy, from Koolish Zein)

June 28 & 29, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Sibelius 5, Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Taikiainen’s ‘The Ring of Fire and Love’ at the Perth Concert Hall

June 15, 7pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Avatar: the Last Airbender at the Perth Convention Centre

May 21, 7.30pm Broadening Units perform African marimba music, djembé ensembles and more at the UWA Conservatorium

May17, 7pm Bernstein’s Westside Story, arranged for 2 pianos and 2 percussion, and Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion at UWA

May 9 Piñata Percussion present music by Mellits, Psathas, Higdon, and Caroline Shaw at the the UWA Conservatorium of Music

May 1, 1pm Piñata Percussion present music by Marc Mellits and others at the the UWA Conservatorium of Music

April 28, 10am-4pm Day of Percussion at the University of WA Conservatorium of Music

April 26, 7.30pm & 27 2.30pm Southern Cross Symphony presents The Man from Snowy River at the Burswood Theatre

April 11, 7pm Staff and students perform Steve Reich’s Double Sextet at the Conservatorium of Music, University of WA

March 8 & 9, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Richard Strauss’ Heldenleben at the Perth Concert Hall

March 8, 1pm Alice Humphries’ Where All Is Blue (solo vibe/crotales/aluminium pipes and electronics) for International Women’s Day at the Conservatorium of Music, University of WA

March 3, 5pm Perth Festival presents Ngapa William Cooper at the Perth Concert Hall, with Australian String 4tet, Lior, Lou Bennett

February 24, 2 & 6pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents The Princess Bride in concert at the Perth Convention Centre

February 9-17 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Wundig wer Wilura for the Perth International Arts Festival

2023:

December 17 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Love Actually at the Perth Convention Centre

December 5, 7, 13 Christmas music with WQ+ in Brookfield Place

November 17-December 10 Ballet - Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at His Majesty’s Theatre

October 22, 10.30-6pm UWA Day of Percussion - orchestral, mallet and kit workshops and a chance to play samba, African marimbas, buckets and more!

October 17, 7.30pm Broadening unit performance at the Calaway Auditorium, UWA Conservatorium of Music

October 15, 5pm Piñata Percussion, featuring students from the UWA Conservatorium of Music: percussion ensemble music by Nigel Westlake, Ivan Trevino, Lee Buddle, Emmanuel Séjourné, and Dmitri Shostakovich

October 14, 2pm and 3.30 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Family Concerts at the Perth Concert Hall

September 28, 7pm Schoenberg’s arrangement of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, UWA Conservatorium of Music, University of WA

September 14 &15 Perth Symphony Orchestra performances in Kalgoorlie

September 8, 7.30pm Country Gold at Perth Convention Centre theatre

September 2, 6pm Vibraphone/Marimba duets with Carissa Soares in ‘the Glasshouse’ for the Belmont Art Awards

September 1, 7pm A collection of Kathy Potter’s works, including her marimba-vibe solo Just Maybe, arranged for jazz quartet, at the WA Academy of Performing Arts

August 31, 7pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Handel by Candle at the Perth Concert Hall

August 27, 5pm Roger Smalley/Gyorgy Ligeti international symposium: Roger Smalley’s percussion quartet, Ceremony I (1987), UWA Conservatorium of Music, University of WA

August 23, 1pm Roger Smalley/Gyorgy Ligeti international symposium: Roger Smalley’s multi-percussion solo, Music for an Imaginary Ballet (1993) at the Callaway Auditorium, University of WA

August 19, 7.30pm The Darwin Symphony Orchestra presents Destiny and Desire at the Darwin Entertainment Centre

August 13, 2pm The UWA Choral Society present’s Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (arranged for 2 pianos and percussion) at the Perth Concert Hall

August 11 and 12, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, Milhaud’s La création du monde (+Bernstein & Blacher) at the Perth Concert Hall

July 2 - July 8 Marimbafest 2023 at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

June 23 and 24, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Ravel’s La Valse at the Perth Concert Hall

June 17, 2pm and 3.30 The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Nature’s Symphony

June 2 and 3, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Mahler 1 at the Perth Concert Hall

May 23, 7.30pm Drums and More performance by UWA broadening unit students at the Callaway Music Auditorium, Conservatorium of Music

May 13, 7pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents INXS Reimagined at the Perth Concert Hall

Apr 28, 6.30 and 8.30pm Candlelight concerts present the Music of Joe Hisaishi at Winthrop Hall (University of WA)

April 21 and 22, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents La noche de los Mayas at the Perth Concert Hall

Mar 23 6.30pm, 24 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods at His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth.

Mar 17 7.30pm (CANCELLED) Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Synthony at the RAC Arena

Mar 10 and 11, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Music of Ecstasy at the Perth Concert Hall

Mar 2, 5-7pm PSO improvisations for Sculptures by the Sea at Cottesloe Beach

Feb 25, 7pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Aussie Rock Concert at Kingsway Sporting Complex

Feb 17, 6.30 and 8.30pm Candlelight concerts present the Music of Joe Hisaishi at Winthrop Hall (University of WA)

Feb 9, 7.30pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents ABBA SYMPHONIC at the Joondalup Resort

Jan 31, Feb 1, 7pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Skyfall at the Perth Convention Centre

Jan 27, 1pm and 7pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents Toy Story at the Perth Convention Centre

Jan 19, 7.30pm Drums and More performance by UWA broadening unit students at the Callaway Music Auditorium, Conservatorium of Music

2022:

Dec 17 and 18 Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Love Actually in concert at the Perth Convention Centre

Dec 14 Mike Pignéguy Sextet perform at the Duke of George, Fremantle (playing vibes and perc.)

Dec 10 and 11 Perth Symphony Orchestra presents The Snowman at Scotch College (animated movie with live orchestral soundtrack)

Dec 6 and 8, 12.30pm Wind-Quintet-Plus (WQ+) performing Xmas favourites at Brookfield Plaza

December 2 and 3, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at the Perth Concert Hall

November 28 Recording Philip Bračanin’s Blackwood Concerto for guitar and marimba/vibraphone with Jonathan Fitzgerald (guitar) and the Perth Symphony Orchestra

November 28 Presenting at the Musicological Society of Australia’s WA conference: “Composing for the Marimba-Vibe Double Keyboard: Benefits, Challenges, and Practical Advice”

November 25 and 26, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Barber’s Toccata Festiva at the Perth Concert Hall

November 11, 7.30pm Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Mahler, Merlot, Meatballs…and Metallica at the Mess Hall. The menu includes a chamber version of Mahler’s 4th Symphony (movts. 1 & 4); and WindQuintetPlus performing Nothing Else Matters and the first movement of Coleman’s Afro-Cuban Concerto.

October 26, 7pm Friends & Colleagues with Piñata Percussion at the Conservatorium of Music (University of WA)

October 18, 7.30pm Enrich! at The West Australian Conservatorium of Music (University of WA)

October 16, 5pm Perth Viol Consort plays the music of Anthony Holborne (1599) at The Grove Library (Peppermint Grove)

September 14-16 Recording marimba-vibe solos at Crank Recording studio

September 2 and 3, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 at the Perth Concert Hall

August 19 and 20, 7.30pm The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at the Perth Concert Hall

August 4, 7.30pm: The Darwin Symphony Orchestra performs Bunggul at the Darwin Amphitheatre

July 29 and 30: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 11 at the Perth Concert Hall

July 3-8: The UWA Conservatorium of Music hosts Adam Tan’s international Marimbafest 2022!

June 30, 7.30pm: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra gives the Australian première Camille Pépins Laniakea (and Brahms’ 3rd Symphony!), at the Perth Concert Hall

June 27, 7pm: CSHS presents A Circle of Life, 1972-2022 at the Perth Concert Hall

June 24 and 25, 7.30pm: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents The Last Night of the Proms, at the Perth Concert Hall

Sun June 18, 10.30am: Paul presents 4-mallet basics for the WA percussion weekend, at the UWA Conservatorium of Music.

Fri June 17, 7pm: The Perth Symphony Orchestra presents Synthony No. 2, A Celebration of Dance Music, at the RAC Arena.