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Australian music for guitar
The guitar has held a prominent place in Australian art music. This is especially due to Australian producing international soloists that include John Williams, Karin Schaupp, Craig Ogden, Andrew Blanche, Alexandr Tsiboulski, Vladimir Gorbach, Matt Withers and Slava and Leonard Grigoryan who have worked hard to commission and promote Australian music in their repertoire.
In addition, guitar ensembles such as Guitar Trek led by Timothy Kain have commissioned numerous works for guitar ensemble which have been performed widely throughout Australia and overseas. Australian guitar concertos include Nigel Westlake’s ‘Antarctica Suite’ as well as recent concertos by Daniel Rojas and Cathy Milliken. Composer/guitarists include Richard Charlton, Michael Knopf and Christpher Sainsbury who have contributed greatly to the canon by composing works that include guitar across all genres.
Representative works
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| DACCORD (2018) by Cathy Milliken | Commissioned by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. |
| Behold Eurydice (2022) by John Spence | A dramatic piece for classical guitar, suitable for AMEB Grade 8. |
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| à l'aube (2016) by Kirsten Milenko | The piece draws inspiration from Sue Needham's painting 'The Forest' while considering the relations of time learnt to time imposed by the human perception. |
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| A Panoply of Grey (2022) by Meredith Connie | Three of the movements incorporate the use of a loop station. |
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| Bach Construct No. 5 (2017) by Richard Charlton | Number 5 in a series of pieces based on the works of JS Bach. |
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| Canopy (2023) by Adam Manning | Written in 2023. |
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| EXILE (2025) by Ian Seaborn | In the form of a Milonga and intended to evoke feelings of isolation and memories of happier times. |
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| Fireflies (2018) by Eve Christina Duncan | A 6 minute work of medium difficulty. |
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| Mosstrooper Peak (2010) by Nigel Westlake | Each movement is named after a remote location on the east coast of Australia. |
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| Rain Falls And After (2020) by Christopher Sainsbury | In this piece Sainsbury is looking at a micro-world, perhaps a few square inches under a mushroom, and seeing that a whole world exists there. |
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| In Black (2016) by Connor D'Netto |
