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IAIN GRANDAGE - COMPOSITIONS

WORKS FOR THE CONCERT HALL

Orchestral
Orchestral Arrangement
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Education
Instrumental
Choral
Vocal solo

WORKS FOR THE STAGE

Theatre Scores
Dance Scores
Opera
Music Theatre

WORKS FOR FILM AND RADIO

Radio Scores
Film/TV

WORKS FOR THE CONCERT HALL

Orchestral

TITLE : Ooldea (2005)
COMPOSED BY : Iain Grandage with Elders of the Spinifex
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.2.3.1 – 4 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8 - 8 Elders
DURATION : 25 Minutes

TITLE : Out of Time (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.4.3.1 – 4 perc timp hp cel strings 16.14.12.10.8
DURATION : 11 Minutes

TITLE : Left Edge (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.4.3.1 – 3 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : Sleep (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.4.3.1 – 3 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8 - mezzo soprano
DURATION : 8 Minutes

TITLE : All that Glisters...(2003)
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.4.3.1 – 3 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : The Welcome Symphony (2003)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings 1.1.1.1.1
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Midnight Gang Suite (2002)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings 1.1.1.1.1
DURATION : 15 Minutes

TITLE : Loki (2001)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings 1.1.1.1.1
DURATION : 7 Minutes

TITLE : X (1996)
INSTRUMENTATION : 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.2.1 – 1 perc hp strings 10.8.6.4.2
DURATION : 8 Minutes

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Orchestral Arrangement

TITLE : Judge Roy – Tim Rogers arr. Grandage (2006)
INSTRUMENTATION : *2.2.2.2.- 4.4.3.1.-4sax (2as, 1ts, 1bar) – 3perc, timp, hp, str vocalist
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : Real Love – Tex Perkins arr. Grandage (2006)
INSTRUMENTATION : *2.2.2.2.- 4.4.3.1.- 4sax(2as, 1ts, 1bar) – 3perc, timp, hp str vocalist
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : You’re Too Beautiful – Tex Perkins arr. Grandage (2006)
INSTRUMENTATION : *2.2.2.0.- 4.2.3.1.- alto sax – 3perc, timp - str vocalist
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : Zak and Sara – Ben Folds arr. Grandage (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : *2.2.*2..*2.- 4.4.3.1.-4sax (2as, 1ts, 1bar) – 3perc, timp, hp, str vocalist
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : The Last Polka – Ben Folds arr. Grandage (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : *2.*2.*2.*2.- 4.4.3.1.- 4sax(2as, 1ts, 1bar) – 3perc, timp - str (opt.) vocalist
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Fred Jones Part 2 – Ben Folds arr. Grandage (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : 0.0.0.0.- 4.2cornet.0.0.-0sax – 1perc - str [0.0.0.8(divisi).6(unis)], vocalist
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces – Ben Folds arr. Grandage (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : *2.2.*2.*2.- 4.4.3.1.-4sax(2as, 1ts, 1bars) – 3perc, timp, hp,-str, vocalist
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : Row row row your boat Trad arr. Grandage (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 2 Minutes

TITLE : Farmer in the Dell Trad arr. Grandage (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 2 Minutes

TITLE : La Réjouissance Handel arr. Grandage (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 2 Minutes

TITLE : Rondo á la Turk W.A. Mozart arr. Grandage (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Symphony No. 5 1st movt Beethoven arr. Grandage (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : Blue Danubes Strauss arr. Grandage (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Baba Yaga Mussorgsky arr. Grandage (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings
DURATION : 2 Minutes

TITLE : Der Glumph (1995)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings, vocalist
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Daddy’s Taking us to the Zoo (1995)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings, vocalist
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Little Peter Rabbit (1995)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings, vocalist
DURATION : 3 Minutes

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Symphonic Wind Ensemble

TITLE : Magnetic : Fanfare for Band (2006) from ‘Quadrants’
Intermediate Concert Band Level 5 work
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.1(opt).*4.1(opt) – 2.3.2.1 –5sax(2as, 2ts, 1bars) 3 perc timp pno
DURATION : 5 Minutes

Education

TITLE : The Silence (2006)
Upper Primary /Lower Secondary School Narrated story
LIBRETTO BY : Humphrey Bower
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – 4 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8 Narrator
DURATION : 45 Minutes

TITLE : Exotic (2006) from ‘Quadrants’
Junior String Orchestra work
INSTRUMENTATION : strings 10.8.6.4.2
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : Dischord Hunter (2004)
Upper Primary School Education Show
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp strings 1.1.1.1.1
DURATION : 45 Minutes

TITLE : Gameshow!! (2004)
Lower secondary School Education Show Theme
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.4.3.1 – 2 perc (1 kit) timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : Matilda Suite (1993)
Middle School String Orchestra work
INSTRUMENTATION : strings 10.8.6.4.2
DURATION : 9 Minutes

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Instrumental

TITLE : Mirramirratjara (2006)
COMPOSED BY : Iain Grandage with Elders of the Spinifex
INSTRUMENTATION : Vln, Vla, Vc, Bass, 3 Elders
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : Longitude 137 (2005)
INSTRUMENTATION : 4 Vc
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : A Long Night with Eddie (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : Vc (Amplified, with Digital Delay) and CD
DURATION : 7 Minutes

TITLE : ffDuck!!! (2004) Darwin Award 1
INSTRUMENTATION : Bass Cl
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : Asp (2003) Darwin Award 2
INSTRUMENTATION : 1 Perc, 4 Vc
DURATION : 6 Minutes

TITLE : Papa Schpil’s Crockery (2004) Fanfare for Klezmer Eensemble
INSTRUMENTATION : Eb Cl, Tpt, Trom, 2 saxes (1as, 1ts- pno-1perc(Kit)-Cb
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Inma Kutju (2003)
COMPOSED BY : Iain Grandage with Elders of the Spinifex
INSTRUMENTATION : Vc (Amplified, with Digital Delay) and CD
DURATION : 8 Minutes

TITLE : Water from the Moon (1999)
INSTRUMENTATION : Sax(sop), 1Perc, Gamelan, Keyboard, Vc
DURATION : 10 Minutes

TITLE : Water from the Moon (1999)
INSTRUMENTATION : Sax(sop), Vc, CD
DURATION : 10 Minutes

TITLE : Tower of Babel (1999)
INSTRUMENTATION : Pipe Organ, 1Perc
DURATION : 10 Minutes

TITLE : X (1996)
INSTRUMENTATION : Sax(Sop), 2Perc (1 incl. Kit), Keys, Vc
DURATION : 10 Minutes

TITLE : The Curve (1995)
INSTRUMENTATION : 1 Hrn, CD
DURATION : 9 Minutes

TITLE : Reptiles (1992) Escher sketch 1
INSTRUMENTATION : Vc (Amplified, with Digital Delay) and CD
DURATION : 8 Minutes

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Choral

TITLE : Night Camp (2004)
INSTRUMENTATION : SSAATTBB Choir, Piano
DURATION : 8 Minutes

TITLE : The Owl and the Pussycat (2002)
INSTRUMENTATION : SSATB Chamber Choir, Piano
DURATION : 6 Minutes

TITLE : On the Banks. . . (1996)
INSTRUMENTATION : SATB Choir, Piano and Didg
DURATION : 7 Minutes

TITLE : Hush (1995)
INSTRUMENTATION : SATB Choir Acappella
DURATION : 10 Minutes

TITLE : Three Australian Bush Songs (1994)
INSTRUMENTATION : SSATB Choir Acappella
DURATION : 8 Minutes

Vocal solo

TITLE : Night Camp (2004)
TEXT : Barbara Temperton
INSTRUMENTATION : High Voice, Piano
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : The Owl and the Pussycat (2002)
TEXT : Edward Lear
INSTRUMENTATION : 2 High Voices, Piano
DURATION : 7 Minutes

TITLE : Now Touch the Air Softly (2002)
INSTRUMENTATION : High Voice, Cl, Tpt, Piano
DURATION : 5 Minutes

TITLE : My True Love Hath My Heart… (2000)
TEXT : Philip Sydney
INSTRUMENTATION : High Voice, Piano
DURATION : 4 Minutes

TITLE : Outrider at Sandalwood (1997)
TEXT : Randolph Stow
INSTRUMENTATION : Medium Voice, Piano
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Outrider at Sandalwood (1997)
TEXT : Randolph Stow
INSTRUMENTATION : Medium Voice, Clar,1Perc, Keys, Vc
DURATION : 3 Minutes

TITLE : Fragments of O'Flaherty (1995)
TEXT : Barry Breen
INSTRUMENTATION : High Voice, Saxes (1 player-ss,ts), 1 Perc, Keys, Vc
DURATION : 35 Minutes

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WORKS FOR THE STAGE

Theatre Scores

After Dinner – Andrew Bovell
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (1997)

Away – Michael Gow
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (2001)

Babes in the Wood – Tom Wright
Director: Michael Kantor for Playbox Theatre Co. (2003)

The Blue Room – David Hare
Director: Simon Phillips for Melbourne Theatre Co. (2003.2004)

Burning Time – Nicholas Flanagan
Director: Aubrey Mellor for Playbox Theatre Co. and Black Swan Theatre Co.(1996)

Career Highlights of the Mamu - Trevor Jamieson, Scott Rankin, Elders of the Spinifex
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (2002, 2003)

The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Berthold Brecht translated by Tom Wright
Director: Michael Kantor for Company B Belvoir. (1998)

Cloud Nine – Caryl Churchill
Director: Kate Cherry for Melbourne Theatre Co. (2003)

Cloudstreet – Tim Winton adapted by Justin Monjo and Nick Enright
Director: Neil Armfield for Company B Belvoir and Black Swan Theatre Co. (1998,1999,2001)

Copenhagen - Michael Frayn
Director: Roger Hodgman for Black Swan Theatre Co. (2002)

Cosi – Louis Nowra
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (1995)

Diary of a Madman –Nikolai Gogol
Director: Lucien Savron for Black Swan Theatre Co. (1997)

The Duchess of Malfi – John Webster
Director: Kate Cherry for Melbourne Theatre Co. (2001)

The Hobbit – JRR Tolkein adapted by Christine Anketell
Director: Christine Anketell for ICA (2005)

The Merry-go-Round in the Sea Randolph Stow adapted by Dickon Oxenburgh & Andrew Ross
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (1997,2003)

Milk and Honey – Elizabeth Jolly
Director: Sally Richardson for Perth Theatre Co. (1998)

Miss Bosnia – Louis Nowra
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (1996)

A Night A Wall and Two Men – Daniel Keene
Director: Marcelle Schmitz for Black Swan Theatre Co. (2001)

The Odyssey – Tom Wright after Homer
Director: Michael Kantor for Malthouse Theatre and Black Swan Theatre Co. (2005)

The Private Life of the Master Race – Berthold Brecht
Director: Talya Masel for WAAPA (1998)

The Raindancers – Karin Mainwairing
Director: Melanie Beddie for Melbourne Theatre Co. (2001)

Svetlana in Slingbacks – Valentina Levkowicz
Director: Kate Gaul for Company B Belvoir. (2002)

To Whom it may Concern – Daniel Keene
Director: Marcelle Schmitz for Black Swan Theatre Co. (2001)

True West – Sam Shepard
Director: Malcolm Keith Kay for Melbourne Theatre Co. (2002)

Welcome to Broome – Richard Mellick
Director: Michael Gow for Company B Belvoir and Black Swan Theatre Co. (1998)

The Year of Living Dangerously – Christopher Koch adapted by Dickon Oxenburgh & Andrew Ross
Director: Andrew Ross for Black Swan Theatre Co. (1999)

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Dance Scores

Drover’s Wives Created by Claudia Alessi, Felicity Bott, Shannon Bott, Jane Diamond, Danielle Micich & Rachel Whitworth
Directed by Sally Richardson for Steamworks Arts Productions, Black Swan and Perth Festival (2006)

Lawn Created by Vincent Crowley, Grayson Millwood and Gavin Webber
for Splinter Group, Brisbane Powerhouse and Sasha Waltz & Guests (2004,2005)

Mythical Tales Created by the company
Directed by Phillipa Clarke for 2 Dance Plus (1997)

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Opera

TITLE : Dryblower and the Water Girl (2002) An Opera for Children
LIBRETTO : David Britton
INSTRUMENTATION : 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 1 Tenor, 1 Baritone, Piano, Synth, Perc (Opt)
DURATION : 45 Minutes
PREMIERE : Australian Opera Studio –2002 Director: Inga Levant

Music Theatre

TITLE : The Silence (2006)
Upper Primary /Lower Secondary School Narrated story
LIBRETTO BY : Humphrey Bower
INSTRUMENTATION : *3.*3.*3.*3 – 4.3.3.1 – 4 perc timp hp strings 16.14.12.10.8 Narrator
DURATION : 45 Minutes
PREMIERE : WA Symphony Orchestra (2006) Narrator: Humphrey Bower

TITLE : The Midnight Gang (2001)
LIBRETTO : Paul MacPhail, Iain Grandage
INSTRUMENTATION : 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 1 perc hp synth (K2500) strings 1.1.1.1.1 ,
1 Singer/puppeteer, 3 puppeteers
DURATION : 45 Minutes
PREMIERE : Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and the WA Symphony Orchestra (2000) Director: Noriko Nishimoto

TITLE : Plainsong (2000)
LIBRETTO : DJ Britton after the Medieval Mysteries
INSTRUMENTATION : 10 singing actors, soprano, 3 musicians – pno, pno acc, tpt, clar, bass clar, perc
DURATION : 120 Minutes
PREMIERE :Black Swan Theatre Co. (2000) Director: Andrew Ross

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WORKS FOR FILM AND RADIO

Radio Scores

Green River Run – Merv Lilley
Director: Chris Kinsella for ABC Radio (1996)

Kangaroo – David Britton after D.H.Lawrence
Director: Alison Hindell for BBC Radio 3 (1999)

Pembroke, Arcadia – David Britton after Philip Sydney
Director: Alison Hindell for BBC Radio 3 (2001)

Southland – David Britton
Director: Alison Hindell for BBC Radio 4 (2000)

Three Sisters – Anton Chekhov
Director: David Britton for ABC Radio (1997)

Film/TV Scores

The Fight Game – 90 Minute Documentary
Director: Michael Angus (2005)

Ooldea – 55 Minute Documentary
Director: Michael Angus (2006)

Parlami d’Amore – Short Film
Director: Glen Eaves (2000)

The Real Thing – 6 minute DVD promo
WA Tourism Commission (2005)

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