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During 2006 two of Brisbane's community choirs released recordings of our works. Brisbane's Lesbian and Gay Pride Choir recorded 'Stolen Land', and the Combined Unions Choir recorded 'Roads We Tread' and 'It's So Simple'. The latter two works were commissioned for their show the 'Fair Play Cabaret'. These recordings are the most recent part of a extensive association with some of Brisbane's choirs. In 1998 we were commissioned by the conductor of Canto Coro, Mark Dunbar, to write Three Songs for a City, our homage to our home city of Brisbane, and the people who struggle to make their homes there in spite of the contradictions they face. Two of the songs are our own text, the other is from the Uruguayan poet, Mario Benedetti. In 1999 we wrote Exilio, another work for Canto Coro, dealing with refugees and exiles seeking to make a home in Australia, a country which has its own history of war against its indigenous people. We set music to poems by two Latin Americans living in Australia, Suchil Tunali and Ramón Cuelho, and linked them with a verse of our own. Following the success of Exilio, we were commissioned by The Australian Voices, conducted by Stephen Leek, to write a piece. The result was The Shore, a trilogy which explores Australians' relationship with the coast. It was premiered in May 2000 at The Australian Voices Festival. After returning from Cuba in 2001 we arranged 'On the Chain', one of our workplace songs, for the Brisbane Combined Unions Choir. It was performed at the Woodford Folk Festival as part of a gathering of Union Choirs from over the country. We also arranged and performed, along with Canto Coro and choirs from Ferny Grove State High School and Milperra School, the song 'Stand with Us' by Brian Procopis for a concert supporting young refugees at the Brisbane Powerhouse in October 2001 We have found the experience of composing for these choirs to be very rewarding and allowed us to explore new artistic possibilities. We invite you to follow the links below where you can find more details about some of the works. All works are available for other choirs to sing. You can see sample scores by clicking on the links on our music page, (once you install the Scorch plugin into your browser as described). Please contact us if you are interested.
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