Opus Series (Grade 4)

Written for Bill Buchanan, one of the preeminent music teachers in Queensland, …and tears no bitterness is a tribute and celebration of a nurturer and a developer of talent. The simple hymn tune, Eventide, became the...

Using Vivian Smith’s poem as its impetus, capturing the beauty and haunting qualities of the landscape of the island, the lyrics of Tasmania were originally put to music in 1989 by Australian (and Tasmanian) composer...

Unbounded Love is a simple fantasia on the hymn tune, ‘Blaenwern.’ This setting seeks to draw out the substance of the text and the narrative it possesses. The words tell of a love that was the “joy of...