A list of credits from my work as a music preparer and arranger.
CURRENT
Victoria Kelly TBC songs for “Neil Finn: An Intimate Night of Dizzy Heights” world tour (9-piece string ensemble) preparation
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Polkadots Celebrate, Delta’s Song, Magic Carpet, Music in my Head and Twinkle, Twinkle by the Polkadots (large orchestra) arrangement for live show
Val Landi (USA) Bizet’s Pearl Fishers Duet (cello duet) transcription and arrangement
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Multiple works (mixed ensemble) orchestration
Auckland Symphony Orchestra TBC Christmas pieces (large orchestra) orchestration
Diocesan School for Girls Musical Skills Test - entry test for secondary school music programme (voice, percussion and piano) development, recording and audio production
2023
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2016
2015
2014
Victoria Kelly TBC songs for “Neil Finn: An Intimate Night of Dizzy Heights” world tour (9-piece string ensemble) preparation
* + * Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Polkadots Celebrate, Delta’s Song, Magic Carpet, Music in my Head and Twinkle, Twinkle by the Polkadots (large orchestra) arrangement for live show
Val Landi (USA) Bizet’s Pearl Fishers Duet (cello duet) transcription and arrangement
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Multiple works (mixed ensemble) orchestration
Auckland Symphony Orchestra TBC Christmas pieces (large orchestra) orchestration
Diocesan School for Girls Musical Skills Test - entry test for secondary school music programme (voice, percussion and piano) development, recording and audio production
2013
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Frosty the Snowman by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson (large orchestra) re-orchestration from brass band
Leonie Holmes Solstice (large orchestra) editing, proofreading and part preparation
Val Landi (USA) Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, movement three (cello duet) transcription and arrangement
Tecwyn Evans Lux Aeterna (SSA choir) editing - for Bel Canto from Burnside High School
Fatcat & Fishface Bat Fly, Selfish Shellfish andThe Wreck of the Diddley (chord + vocal chart) transcription
Val Landi Morrocone’s The Lady Caliph-Dinner (cello duet) transcription and arrangement
Danielle Windfuhr Libera’s Sanctus transcription and arrangement
Michael Norris Inner Phases (traditional Chinese instruments and string quartet) typesetting - for the Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra (Beijing)
Ingrid van Boheemen Debussy’s Six Epigraphes Antiques (wind quartet) editing and proofreading
Victoria Kelly France, Memories, Dunkirk Prison, Wheelbarrow, Field Punishment No.1, The New Zealand Forces, Christmas Day, The Front, Dragged To The Front, Ammunition, William, It Is Sweet and Right (string arrangements) preparation - for Field Punishment No.1 (film)
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Peace by Dorothy Buchanan (large orchestra) orchestration from initial sketches
Michael Norris Deep Field I (bass baritone + electronics), preparation
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Blackbird by The Beatles (voice + string quartet) arrangement
Ken Austin Choucoune by Michel Mauleart Monton (piano) arrangement
Michael Norris La fugicita del suono (flute) typesetting
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Over The Rainbow (soloist + large orchestra) arrangement
Bluebird Avenue Pin (strings) arrangement and preparation
Scott Hunt (USA) Trinket (medium orchestra) transcription and preparation
Val Landi (USA) Un aprés midi (cello) transcription and arrangement
Auckland Symphony Orchestra Three Russian Songs (vocal soloist + rehearsal piano) preparation
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Troika (large orchestra) arrangement - for the Tironui Trust
Victoria Kelly Toi Huarewa | Suspended Way (violin, cello, piano and taonga puoro) preparation - a collaboration with Horomona Horo, Tim Worrall and NZTrio
Carmel College Ave Verum (strings + voice), transcription and production
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Whakarongo Mai (voice and medium orchestra) arrangement
Victoria Kelly Better Than TV, Dive Bombers, Flags, Gentle Dave, Halloween, Impressions of Barry, In My Blood, Animal vs. Human and Your Next Move (strings) transcription and preparation - for Neil Finn solo album
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Haru No Umi (flute, harp and strings) arrangement
Auckland Symphony Orchestra, Epsom Girls Grammar School Space Oddity (voice, percussion and strings) arrangement
Ben Hoadley Huia (organ + large orchestra) proofreading, editing and parts - for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Dr Indra Hughes (organ)
Oyster Entertainment Thunderball by John Barry, You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling by The Righteous Brothers and How Great Thou Art by Carl Gustav Boberg (band: alto and tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, guitar, bass, piano and drums) transcription and preparation - for John Rowles
Westlake Girls High School Ave Maria by Schubert, Triple Concerto in C Major by Beethoven, Symphony No.9 by Dvorak, Overture by Suppé (bass clarinet) part preparation - for Westlake Symphony Orchestra
2012
Nic Manders (Air New Zealand) Dave Dobbyn: Beside You, Loyal and Welcome Home. Bic Runga: Bursting Through, Listening For The Weather, One More Cup of Coffee and Something Good. Brooke Fraser: Arithmetic, Deciphering Me and Betty. Ruby Frost: Addicted to Love (horns + strings) transcription and preparation
Nic Manders (Air New Zealand) Language by Dave Dobbyn (strings) arrangement
Auckland Symphony Orchestra Angel’s Carol (large orchestra) arrangement
Nic Manders (Air New Zealand) Misty Mountains and Legends Sting (voice, horns and strings) editing and preparation - for the Air New Zealand Legends Awards and Hobbit Plane Reveal
Auckland Symphony Orchestra Who Would Imagine A King (medium orchestra) arrangement
Victoria Kelly Song of the Lonely Mountain by Neil Finn (strings) preparation - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Diocesan School for Girls Dio Hymn (medium orchestra) orchestration
Mark Vanilau Giants of the Sea (strings) arrangement
Leonie Holmes Aquae Sulis (large orchestra) editing and part preparation
Auckland School of Rock vocal exercises (SSAA choir) audio mock-up
Diocesan School for Girls Nine Million Bicycles (SSA choir, percussion and strings) arrangement
Diocesan School for Girls On Christmas Day (medium orchestra) transcription
Westlake Girls High School El Relicario (various) part preparation - for Westlake Symphony Orchestra
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Snoopy’s Christmas, All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, Lullaby For Christmas Eve, Little Drummer Boy, When You Wish Upon A Star and Joy To The World (large orchestra) arrangements - for APO 4 Kids Christmas concerts
Callum Blackmore Waltz for a Disgraced Politician (large orchestra) editing, proofreading - for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Diocesan School for Girls Sing by Gary Barlow (soloists, choir large orchestra) arrangement and production
Brently Ford New Zealand’s Online Anthem (voice, piano and small orchestra) orchestration and preparation
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra It’s Only Love by Mark and Brenda Laurent (medium orchestra) arrangement
Michael Norris Time Dance (contemporary ensemble) typesetting - for Stroma
Brently Ford Online Story (piano + strings) arrangement
Rhian Sheehan Little Sines, La Musicbox, Gat Wash meangerings, Nusquam, Waiting at the Airport, Distant, Windows and Still Again (strings) co-arrangements - for new album “Stories From Elsewhere”.
Auckland School of Rock Rumor Has It, Someone Like You (voice + piano) audio mock-up
Vanessa Newton-Wade Serenade by Derek Bourgeous (wind quintet) arrangement
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Georgia On My Mind (large orchestra) arrangement
Louise Webster Swim the Sliding Continents (string orchestra), editing and part preparation - for the Westlake Chamber Orchestra (Westlake Girls and Boys High Schools)
John Casson Stairway to Heaven, Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Hotel California, Comfortably Numb, Back in Black (TAB guitar) transcription of solos
Victoria Kelly Sono (piano), typesetting - for the New Zealand Trio
Auckland School of Rock Empire State of Mind (voice + piano), transposition and preparation
MENZA NZ Music Commission 21 Degrees - 2012 “Hook Line and Sing-along” (voice + medium orchestra), orchestration and preparation
Louise Webster An Infinite Shore (clarinet + strings) editing and part preparation
Louise Webster Landscape Songs (small orchestra) editing and part preparation
Louise Webster Proof Against Burning (medium orchestra) editing and part preparation
Sudharsan Das Iravunēra vāṉam (piano), typesetting
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Postman Pat (large orchestra), arrangement
Louise Webster Learning To Nudge The Wind (medium orchestra), part preparation - for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, cond. Hamish McKeich
Alan Boyd Wrong Love (large orchestra), orchestration and production
Michael Norris Save Yourself (contemporary ensemble), typesetting - for the Ensemble Offspring (Sydney)
2011
Michael Norris Eight Maps for the Lost(solo cello + electronics), typesetting - for Ashley Brown
MusiqHub Woodwind Book II (alto sax, flute, clarinet, tenor sax, trombone, trumpet) typesetting
Christmas Carols (violin and viola), arrangement and production
Auckland Symphony Orchestra New Kingdom (large orchestra), arrangement and production
Diocesan School for Girls God Of Nations (medium orchestra), arrangement and production
Victoria Kelly Doha 9 (strings), typesetting and preparation - for the opening ceremony of the Pan Arab Games
TNT Trio Czardas, Turkish and The Kitchenpiper (violin, cello and accordion trio), arrangement and typesetting
Carmel College Panis Angelicus (strings + voice), arrangement and production
Michael Norris Orbits of Influence, for sax orchestra by Michael Norris, typesetting - for the Vienna Saxophonic Orchestra
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra In The Hall of the Mountain King (junior orchestra), arranging, typesetting and parts - for the Tironui Trust
Michael Norris De Corporis Fabricca (clarinet), typesetting - for Richard Haynes
Diocesan School for Girls Tarakihi (large orchestra), orchestration and production
Samuel Holloway Landscape Preludes by Jack Body, Lyell Cresswell, Eve de Castro-Robinson, Gareth Farr, Ross Harris, Samuel Holloway, Victoria Kelly, Dylan Lardelli, Jenny McLeod, Michael Norris, John Psathas and Gillian Whitehead, as commissioned by Stephen de Pledge (piano), editing
John Ritchie Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, typesetting
Victoria Kelly Rugby World Cup 2011 opening ceremony (large orchestra), typesetting and parts - for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Sudharsan Das Olee (clarinet), typesetting - for Gretchen La Roche
Anna Donald Soul Food (voice + small ensemble), arranging, typesetting and audio production
Stephen Matthews Remembering Parihaka (symphony orchestra + actor), editing and parts - for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Sudharsan Das Varumai (piano), editing and typesetting
Michael Norris Tre Canzoni Imperfetto (flute), typesetting - for Luca Manghi
Esther–Shahn Naylor Soon We’ll Be As One (voice + piano), transcribing and typesetting
Esther–Shahn Naylor The Way of Suffering (piano), transcribing and typesetting
Dugal McKinnon Popular Archeology: Taxman, 1966 (contemporary ensemble), editing and parts - for the Lunapark Ensemble (Holland)
2010
The Souls O Holy Night (SATB choir), arranging
Claire Cowan What Really Happened: Waitangi (transcription, typesetting, audio editing) - for the TV ONE docudrama funded by NZ on Air’s Platinum Fund
Carmel College O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (small ensemble), arrangement
Evelyne Ann Bourton How Do I Love Thee (voice + piano), transposition and typesetting
Susan Frykberg Ubi Caritas (SATB choir + organ), typesetting
Derek Good Our World (voice + piano), transcription and typesetting
Anthony Ritchie A Shakespeare Overture (orchestra), typesetting - for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, cond. Hamish McKeich
Ben Hoadley Manaia (bass clarinet + bassoon), typesetting - for Andrew Uren and Ben Hoadley
Anthony Ritchie Symphony No.3 (orchestra), audio mock-up for radio broadcast - for Radio New Zealand Concert
Ben Hoadley Three African Songs, The Little Bird (small ensembles), typesetting and parts
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Ship in Storm (ensemble), orchestration and typesetting
2009
Michael Norris Sgraffito (orchestra), typesetting and parts - for the Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra, cond. Peter Eötvös
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Orpheus in the Underworld (junior orchestra), arranging, typesetting and parts - for the Tironui Trust
Louise Webster Dark Fire Beneath (piano trio), editing
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Ship in Storm (orchestra), orchestration, typesetting and parts
Bjørn Norvall (Norway) Russian Summer (piano + orchestra), transcription, orchestration and typesetting
Barbara Stroud American Hero (voice + orchestra), editing, orchestration and typesetting
Carmel College Thoroughly Modern Millie (orchestra), part transposition and typesetting
Rhian Sheehan The Cult (additional strings), arranging and typesetting - for the 13-part television series of the same name by Great Southern Film and Television
Vladimir Krasojevic The Grand Opening (large ensemble), orchestration, typesetting and parts
Lizzie Dobson Mana Whenua (large ensemble), editing
Susan Frykberg Studies (piano), typesetting
Kirsty Dutton Mountain Pictures (piano), typesetting
Marian Burns Because Of You, Black Jelly Bean Reel, Blacktown Jig, Hayseed Set, Louisiana Saturday Night, Marian’s Valentine Waltz and Things Do Get Better (band), arranging, typesetting and parts
Brently Ford Cradle Song (piano quintet), arranging, typesetting and parts - for the Waiheke Piano Trio
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Sphaera Fugue (contemporary ensemble), arranging, typesetting and parts - for Sphaera Ensemble (Brazil), cond. Alexey Kurkdjian
Anthony Ritchie Flute Concerto (flute + orchestra), typesetting - for Massey University Press
Anthony Ritchie as long as time (choir), typesetting - for Massey University Press
2008
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Cantabile, The Birds, Water (small ensemble), orchestration
Music Association of Auckland No.2, No.5 (voice + piano), transposition and typesetting
North Shore Junior Orchestra Part preparation, various (orchestra), parts
Maarire Goodall Tathāgata (string quartet), editing
Claire Cowan Legend of the Trojan Bird (large orchestra), typesetting and parts - for the Auckland Youth Orchestra, cond. Antun Poljanich
Chris Archer Teachers Rule!, All Around Me, We Are The School (small ensemble), arranging and mock-up
Agnes Harmath Wendling’s Flute Concerto No.5 (flute + ensemble), typesetting, editing and parts - for PhD research
Marc Chesterman Rubbings from a Live Man film (strings), transcription, typesetting and parts
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) The Toy (small ensemble), arranging, typesetting and parts
Vladimir Krasojevic World’s Apart (medium orchestra), orchestration, typesetting and parts
Alexandros Pappas (Greece) Introduction for a Movie (large ensemble), arranging, typesetting and parts
Finn Brooke Love Story by Layo and Bushwacka (small ensemble), transcription and typesetting
Barbara Stroud Hillary Suite (voice + orchestra), orchestration, typesetting and parts - for the Auckland Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gary Daverne
Christina Orgias Chicago (voice + piano), transposition and typesetting
Brently Ford, Waiheke Piano Trio Recurring Themes for Christina Jing Yu (piano trio), transcription, typesetting, editing and parts
2007
North Shore Junior Orchestra O Holy Night (junior orchestra), arranging, typesetting and parts
Rhian Sheehan Standing in Silence album (strings), arranging, typesetting and parts
Stephen Matthews Cirrus (large orchestra), editing and parts - for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, cond. Hamish McKeich
Brently Ford, Waiheke Piano Trio Symphony for Christina Jing Yu (piano trio), transcription, typesetting and parts
Kristin School Money Money Money (choir + piano), typesetting
Kristin School One Hand, One Heart (voices + piano), transposition and typesetting
Scott Hunt (USA) Chicken Cargo (film, orchestra), orchestration
John Ritchie Partita (wind octet), typesetting
2006
John Ritchie Gallipoli Voices (brass band + choir), typesetting - for Woolston Brass and the Christchurch Civic Choir, cond. Ken Young
Bellbird Publications Christmas Carols by John Ritchie (choir), typesetting
Southern Sinfonia Schubert Overture (trombone), part typesetting
Judy Bellingham New Zealand Choral Federation Sing What You See, See What You Sing (book for voice), typesetting and editing
Southern Sinfonia Rachmaninov Symphony (bass clarinet) part transposition
AK Productions N.Y.C. from Annie (voice + piano), transcription, typesetting and mock-up
David Kay Star Wars (brass quartet + percussion), arranging, typesetting and parts
Southern Sinfonia Bassoon audition music prepared (bassoon), typesetting
Belmont Music Centre Stand by Me (string orchestra), arranging, typesetting and parts
David Kay Fanfare for the Common Man, America (brass quartet), arranging, typesetting and parts