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Composition for Music Performance
2025 Performances (upcoming)
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SoundOut Festival 2025
(Canberra/Kamberri– January 31st – February 2nd)
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Boyup Brook Country Music Muster (with Real Big Question) – 13th-16th February
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2024 Performed Works / Releases
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Improvised Diadophone and found objects#2 @ Sound Explorations #2
(Drill Hall Gallery ANU, Acton ACT) - 28th September and 5th October,
Improvised Diadophone and found objects#1
Sound Explorations #1
(CCAS Gallery, Manuka, ACT) - 8th-15th June,
Between Constant Attacks Shimmering Sounds Ring
Burnt Seeds Records
March, 2024
https://stuartorchard.bandcamp.com/album/between-constant-attacks-shimmering-sounds-ring
(with Ambient Death Machine ) -Shera Beg’s Revenge, Burnt Seeds Records
April, 2024
Fool Too
Burnt Seed Records / International Centre of Sonic Research.
September, 2024
https://burntseedrecords.bandcamp.com/track/fool-too
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2023 Performed Works
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Improvisation Ensemble (Stuart Orchard, Josten Myburgh, Djuna Lee)
@Walyalup Weekend of Improvised Music
24th June, PS Art Space (Walyalup/Fremantle).
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2022 Performed works
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Place in Wind: Dreams of Jan Pelgrom De Bye/Lament of Wouter Loos - Solo performance
December 9th, Regional Sounds, Geraldton, WA.
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2020 Honours Research
Practice-based research into design and construction of Interactive Aeolian Harp
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2020 Performed works
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Place in Wind: Dreams of Jan Pelgrom De Bye/Lament of Wouter Loos. (2020 Honours recital performance @WAAPA; Score: 92%)
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Place in Wind commission (Tone List's Audible Edge Festival)
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Improvisation on Diadophone and Hanging Percussion (Shock of the New 2020.2)
Look Don’t Touch (Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA)
The Spark the Heart the Smoke the Flame for solo piano (Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAAPA)
Dodecamoeba improvisation with piano and diadophone (Shock of the New 2020.1)
Improvisation for approximately ten minutes with 'Diadophone'. NoizeMaschine #109 May. (The Perth Artifactory, Osborne Park)
Improvisation for approximately ten minutes with 'Diadophone'. NoizeMaschine #110 June. (The Perth Artifactory, Osborne Park)
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Improvisation for approximately ten minutes with 'Diadophone'. (OUTCOME UNKNOWN 4th Birthday, August. Paper Mountain, Northbridge).
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SOUNDING TOGETHER 2020 group improvisation and Dhurrie Boys performance. (St.Paul's Church, Menora).
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2019 Performed works
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Meditations on Medications for laptop ensemble and spatialised sound. (Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA)
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Depths of Superficiality for orchestra, and electric guitar ensemble. Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA).
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Skol Thor (I’ve taken my family [and friends] hostage with my [vast and unwieldy] sensitivities) for orchestra. (Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA).
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Hymn for voice and guitar. (Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA)
Guitarist in Electric Guitar Orchestra (EGO) Improvisation with Korin Gath and Ethan Bellhouse, (Church)
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2018 Performed works
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Fibonacci Escapee for unspecified chamber ensemble. (Sound Spectrum 2018.2, Edith Cowan University)
3 vs 4 for orchestra. WAAPA Music Auditorium (now ‘Richard Gill Auditorium’).
2017 Performances
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Performer in A Wave of Waves Michael Pisaro. (Midland Railway Workshops).
Performer Ann Le Baron Frogs
MUSIC FOR FILM - Sound Design and Composition
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2019
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Skin Problem
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The Riddle of Femininity
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2018
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Filch: https://vimeo.com/421423181
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Wheels in Motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma32M21-sQA&feature=youtu.be
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Corrupted Mirror
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2017
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Isolation through Technology
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Case of Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7croEGsfb7U&feature=youtu.be
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Carnal Privilege (Opening music and recording):
https://soundcloud.com/user-227523414/church-of-judas
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Discography
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2018 Striations Striations
2017 Stuart Orchard Ode to a Drone
2015 Stuart Orchard Ode to a Clone
2013 Stuart Orchard Crucial Colours
2013 The Slack Karaoke