Maria Grenfell’s music has been described as ‘expansive, effusive and energetic’, ‘magic’, and ‘refreshingly groovy’. Her chamber music is played around the world. Her orchestral music has been commissioned and performed by all the major symphony orchestras in Australia and New Zealand; this album presents world premiere recordings of six of Grenfell’s best-loved orchestral works, exploring subjects as diverse as Maori legend, Tasmania’s natural beauty, the struggles of immigrant workers, and 18th-century explorer Matthew Flinders’ extraordinary cat Trim!

TRACKLIST

1      Flinders and Trim                                                      

2      Stealing Tutunui                                                         

3      Spirals for Clarinet and Bassoon                           

       Andrew Seymour clarinet, Tahnee van Herk bassoon

4      River Mountain Sky                                                   

5      Fanfare for a City                                                        

6      Tarraleah                                                                    

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Benjamin Northey conductor [1]-[5]

Johannes Fritzsch conductor [6]

Album available now

Digital album | Out 6 September 2024 | ABCL0101D

In July 2023 seven competitors will perform my piano trio Bitter Tears, in Round 2 of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (5-6 July). Bitter Tears was commissioned for Barry Jones by his friends. https://limelightmagazine.com.au/features/chamber-made/

Proud to announce the publication of A Century of Composition by Women: Music Against the Odds, edited by Linda Kouvaras, Maria Grenfell and Natalie Williams.

Australian Music Centre announces MOMENTUM Commissions.

TSO House: Now publishing works by Maria Grenfell

Maria Grenfell nominated for a 2021 Screen Music Award for the score to “Quoll Farm”