for prepared piano

Commissioned by Soundstream, premiered by Yundi Yuan on 12 March 2023 as part of the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Festival @ Coriole Vineyards, McLaren Vale, South Australia

I treasure the sonic memories of Soundstream’s ECF 2019 in Aldinga, Ngaltingga - Kaurna land. Trapped inside the piano, you will hear the resonances of a recording documenting some of the group’s explorations within the scrub - a captured moment from a miniature I composed, sandy tracks made for silent travel, as part of my work Field Notes (2019). Within the scrub, one can stumble upon the ‘Lacy Coral Lichen Loop Trail’ - a walk where you can observe the fragile and curious colonies of ‘Lacy Coral Lichen’. This piece is an ecosystem of memories, fragments and reflections - my impressions of the lichen, of sounds cutting through the quietude of the Scrub and of navigating through trails in the darkness whilst on a night walk with Gabriella Smart and fellow ECF composer Olivia Davies.