Composer Collaborations

One of my greatest joys has been my working relationships with composers. I very much enjoy being anything from a bystander to an editor/”workshopper” to a musical sleuth in the compositional process.

Here are some works written for me, listed alphabetically by Australian composers first, followed by international composers.

Michael Askill  

  • Mind Stream (2006) [flute] (8') Sydney Flute Academy
    Premiere 15.07.2006 / SCEGGS Redlands Sydney, Australia / Sally Walker - fl. With assistance from the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

David Banney 

  • Shakuhachi Sonnet (2012) [flute, violin] (5') Spring Dinner in the Barrel Room Premiere 01.09.2012 / Inner City Winemakers Newcastle, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, David Banney - violin

  • Psalms (2017) [mezzo-soprano, flute] (10') Twilight Musical Dialogues' "Philanthropists' Choice" Premiere 22.10.2017 / Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle, Australia / Jenny Duck-Chong - mezzo-soprano, Sally Walker - flute

Marián Budoš 

  • Home (from Two Worlds) (2006) [flute, piano] (5') Kapelle Konzert Premiere 30.04.2006 / Lukaskrankenhaus Neuss, Germany / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano Premiere recording 2006 / Mendelssohn Haus Leipzig, Germany/ Chartreuse / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano

  • Home (from Two Worlds) (2006) [flute, guitar] (8') Maitland Arts Concert Premiere 16.08.2014 / Maitland Town Hall, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Giuseppe Zangari – guitar

Jim Chapman 

  • Ndithanda le Dawo (2011) [flute quartet] (8') Friends of Farkwa Fundraiser Premiere 29.10.2011 / Newcastle Grammar School, Australia / Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Flute Class - flutes

  • Opposites Attract (2013) [2 flutes, 2 guitars] (5') Create 2308 Festival Premiere 18.09.2013 / Isabella's, University of Newcastle, Australia / Tara Dickinson, Elise Kearney - flutes, Jim Chapman, Giuseppe Zangari - guitars. With assistance from the UON Create 2308 Festival

Andrew Chubb 

  • Berceuse (2013) [flute, piano] (8') Newcastle Community Flute Day Premiere 25.05.2013 / Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Andrew Chubb - piano

  • Berceuse (2014) [flute, guitar] (8') Maitland Arts Concert Premiere 16.08.2014 / Maitland Town Hall, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Giuseppe Zangari - guitar

Kim Cunio 

  • Namu Amida Butsu [flute] (8’) ANU 2019 Flute Day Concert Premiere 16.03.2019 / Larry Sitsky Recital Room ANU School of Music, Canberra, Australia / Sally Walker - flute

Andrew Ford 

  • Once upon a time there were Two Brothers…(2013) [flute, narration/singing, optional string quartet] (18') Melbourne International Festival. Premiere 21.10.2013 / Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia / Sally Walker - flute and voice, Shanghai String Quartet.
    With assistance from the Albert H. Maggs Award.

Sally Greenaway 

  • Three Poems (2017) [flute, piano] (15') Duo concert Sally Walker and Neil Simpson Premiere 26.11.2017 / Greenaway Studio Canberra, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Sally Greenaway – piano

  • Summer Beckons (2017) [flute, piano] (4') Duo concert Sally Walker and Neil Simpson Premiere 26.11.2017 / Greenaway Studio Canberra, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Sally Greenaway – piano

  • Of Moths and Moonlight (2023) [flute, piano] (4') Bowral Autumn Music Festival Premiere 24.03.2023 / St Judes Church, Bowral, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Vivian Choi Milton – piano

Jennifer Hankin 

  • Flos Fatales (2015) [2 piccolos] (10') Contemporary Flute Meets Contemporary Dance Premiere 21.09.2015 / Catapult Dance Newcastle, Australia / Sally Walker, Jennifer Hankin - flutes

  • Finding Fondness (2023) [2 flutes] (25') Findness Fondness recording preview concert Premiere 08.07.23 / Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Australia / Jennifer Hankin, Sally Walker - flutes

    Premiere recording due for release 2024 (ABC Classics) / Jennifer Hankin, Sally Walker - flutes

William Jeffery 

  • Four Frivoulois Frivols For Flautists (2015) [2 flutes] (8') Contemporary Flute Meets Contemporary Dance Premiere 21.09.2015 / Catapult Dance Newcastle, Australia / Sally Walker, Timothy Munro - flutes

Elena Kats-Chernin 

  • Apollo's Gift (2018) [flute, organ] (5') Twilight Musical Dialogues "Music and the Mind"

    Premiere 02.03.2018, Adamstown Uniting Church, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Peter Guy - organ. Premiere performed with a simultaneous visualisation of an avatar skeleton on a screen projector, designed by Dr Bronwen Ackermann

  • Blue Silence (2006) [flute, piano] (8') Sydney Flute Academy Premiere 15.07.2006 / SCEGGS Redlands Sydney / Sally Walker - flute, Clemens Leske - piano

  • Chatterbox Rag (2007) (2') commissioned by Sally Walker for Sally's then year 12 student Max Winters' HSC assessment
    Premiere 2018, Helensburgh, Australia / Max Winters - flute, Gabriella Pusner - piano Premiere recording (2013) Chartreuse / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano

  • Darkness in the Forest (2008) [flute, cello] (2') Bach in the Dark Premiere 2008 / St James Crypt, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Rachel Scott - cello

  • Darkness in the Forest (2008) [flute, piano] NSW Flute Society Day Premiere 2008 / Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Elena Kats-Chernin - piano

  • Darkness in the Forest (2015) [flute, organ] (2') Walker, Henderson, Guy in Recital

    Premiere 08.08.2015 / Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Peter Guy - organ

  • Eliza Aria (2008) [flute, cello] (2') Bach in the Dark Premiere 2008 / St James Crypt, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Rachel Scott - cello

  • Eliza Aria (2015) [flute, organ] (2') Walker, Henderson, Guy in Recital Premiere 08.08.2015 / Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Peter Guy - organ

  • Flute Ancestry (2009) (10') [narrator, piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute, baroque flute, piano] Australian Flute Festival

    Premiere 04.10.2009 / Elder Conservatorium of Music Adelaide, Australia / Newcastle Conservatorium Flute Class - flutes

  • Flute Youth (2022) (8’) [flute] Private performance for the commissioner and recipient

    Premiere 2022 / Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, Australia / Commissioned for Jan’s birthday by a private benefactor

  • From the Spirit and Maiden (2009) [flute, alto flute, piano] (8') Australian Flute Festival Premiere 05.10.2009 / Elder Conservatorium of Music Adelaide, Australia, Sally Walker, Bridget Douglas - flutes, Leigh Harrold - piano

  • From the Spirit and Maiden (2016) [flute, cor anglais, harp] (8') Beit Jamal Trio Concert

     Premiere 02.04.2016 / Beit Jamal, Israel / Sally Walker - flute, Dmitri Malkin - cor anglais and Marina Ganshin - harp

  • Green Leaf Prelude (2008) [flute, piano] (2') NSW Flute Society Day Premiere 2008 / Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Elena Kats-Chernin - piano

    Premiere recording (2013) Chartreuse / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano

  • Green Leaf Prelude (2015) [flute, organ] (2') Walker, Henderson, Guy in Recital

    Premiere 2015 / Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Peter Guy - organ

  • Moondust (2019) [mezzo soprano, flute, cello, vibraphone] (8') Halcyon "In Nature"

    Premiere 12.10.2019, Summer Hill Church, Australia / Jenny Duck-Chong - ms, Sally Walker - fl, Geoffrey Gartner - vc. Dedicated to the memory of Dr Philip Spradbery, the renowned entomologist, CSIRO scientist passionate environmental advocate and concert attendee. Review

  • Night and Now Flute Concerto (2015) [flute and symphony orchestra] (18') Night and Now Concert

    Premiere 24.10.2015 / Darwin Convention Centre, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Darwin Symphony, Matthew Wood - conductor

    With assistance from the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

  • Night and Now Flute Concerto (2016) [flute, piano] (18') Swedish Flute Festival

    Premiere 09.04.2016 / Uppsala University, Sweden / Sally Walker - flute, Timothy Carey - piano

    With assistance from the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

  • Night and Now Quintet (2021) [flute, violin, viola, cello] Omega Ensemble Night and Now

    Premiere 20.02.2021 / Newcastle City Hall, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Alexandra Osborne, Anna Da Silva Chen - violins, Neil Thompson - viola, Paul Stender - cello

  • Reinvention (2009) [piccolo, harpsichord] (8') Australian Flute Festival Premiere 05.10.2009 / Elder Conservatorium of Music Adelaide, Australia, Sally Walker - piccolo, Glenys March - harpsichord

  • Something like this (2022) [flute, piano/harp] Australian Flute Festival

    Due for premiere 01.10.23 / Verbruggen Hall, Sydney, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Emily Granger - harp

    Premiere recording (2023) Avie / Sally Walker - flute, Emily Granger - harp

Cyrus Meurant 

  • Monday to Friday Suite (2016) [flute, piano] (5') Twilight Musical Dialogues "Celebrating the Diversity of Australia"

    Premiere 15.09.2017 / Adamstown Uniting Church / Sally Walker - flute, Sally Whitwell - piano

    (N.B. Premiere recording of full chamber work (2016) / Birdland records / Sally Walker - flute, alto flute, Sasha Bota - viola, Alison Pratt - vibraphone, Clemens Leske - piano)

    Commissioned and funded by Beaumont Care Homes for use in Dementia treatment

Frank Millward  

  • Broken Verbs. Sonata for Flute and piano (2023) [flute/alto flute/piccolo, piano] (15’) New Music by Frank Millward

    Premiere 25.09.2023 / Larry Sitsky Recital Room, Canberra, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Scott Davie, piano

 Afro Moses 

  • Africa will Smile One Day (2012) [flute, kora, bass, guitar] Spirit of Bob Marley Premiere 27.04.2012 / Lizottes Newcastle / Sally Walker - flute, Afro Moses - kora, Peter Sessemann - guitar, Alex Yates - bass guitar

Keely Murphy 

  • The Home Stretch (2018) [flute, piano] (5') Twilight Musical Dialogues Regional Tour

Premiere 16.09.2018 / Gunnedah Conservatorium, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Gabriella Pusner - piano

Gerard Nicholls 

  • Crépuscule (2018) [flute, clarinet, piano] (5') Twilight Muscial Dialogues "Salon Société” Premiere 25.11.18, Greenaway Studio Canberra, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, David Rowden - clarinet, Clemens Leske - piano

Mark Clement Pollard 

  • Wildflower Dreaming (2001) [flute, guitar] (8') Duo Australis concert

Premiere 2001 / Federation Hall Melbourne, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Anthony Field - guitar

Daniel Rojas 

  • Navegar (2017) [flute, piano] (8') Twilight Musical Dialogues "Spain and South America"

    Premiere 10.11.2017 / Adamstown Uniting Church, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Daniel Rojas - piano

  • La Cumparsita (Rodríguez arr. Rojas) (3’) (2017) [flute, piano] Twilight Musical Dialogues "Spain and South America” Premiere 10.11.2017 / Adamstown Uniting Church, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Daniel Rojas - piano

  • Oblivion (Piazzolla, arr. Rojas) (2017) (4’) [flute, piano] (4') Twilight Musical Dialogues "Spain and South America”

    Premiere 10.11.2017 / Adamstown Uniting Church, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Daniel Rojas – piano

Elizabeth Sheppard

  • Koordaboodjar Heartland for Flute and Harp (2021) [flute, harp] (6’) Art Gallery of NSW’s 150th Anniversary “Resonate” Concert

    Premiere 18.04.2021 / Art Galery of NSW / Sally Walker - flute, Emily Granger – harp

Lachlan Skipworth

  • Ode (2022) (4’) [flute and piano/harp] Music by the Sea

    Premiere [flute and piano] 04.06.2022 / Sandgate Town Hall, Brisbane, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Simon Tedeschi - piano

    Premiere [flute and harp] 16.10.2022 / St Patrick’s Cathedral Parramatta, Sydney, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Emily Granger - harp

    Premiere recording 2022 Something like this / Avie / Sally Walker - flute, Emily Granger - harp

Colin Spiers 

  • Sally's Arabesque (2010) [flute, piano] (4') Newcastle Flute Day

    Premiere 01.05.2010 / Hunter Valley Grammar School, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Colin Spiers - piano

Margery Smith 

  • Electric Bamboo (2012) [flute, violin] (3') Spring in the Barrel Room

    Premiere 01.09.2012 / Inner City Winemakers Wickam, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, David Banney - violin

Paul Stanhope 

  • phoSpheric Variations (2006) [flute, piano] (5') Kapelle Konzert Premiere 30.04.2006 / Lukaskrankenhaus Neuss, Germany / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano Premiere recording 2006 / Mendelssohn Haus Leipzig, Germany/ Chartreuse / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano

Martin Wesley-Smith 

  • Intervention (2010) [flute, cello] (3') Bach in the Dark Premiere 26.0.2010 / St James Church Crypt Sydney, Australia / Sally Walker - flute, Rachel Scott - cello

Sally Whitwell

  • Road Trip (2010) [flute, piano] (3') Premiere recording /ABC Classics / Sally Walker - flute, Sally Whitwell – piano

 

INTERNATIONAL WORKS

 Fredrik Holm 

  • A New Beginning (2014) [flute, alto flute, guitar] (4') Maitland Arts Concert Premiere 16.08.2014 / Maitland Town Hall, Australia / Jennifer Hankin - flute, Sally Walker - alto flute, Giuseppe Zangari – g

Henning Kraggerud 

  • Musical Calendar (2018) [flute, cello] (10') Bach in the Dark Premiere 08.06.2018 / St James Crypt Sydney, Australia / Sally Walker - fl, Rachel Scott -vc

Knut Müller 

  • Ophiokos (2006) [flute, violin, cello, piano] (8') Sydney Flute Academy concert Premiere 2006 / SCEGGS Redlands / Sally Walker - fl, Eldering Ensemble

Coco Nelegatti

  • Tres Temas Argentinas (2001) [flute, guitar] (10') Bach in the Dark Premiere 2001 / Gelnhaus Synagogue, Germany / Sally Walker - flute, Stefan Schäfer - guitar

  • Milonga and El Cronopio (2001) [flute, piano] (10') Kapelle Konzert Premiere 30.04.2006 / Lukaskrankenhaus Neuss, Germany / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano Premiere recording 2006 / Mendelssohn Haus Leipzig, Germany/ Chartreuse / Sally Walker - flute, Philip Mayers - piano