1954
Works for Brass Ensemble
- Five Grungers for Brass (1983) for brass trio
- Five Grungers for Brass (2012) for brass quintet
- Five Variants for Brass Septet (2012)
- inner tube for horn, trombone, and tuba (2014 / rev 2016)
- Wa Wa waltz (2012) for brass quintet
Biography
Graeme Wright Denniss was the Principal Third Horn in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for 14 years, and has played in many brass groups including the Melbourne Brass Trio, the Melbourne Brass Ensemble (quintet) and Buzz (quartet). He has written a number of pieces for each of these groups, and has a performer’s knowledge of the sound potentials of brass instruments in various combinations.
Graeme has a PhD in composition from the University of Queensland and was recently awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the National Academy of Music, Colorado U.S.A., for his success in the International Music Prizes competition. His works have been performed and recorded by the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, the Queensland Philharmonic and Youth Orchestras, as well as many smaller ensembles. He won the Dorian leGallienne award in 1987 with “Songs of the Priestess of the Moon”, and was awarded an Australia Council grant in 1997 for “Wrestling Kali”, performed by Brisbane group Topology. Graeme’s compositions appear on AMEB and ANZCA syllabuses for French horn, bass clarinet and piano duet. Graeme is a Represented Composer with the Australian Music Centre and has recently been appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of the Redland Sinfonia.