VICTORIA
PHAM
artist | acoustic archaeologist | composer
COMPOSITION: LIST OF WORKS
VICTORIA'S COMPOSITIONAL WORKS CAN BE ACCESSED AND PURCHASED VIA THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CENTRE
CELLO
Red Earth, White Clay (2018)*
For cellist Nicholas McManus and the SONANT BODIES Exhibition
Sonata No. 1: On a Dreary Night in November (2020)
For cellist Daniel Pini
FLUTE
Modes of Transportation - two movements for (2017) *
I: Two-Step (C flute)
II: Steam and Electricity (bass and C flute)
For flautist Sarah Monk and TINA Festival
VIOLIN
Sonata No. 1: The Nemophilist (2020)
For violinist Isin Cakmakcioglu
PIANO
Loge♭4 - four movement suite (2014) *
For pianist Calista Yeoh
Preludes - I "Waves by the Sandstone" (2014)
- II "Resonances" (2015)
Images for piano - I "Jasper" (2015)
For pianist Sally Whitwell
PERCUSSION
Texturised (2018)* - percussion and electronics
For percussionist Salina Myat and the SONANT BODIES Exhibition
Bronze Echoes (2020)* - Dong Son Drum and electronics
Commissioned as part of RE:SOUNDING for BLEED FESTIVAL 2020, Supported by the Australian Arts Council and CreateNSW
CHAMBER OPERA
I Lost My Phone (2014)*
libretto by Alison Marshall, conducted by Richard Gill OAM
piano: Jack Symonds, soprano: Deepka Ratra, baritone: Hayden Barrington, percussion: Adam Cooper-Stanbury
The Opera Project 2014
MULTIPLE PIANOS
Waltz in Atonality - two pianos (2013) *
Nominated for ENCORE 2013
Automation - five pianos (2015)
WIND QUINTET
Velasquez in a Room of Fire (2017)*
Commissioned by the Art Gallery of NSW, Chamber Music Series
RENAISSANCE
À Aurore * - tenor viol/viol d'arco, viola da gamba, soprano, portative organ (2018). Text by George Sand.
Commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation
For the Lady and the Unicorn Exhibition AGNSW 2018 and Josie and the Emeralds
SAXOPHONE QUARTET
A Room Full of Smoke (2016)*
For the Petrichor Saxophone Quartet
CHORAL
Autumn - SATB acapella choir, text by T.E. Hulme (2015) *
for the Sydney Conservatorium Chamber Choir
Canamus Supernae Laudesque (Let us Sing Heavenly Anthems) - SATB choir and string trio (2013) *
Chalice - SATB acapella choir or four voices (2014) *
Eyes that last I saw in tears - SSAA treble choir, text by T.S. Eliot (2015) *
for Gondwana Cantique
Emancipation - SATB acapella choir, text by Emily Dickinson (2016)*
for Gondwana Chorale
Mutterwasser- SATB acapella choir, text by Nelly Sachs (2017)*
Commissioned for the Out of The Shadows: Rediscovering Jewish Theatre and Music Festival 2017 for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs VOX Ensemble
Psalm 24 - SSAATTBB acapella choir (2021) *
Commissioned by Graham Walker and the St John's Voices
CHILDRENS CHOIR
Where the wild things grow - SSAA and piano (2016)*
For Julia Henshaw and the Sydney Girls High School Choir
VOICE & ENSEMBLE
À Aurore *
Commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation
text by George Sand, for Josie and the Emeralds
(tenor viol/viol d'arco, viola da gamba, soprano, portative organ)
Gun Control (2015)
Butterflies in Iraq (2015) *
Commissioned by Spineless Wonders, Off the Page Series - Supported by the City of Sydney
Dancing (2015) *
Commissioned by Spineless Wonders, Off the Page Series - Supported by the City of Sydney
Seacliffe Bridge (2017) *
Commissioned by Spineless Wonders and Surry Hills Festival
Menieres (2019) *
Commissioned by Spineless Wonders and Newcastle Writers' Festival
Rain on the Northern Rivers (2019) *
Commissioned by Spineless Wonders and Newcastle Writers' Festival
bronze echoes (2020)*
Commissioned for BLEED FESTIVAL 2020 as part of RE:SOUNDING, supported by the Australian Arts Council and Create NSW
A Meeting of Cars and Aeroplanes- SSAA and piano (2016)*
Dedicated to Dr John Lynch and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony
Metal and Glass (2022) - for wind symphony, electronics and dance
Commissioned by the Sydney Conservatorium of Mudic
Dedicated to Dr John Lynch and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony
Cave Speak (2019)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 21st Century Cybec Composers 2019-2020
Piano Concerto No. 1 "The Underground" (2021)
For Alexander Yau