Given the nature of the evolution of the theatre piece for which these short pieces were composed no
fixed dates are known but they were composed across February and March of 2009 as the final nature of
the production was decided.
Commissioner
Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, Maroochydore, Queensland
Context For Creation
Not only was the commission project about the works for the school ensembles but also about incidental
music for the event in which the two ensemble-based works would have their premiere. The event was about
the sesquicentenary of the state of Queensland and the incidental works were written as links to and
from various theatre and dance components of the overall program. The ensemble was made up of
professional players (mostly the itinerant instrumental teachers) and enthusiastic aficionados from the
staff and parent cohort of the school. Again, Inez Durrer needs to be acknowledged for her tenacity in
accessing funding this project but also in putting together the whole theatre presentation. Consider
more of the background here Hultgren
Durrer email and also refer to partner works from
the same
commissioning project here Star of the Sea and Bounce.
Premiere
Stella Maris Catholic Primary School Concert Q150th
anniversary
celebration concert of
the establishment
of the state of Queensland; Maroochy Baptist Church 20 June 2009.
There was a very positive and enthusiastic response from the members of the ensemble who had an
awareness of what the incidental music did for the drama of the whole program. My sense was that it was
an enthusiasm born from involvement rather than at the value or quality of the music I had written.
Reflections
This is functional composition, utilitarian music in fact, and, as such, it worked solidly and
appropriately. He has no other purpose than to link scenes in the drama that it was located in.