In 1992, I was part of the music team which put together the incidental music for the Melbourne University Theatre Dept production of "Zero Sum", a powerful political play about the situation in East Timor directed by Rosemary Myers. The cast in this play enacted a stylised 'Dili masacre' each evening for 2 weeks - rather emotionally exhausting work. For a masacre to be presented on stage, careful choreography, overhead projections, video footage, lighting and especially MUSIC were essential to the emotional impact of the scene being portrayed to the audience. Other ways in which the music was used included propelling the action from one scene to the next and almost subliminal mood painting behind scenes.

In 1993 I directed the music creation for another Melbourne Uni student production where the writer/director requested a medieval musical flavour. We used a combination of period & contemporary instruments to play a wide variety of songs and themes, including a prelude out in the foyer to herald in the audience and the start of the performance.

In 1993 I was also employed by comic theatre group 'The Men Who Knew Too Much' to help them develop musical items to be included in their new show 'Zen Cowboys'. I then performed with them in this show in several festivals and events including the Melbourne International Festival and the Sydney Festival in 1994. I was a rather sureal character riding astride a large metal bull in bizarre make-up and costume, who only occasionally decended to touch the earth.

In 1993, 94 & 95 I was engaged by Greg Dyson to create and perform music for his contemporary psycho-drama movement theatre pieces based on Noh plays which had seasons in La Mama & Dance House in Melbourne, as well as Sydney Town Hall.

In 1994 I was employed by the Theatre Dept of Melb Uni to be Music Director for their annual 'Comedy Review'. For this show, I composed several songs as well as directing a team of students to create and perform incidental music and 'theme' music for various characters and vignettes.

In 1993 I created an outdoor show at the request of the Melbourne International Festival. The group that I put together came to be known as Nadoya, and included one dancer and three musicians. We were a great success and were invited back to perform for the festival for the next three years. I received development funding from the Australia Council in 1994 for Nadoya, and in 1995 we received production funding under their Hybrid Arts scheme and I employed three dancers and four musicians and a number of technical staff, to put on a season of performances of 'Kagome' in 1996 at Theatreworks. Kagome had a return season in 1998 at the Malthouse and the Performance Space in Sydney under the MADE TO MOVE national dance touring programme.

In 1995 I wrote and produced a bilingual musical entitled 'Issun Booshi - Inch High Samurai' with students from Seaholme Primary School. This was later expanded and performed by Our Lady of Mt Carmel PS in 1996 and Malvern Central School in 1997. In each of the schools I formed a band and a choir as well as rehearsing actors, and with a team of teachers, we put on a show that involved over 100 kids with 11 musical items plus incidental music. None of these schools had music ensembles prior to putting on my production. In each case it was the Japanese department which engaged my services.

Since 1992 I have worked with several of Melbourne's independent dancers primarily through Dance House in Carlton, improvising and structuring music for accompaniment to dance pieces. I have also worked with poets, creating music to accompany their voice.

In 2001, I directed the 'Sea Ceremony', a community event presented on the beach under the auspices of the Frankston City Council, involving a choir, band, drum ensemble & dancers with contributions from soloists, poets, actor and sculptor. For this event I composed two major works for choir and band.

Also in 2001, I have been invited to collaborate with Osaka based theatre group 'Gumbo', writing music for a 5 act play.

None of the above lists my 'pure' music activities or my touring school shows which have taken me to every state of Australia in many 100s of performances.