Georgina Bowden | Composer & Artist

Figure-ground (trailer) [2024]

Oboe, french horn and double bass | 15’00”

For Ensemble Musikfabrik's Trio - Peter Veale, Florentin Ginot, Christine Chapman

Part of Ensemble Musikfabrik's UNESCO cities of music project

Premiered as part of Hannoversche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik's Zeitlupe series

Composed from drawings of my walks around Uluru, considering its mighty sculptural forms, permanence and absence.

Wild Colour (trailer) [2023]

Concerto for large orchestra and artist | 7’30”

For Ostrava New Orchestra con. Pavel Šnajdr

Premiered in Ostrava Days Festival, 2023

Sonic, spatial and visual distillations of abstract forms, rich colours and sounds noted while hiking in NZ

Interactive artwork made in collaboration with Tim Bowden

A Sky of Lenses [2022]

Prepared handbells, pan lids and water | 7’30”

Written for Ali’O Connell. Premiered in the South Australian Museum, 2022

Exploring bending and distortion, inspired by gravitational lensing in the night sky

Video artwork created by Georgina for the Festival of Laurence Crane at GSMD

Brave Growth [2021]

Shortlisted Artist | Heysen Prize

Emerging Artist Award | West Torrens Art Prize

Oils on Canvas | triptych

Yaban Ariları (Wild Bees) [2020]

Solo Viola - Art Score | 6'00"

For Stephen Upshaw | released on Into the Ocean

A microtonal counterpoint, shown by shifting squares in the score.

The performer interprets the shades of colour and pitch.

Inspired by the moving soundscape of wild bees on Lycian Way in Turkey.

Revelations (excerpt) [2018]

Dancer, electronics, soprano and chorus, violins, brass and wind, bass drums, glass objects and space tube | 4'00" excerpt of 40" work

Collaboration with dancer & choreographer Rosamond Martin.

Apocalyptic, three dimensional play of sound, space and movement, in seven sections

Radium [2018]

Short Opera [to be extended] for strings and female voices | 15'00"

Performed at Trinity Laban'sGold Medal Showcase

developed through Rough for Opera

A harrowing story of WWI factory workers painting clocks with glow-in-the-dark Radium, while it killed them with bone tumors.

Collaged Portraits [2012]

Oil on Canvas

Inspired by the architectural concept of aperspective and its translation into art composition.

Weather Architecture [2012]

Architecture Master's Thesis

A sports research facility involving states of shelter, exposure and weather permeability in site-specific climate design

Please enquire about purchasing scores: georginaebowden@gmail.com

Large Ensemble

Wild Colour [2023] - for large orchestra and digital art soloist- c. 10’00”

The Sky Undone [2023] - for baroque strings and soprano - c. 8’00”

Ascent [2018] - for chamber orchestra - c. 5’00”

Soru Cevap [2018] - for large ensemble [open score] - commission for Contemporary Music for All - c. 2’00”

Revelations [2018] - for dancer, electronics, solo soprano, chorus, violins, brass and wind, and percussion - c. 35’

Radium [2018] - short opera for female voices and string quintet - c.11’00’’

Small ensemble

A Life I Could Not Read [2022] - for mezzo-soprano, violin, cello and artist - for ReClassified Festival - c. 9’00”

Micro-geology [2022] - for a quartet of two double basses and two flutes - for CMA/ MOD. Invisibility Commissions - c. 5’00”

Incisions [2018] - for the Smith Quartet - c. 3’00”

Palimpsest [2017] - for spaced choir, solo tenor, trombone, piano, harp, flute and percussion - c.8’00”

Thank You, Dr Sachs [2017] - flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello - commission for ACE - c. 4’00’’

Invasion! [2017] - for string quartet, drumkit, alto sax, flute, harp, live processing and film - for ANIMA ensemble - c.4’00’’

Up They Rise [2016] - for Trinity Laban String Quartet - c. 4’00”

Choral

The Ice Carol [2019] - commission for Hornsey Parish Choir - c. 3’00”

Antiphon [2019] - commission for SJDK choir - c. 4’00”

The Fainting Sun [2019] - commission for Trinity Laban Chamber Choir - c. 5’00’’

I’ll tell you yesterday [2018] - for CoMA Voices - c. 3’00”

Breaking the Set [2016] - commission for Ensemble Kantores - c.5’00’’

Solo/Duo/ Trio

Ludic Chat [2023] - alto recorder and soprano - for Brendan O'Donnell and Kate Macfarlane - c. 5’00”

A Sky of Lenses [2022] - prepared handbells, pan lids and water - for Ali O'Connell - c. 8’00”

Flex [2022] - solo cello - c. 5’00”

Yaban Arilar [2019] - solo viola - for Stephen Upshaw - c. 6’00”

Folie à Deux [2019] - for marimba with two percussionists - for the Arx Duo - c. 12’00”

Breaking [2019] - high voice and piano - for the English Song Competition - c. 6’00”

John Condon [2018] - for soprano and double bass - for Anna Rea and James Trowbridge - c. 5’00’’

The Waker [2018] - piano solo - for Paolo Rinaldi - c. 3’00”

Speak [2017] - for the Arx Duo - c.3’00”

Alone [2017] - for solo soprano - for Anna Rea - c. 8’00”

Train Rec [2017] - for mezzo soprano and live sound processing - for Anna Prowse - c. 10’00”

Dependences [2015] - for solo piano - c. 2’00”

The Cold Stairwell [2015] - for soprano, marimba, snare and bass drum - for Sara Stowe and Chris Brannick - c.5’00’’

Forces Beyond Our Control [2015] - for piano trio - for the Ireland Trio - c.6’00’’

Hymn, for Piano [2015] - for piano -for Helen Burford - c.5’00’’

Mid-Winter [2015] - for piano trio - for the Ireland Trio - c.5’00’’

Composer, artist and multidisciplinary creator in Adelaide, South Australia