Stephen Adams
Stephen Adams is an Australian composer of contemporary vocal and choral music, known for atmospheric settings that draw on prose and poetry.
His extended choral work Memory Pieces, built on stream-of-consciousness prose, is a major contribution on Landscape's Creatures (TP160), a survey of recent Australian choral writing.
Sometimes snow fell, sometimes darkness… (TP236) is a short, haunting piece for two voices and flute, commissioned for a snapshot of new Australian vocal chamber music.
Compositions by Stephen Adams appear on
Kingfisher
This CD is the result of a daring project to commission 21 composers to write new works for Halcyon's two singers, Jenny Duck-Chong and Alison Morgan. Presented over two concerts in their 15th anniversary year, and then recorded at Trackdown.
Landscape's Creatures
A collection of recent Australian choral music, mostly by younger composers. It is good to see that choral writing is alive and well in Australia. Each work makes a strong statement, with a variety of choral techniques and styles.