MEMO: 31 March 2000.

To: CARMEN WATTS.

From: IAN SHANAHAN, Department of Music, SoCA. Ext.2877.
Email: i.shanahan@nepean.uws.edu.au
Subject: Faculty Activities Report for September - December 1999.

1. PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES.

1.1 Performances of my Sole Compositions

a. The following (sole) compositions of mine were performed during the Tenth Sydney Spring
International Festival of New Music, in a concert held by the ensemble austraLYSIS at The
Studio, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, on 2 September 1999:
Ian Shanahan: Dimensiones Paradisi (1991/1998), for solo (amplified) alto flute
[Kathleen Gallagher].
Ian Shanahan: Lines of Light: Seven Improvisations on (1991/1993), for
amplified recorders [Ian Shanahan], two Yamaha DX7 keyboard synthesizers
[Roger Dean], and metallic percussion instruments [Daryl Pratt and Richard
Gleeson].
Ian Shanahan: Zodiac: Crystal Orbit Improvisations (1996), a mandalicon for amplified
soprano recorder [Ian Shanahan], MIDI wind instrument [Sandy Evans],
keyboard synthesizer [Roger Dean], and optional real-time computer control
[MAX patch].
Ian Shanahan: Cycles of Vega (19881991), for ee clarinet [Peter Jenkin], and percussion
[Daryl Pratt and Richard Gleeson].

1.2 Sole Compositions released on Compact Disc

a. Compact Disc: Shoalhaven Suite. Broad Music Records Jade JAD CD 1087.
Ian Shanahan: Cycles of Vega (19881991), Roslyn Dunlop (ee clarinet), Daryl Pratt and
Tony Cowdroy (percussion).
Released in Australia, the U.S.A. and Europe through EMI, December 1999.

1.3 Participation in a Performance

a. See 1.1a above.

b. Ian Shanahan (bass recorder), participated in a performance during the Tenth Sydney Spring
International Festival of New Music, in a concert held by the ensemble austraLYSIS at The
Studio, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, on 2 September 1999: The remaining work I
performed, with the ensemble austraLYSIS, was a free improvisation:
austraLYSIS: Free Improvisation (1999) for amplified bass recorder [Ian Shanahan],
soprano saxophone [Sandy Evans], keyboard synthesizer (Yamaha DX7) [Roger
Dean], and percussion [Daryl Pratt].

1.4 Articles in Journals: (c) Others

a. Ian Shanahan: Letter to the Editor, Sagacity Magazine No.5 (1999) p.13, September 1999.
b. Ian Shanahan: Letter to the Editor, Australian Music Centre Update No.112 p.11, October
November 1999.
-1-
2. REVIEWS OF THE WORK OF STAFF

a. Concert Review (of the concert described in 1.1a and 1.3 above) by John Potts: Forces and
spirits: 20th century music, RealTime No.33 p.33, OctoberNovember 1999.

3. MEDIA COVERAGE

a. The following compositions by Ian Shanahan (see 1.1a above) were featured during an ABC
Classic FM broadcast on Monday 20 September 1999 at 8.00 pm:
Ian Shanahan: Dimensiones Paradisi (1991/1998), for solo alto flute.
Ian Shanahan: Lines of Light: Seven Improvisations on (1991/1993), for
amplified recorders, two Yamaha DX7 keyboard synthesizers, and metallic
percussion instruments.
Ian Shanahan: Zodiac: Crystal Orbit Improvisations (1996), a mandalicon for amplified
soprano recorder, MIDI wind instrument, keyboard synthesizer, and optional real-
time computer control [MAX patch].
Ian Shanahan: Cycles of Vega (19881991), for e-flat clarinet and percussion.

Thank you.
Ian Shanahan.

-2-