Elizabeth Sheppard Media

▪️ KAOUWI EX CORDIS This nine movement SSAATTBB choral suite responds to and celebrates the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart. This music was commissioned by The Song Company for its Songs from the Heart production and premiered at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle NSW, on 29 September 2022. On October 8 2023 a recorded video of The Song Company’s performance of Kaouwi ex Cordis was recorded and streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall. The live audio recording of Sheppard’s Kaouwi ex Cordis tracks were mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, assisted by ABC producer Stephen Adams. They were released via Hyperion on the Songs from the Heart CD and on iTunes on April 7 2023. The nine tracks of Kaouwi ex Cordis are :

1. Gathering

2. The First Sovereign Nations

3. Sovereignty

4. Miyaldjan Teadrops

5. Australia’s Nationhood

6. A Rightful Place

7. Enshrinement

8. Makaratta

9. A Better Future

Kaouwi ex Cordis was commissioned for The Song Company’s a capella choral production Songs from the Heart, and performed with 8 separately titled choral commentary pieces. Premiered at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle NSW on 29 September 2022, mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, assisted by Stephen Adams, and released in 2023 by 1 equalmusic on Hyperion Records and iTunes.

▪️ GALLIPOLI DAWN An instrumental ensemble piece composed in memory of the thousands of Australian Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Servicemen and Servicewomen who have defended Australian Countries and struggled earnestly to establish a just society and keep the peace, amid opposition and war. This piece commemorates, in particular, the war service of my husband Peter Barlow Sheppard, my maternal Uncle Howard ‘Darkie’ Ridge, my paternal Uncle Edward ‘Abe’ Ebenezer Simpson, my Great Uncle William Swinbourne, and the civil war service of my mother, Registered Nurse and Midwife Olive Simpson nee Ridge, at Fremantle Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne.

▪️ BURRADOWI. The Women’s Song to the Eels. This ensemble version of my original Burradowi song (premiered by Elizabeth Sheppard and friends at Reconciliation for Western Sydney Inc.’s ‘The Land Holds Us’ Seminar in 2015) was commissioned by Ensemble Offspring, and premiered in 2018 by Ensemble Offspring, Dharawal Inuk Soprano Sonya Holowell, violinist Anna McMichael and Ensemble Offspring at an ANU School of Music Studio Concert. The ensemble version was also performed in 2018 at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Ultimo, Sydney NSW.

▪️ MARY MOORDITJ NGAANGK Mary Gentle Mother. This parallel lyric English / Noongar language carol was composed by Elizabeth Sheppard in 1996, for her mother Olive. Elizabeth premiered and recorded her performance of this song at Village Life Retirement Centre Goulburn, in the presence of her elderly mother and sister. Her original recording was released on iTunes, after mastering by TuneCore. The choral / instrumental duet version was commissioned by Ensemble Offspring, and premiered in 2018 by Ensemble Offspring, Dharawal Inuk Soprano Sonya Holowell, Soprano Elizabeth Sheppard, violinist Anna McMichael and Ensemble Offspring at an ANU School of Music Studio Concert. Mary Gentle Mother was performed in English by The Song Company at their 2021 ‘Hark’ concert of Christmas carols, in the Garrison Church, Sydney NSW; the concert was videoed and streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall.

▪️ KAYA MARY Hail Mary. Elizabeth Sheppard’s Noongar Hail Mary was composed in 2008 and first released independently on iTunes. The 2018 choral / instrumental version, ‘Kaya Mary The Blue Pool’, was commissioned by Ensemble Offspring, and premiered in 2018 by Ensemble Offspring, Dharawal Inuk Soprano Sonya Holowell, Soprano Elizabeth Sheppard, violinist Anna McMichael and Ensemble Offspring at an ANU School of Music Studio Concert. It was also performed at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Ultimo, Sydney NSW, recorded by Stephen Adams, and can be heard on the ABC’s ‘New Waves’ November 2018 Ngarra Burria Composers podcast.

▪️ WONTHAGGI This composition is Elizabeth Sheppard’s ensemble arrangement of her original song ‘The Rocks of Inverloch’ for solo Soprano and backing track, that she premiered in her ‘Songs of Exile and Belonging’ presentation at Reconciliation for Western Sydney’s annual Building Bridges Seminar in 2010. Wonthaggi was commissioned by Ensemble Offspring in 2018, and was premiered by Ensemble Offspring, Dharawal Inuk Soprano Sonya Holowell, violinist Anna McMichael, Elizabeth Sheppard on clapsticks, and Ensemble Offspring at the 2018 ANU School of Music Studio Concert. Wonthaggi was also performed in November 2018 at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Ultimo, Sydney NSW, to acclaim. It can be heard on the ABC’s ‘New Waves’ Ngarra Burria Composers podcast, November 2018.

▪️ WARANGKA MAKIALO (commissioned from Elizabeth Sheppard by Ensemble Offspring, and premiered in 2018 by Ensemble Offspring, Dharawal Inuk Soprano Sonya Holowell, violinist Anna McMichael and Ensemble Offspring at an ANU School of Music Studio Concert. This piece was also performed in 2018 at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Ultimo, Sydney NSW. It can be heard on the ABC’s ‘New Waves’ Ngarra Burria Composers podcast, November 2018.

▪️ PICCANINNI DAWN An ensemble piece for flute, clarinet, cello and vibraphone, released on iTunes and Spotify by Elizabeth Sheppard Media, to commemorate a pilgrimage to Pintharuka Siding in 2010.

▪️ KARLINKIRI HEARTH An Australian Museum Exhibition tour soundtrack for wind quintet, commissioned from Elizabeth Sheppard for the ‘Songs from Home’ Exhibition at The Australian Museum, anc recorded by the Royal Australian Navy Band Wind Quintet. It was released on SoundCloud by Sydney Living Museums, and rerecorded and remastered for the iTunes release by Elizabeth Sheppard Media.

▪️ KALGOORLI SILKY PEAR This fortepiano music, commissioned by ANU Piano Lecturer Dr. Scott Davie for his Henrion Fortepiano Composition Project, was released on two ABC albums, ‘Ngarra Burria Piyanna’, and ‘Women of Note’. It was first performed at Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, on the 1770 Henrion Fortepiano, by ANU Lecturer Dr. Scott Davie. The recording of this performance was directed by Elizabeth Sheppard and produced by the ABC’s Stephen Adams, with Audio Engineer Huff Johnston.

▪️ NGALAK NOONOOK BALGA. We are Your Witnesses. This soprano Noongar anthem, which has parallel Noongar / English lyrics, was premiered in Noongar at the 2008 Sorry Day 6.00 pm Vigil Mass at St Patricks Cathedral Parramatta by Cantor Elizabeth Sheppard and Organist Michael Taylor. In 2021 it was performed in Noongar by Soprano Elizabeth Sheppard, accompanied by pianist Alan Hicks, at Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium NSW, as part of a Classical Song Concert curated and videoed by Sydney Conservatorium Voice Teacher Christina Wilson. In June 2023 it will be performed in English as an a capella SATB anthem, at St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane, Qld Australia, for the Winter School of the Royal School of Church Music, conducted by RSCM organist Graeme Morton.

▪️ GANDANGARRAGAL This lyrical SATB choral and piano composition was commissioned by Inara Molinari and River City Voices of Parramatta, sponsored by JBS&G, and conducted by Dr. Sarah Penicka-Smith at its 2022 Riverside Theatres Parramatta premiere. It was rehearsed in two CovidSafe workshops, co-directed by the composer, at Dundas Community Centre and Parramatta Cathedral Hall. The music mourns for the fire ravaged Blue Mountains of NSW, and calls this beautiful Country of the Gundungara First Nations people back to life. It was also performed at Blackheath Choirs Festival in August 2022 by River City Voices, and again by the combined Blackheath Festival Choir, with Sheppard singing soprano.

▪️ DJIDAR DAWN This instrumental ensemble piece was composed by Elizabeth Sheppard in 2020 as an assignment for her Sound Design Coursework at ANU School of Music.

▪️ MORIALTA This 2022 Flute and Piano piece recalls Sheppard’s childhood memories of blackberry gathering expeditions with her family, to Morialta, in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.

▪️ LAND OF SUNSHINE The first solo version of this song was composed by Elizabeth Sheppard in 1996, and recorded live, accompanied by Sheppard’s electronic Sibelius backing track, by Soprano Elizabeth Sheppard in 2018 at ANU School of Music Studio, with audio assistance from Murawari composer Rhyan Clapham. This live track was mastered online by TuneCore, co-directed by Sheppard, and released as a single album on iTunes and Spoltify in 2019. In 2020 Sheppard’s a capella SSAATTBB choral arrangement of ‘Land of sunshine’ was commissioned by The Song Company. After cancellations due to the Covid pandemic, Sheppard’s arrangement was premiered at Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle NSW on 29 September 2022, conducted by Antony Pitts. The Song Company’s live performance was video recorded and streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall. The soundtrack of this video was subsequently remastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, assisted by Stephen Adams, and the remastered track was released on April 7 2023 on The Song Company’s ‘Songs from the Heart’ album, on Hyperion and iTunes.

▪️ KOORLANGKA CHILDREN This SSAATTBB choral piece was commissioned and premiered by The Song Company on 29 September 2022, streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall, mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, with assistance from Stephen Adams, and released on Hyperion and iTunes on April 7 2023.

▪️ KEEP GUARD OF OUR DREAMS Elizabeth Sheppard co-composed and performed the original duet version of this song with Anmatjere Arrernte singer-songwriter Rhubee Neale at Eora Aboriginal College, Sydney NSW in 2004. In 2020 The Song Company commissioned Sheppard’s mainstage music for Songs from the Heart, and with permission from, and an agreed 50/50 APRA AMCOS royalty split with co-composer Rhubee Neale, Sheppard arranged an a capella SSAATTBB version of this song for The Song Company. This arrangement was premiered at Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle NSW on 29 September 2022, conducted by Antony Pitts. The Song Company’s live performance was video recorded and streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall. The soundtrack of this video was subsequently remastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, assisted by Stephen Adams, and the remastered track was released on April 7 2023 on The Song Company’s ‘Songs from the Heart’ album, on Hyperion and iTunes.

▪️ AS I WALK Elizabeth Sheppard co-composed and performed the original duet version of this song with Anmatjere Arrernte singer-songwriter Rhubee Neale at Eora Aboriginal College, Sydney NSW in 2004. In 2020 The Song Company commissioned Sheppard’s mainstage music for Songs from the Heart, and with permission from, and an agreed 50/50 APRA AMCOS royalty split with co-composer Rhubee Neale, Sheppard arranged an a capella SSAATTBB version of this song for The Song Company. This arrangement was premiered at Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle NSW on 29 September 2022, conducted by Antony Pitts. The Song Company’s live performance was video recorded and streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall. The soundtrack of this video was subsequently remastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, assisted by Stephen Adams, and the remastered track was released on April 7 2023 on The Song Company’s ‘Songs from the Heart’ album, on Hyperion and iTunes.

▪️ ‘CROSS COUNTRY This SSAATTBB choral piece, with music and lyrics composed by Elizabeth Sheppard, was commissioned by and premiered by The Song Company on 29 September 2022, streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall, mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic with assistance from Stephen Adams, and released on Hyperion and iTunes on April 7 2023.

▪️ KAOUWI TWO CHILDREN COOEE This SSAATTBB choral piece, with music and lyrics composed by Elizabeth Sheppard, and incorporating composer- structured singer-improvised sections, commissioned and premiered by The Song Company on 29 September 2022, streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall, mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, with assistance from Stephen Adams, and released on Hyperion and iTunes on April 7 2023.

▪️ NGAALA MAAMAN ‘THE NOONGAR PRAYER’ Elizabeth Sheppard’s original melody for the Noongar Prayer was composed at New Norcia Abbey in 2008, and premiered by Elizabeth Sheppard as a solo a capella song, at an Eora Aboriginal College Concert in 2004. In 2018 Sheppard incorporated her Noongar Prayer melody into her instrumental ensemble piece Walken Rainbow, the first movement of Kooranginy, an instrumental ensemble suite commissioned by Ensemble Offspring. In 2020 Sheppard developed this ensemble arrangement into a solo soprano and piano version that she sang in 2021, accompanied by pianist Alan Hicks, at a Classical Song Concert curated by Voice Teacher Christina Wilson, at Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium. In 2021 Sheppard composed an a capella SSAATTBB setting of the Noongar Prayer, based on her original melody, for The Song Company’s Songs from the Heart production This track was recorded by The Song Company, mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic assisted by Stephen Adams, and released on Hyperion and iTunes on April 7 2023.

▪️ NOONAKOORT KARNYA RESPECT A dramatic, operatic SSAATTBB chorus, with music and lyrics composed by Elizabeth Sheppard, commissioned by and premiered by The Song Company on 29 September 2022, streamed on the Australian Digital Concert Hall, mastered and produced by Antony Pitts of 1equalmusic, with assistance from Stephen Adams, and released on Hyperion and iTunes on April 7 2023.

▪️ WARANGKA JESU A piano meditation. The score was published in April 2023 by Elizabeth Sheppard Media on http://www.scoreexchange.com

▪️ THE REVEILLE MASS A SATB choral Mass, with an organ accompaniment and four movements 1. Kyrie 2. Gloria 3. Sanctus and 4. Agnus Dei. Published by Elizabeth Sheppard Media on http://www.scoreexchange.com.