Program Note

Written for Sarah Chua

The music for Gerbera began as a representation of the beauty I observed in a red flower and evolved into the thought of why beauty should exist at all. It seems almost out of place that beauty and love should dwell amongst pain and horror. Perhaps, in the end, this beauty is the only thing that keeps us alive. 

Performance Information

Gerbera was first performed by Sarah Chua on the 30th of October 2002, in a composers concert in Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne.

Gerbera was expanded into a twelve-minute work entitled a strange place for beauty in December 2002. 

Cover art photo by Alireza Shirvan on Unsplash