adam starr
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December 2008
  • Working on a radio show pilot which will involve me writing and producing a song on a weekly basis. The Mishenbergs, directed by Jeremy Weinstein.

  • In pre-production for Ours, a short film made by Mike Hill. Details TBA.

  • Finished brass arrangements for Alana Bruce's EP. They were recorded by Jordan, Eamon and Anton. Mmmmm. Also recorded some guitar parts.

  • Did the score to Josh Janssen's short film My Spectacular Student Film. It is indeed spectacular!

  • I completed the score to Lena Kahn's award-winning short film Bassem Is Trying. There is a link to the film on the Productions page.

  • My jazz ensemble Frock will be recording a new CD early next year. For the first time, we will be recording covers! We will be doing our own arrangements of iconic Australian song-writers. More info as it comes in...

  • I was co-artistic director for a great concert (So Many Notes - a concert featuring Jewish Jazz musicians) that played to a packed audience at BMW Edge, on November 16. My 12 minute piece Meditations on a Judeo-Babylonian Ritual Song was performed there by a septet, of which I was part.

  • The annual concert that I am Music Director for at Hamer Hall happened in May and was an excellenet evening.

  • My 17 minute piece Three Different Shades Of Yellow premiered at a concert at Gryphon Gallery on November 10. It was written for Electric Guitar, Drumkit and String Quartet.

July 2008
  • Finished recording the score to US feature Fast Food, directed by John Craven. Music to be on site shortly.

  • Completed my involvement with The Symphony Services Composer Development Program, which involved working with Richard Mills and Orchestra Victoria. My ten minute piece The Ballad of Alberto and Elliot was performed on July 3 at the Iwaki Auditorium, and will be nationally broadcast on ABC FM. Details TBA.

  • Almost finished the score to British short film Yoopie Iggies, directed by Daniel Dode.

  • I completed the score to Lena Kahn's award-winning short film Bassem Is Trying.

  • My jazz ensemble Frock played a residency at Bennett's Lane Jazz Club over 4 wednesdays in February. Our most recent CD Decadence was recently reviewed as being "...sublime interplay...inventive, intriguing and lively" (Roger Mitchell, Herald Sun, April 13, 2008) and can be purchased online at www.sorelli.com.au/cds.htm

  • Near completion of a Melbourne short film called Champions, directed by Sarah Burrell-Davis.

  • I arranged two Scriabbin piano preludes for the Freshwater Trio which Clive O'Connell of The Age described as being "swift and deftly humorous, particularly the first which was more of a re-composition packed with plenty of surprises" (20/6/08)

October 2007
  • Writing the score to US feature Fast Food, directed by John Craven. Hope to be ready to record in December.

  • Accepted into The Symphony Services Composer Development Program, which will involve working with Richard Mills and Orchestra Victoria.

  • Have been working on the score to Canadian feature Krazy Luv, directed by Adrian Keats.

  • I completed the score to Natalie Krasnostein's play In God's Bedroom, which played four seasons in Melbourne, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, from May to August.

  • My jazz ensemble Frock played a residency at Bennett's Lane Jazz Club, performing the program from their 4 cds over 4 wednesdays in July. A live CD of new material was recorded at Bennett's Lane in August. Decadence was subsequently launched at The Famous Spiegeltent on October 5. The CD can be purchased online at www.sorelli.com.au/cds.htm

  • The Man Who Souled The World screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival. One of the cues from the score appears on the music page of this website.

March 2007
  • Completed orchestrations for a 60 minute program for 20 piece orchestra plus choir. Concert will be at Hamer Hall in April.

  • Recorded and mixed the score for The Man Who Souled The World, some examples of which will appear on the Music page of this site.

  • I completed the score to Lena Kahn's short film noire, The Sleeper.

  • Two noteworthy gigs: firstly, a crazy wedding in Sydney that I flew up for late afternoon, did one set, then returned later that same evening. Secondly, the debut performance of new trio Zion Starr Farrugia at Paris Cat. This was the culmination of three months of writing and rehearsal.

December 2006
  • The Storm Before The Calm was recorded by the MSO at the Iwaki auditorium (Melbourne) in November. It is a 6 minute piece for Orchestra.

  • After a few years of study, MMUS in Composition (University of Melbourne) completed in November.

  • I am still working on the score for the feature film The Man Who Souled The World. Scheduled to record mid January.