Ken Murray
Ken Murray (b. 1968) is a Melbourne guitarist and composer working across classical and electric guitar in contemporary chamber music.
As guitarist with the contemporary ensemble re-sound he has performed and recorded experimental and electroacoustic repertoire, and contributed his own solo work Bash on the group’s early chamber disc.
His compositions include Torque and Trin Warren Tam-boore, the latter written for guitar duo. On Midnight Songs (TP237) he appears as both performer and composer with Three, the trumpet, trombone and guitar trio he co-founded. He is a member of staff at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Performing as re-sound
re-sound has established itself as one of Australia's most progressive contemporary music ensembles. Its thought-provoking, challenging and dynamic performances explore the sounds of our time across a wide range of genres, styles, and performance contexts.
Quiet on the Bridge
Like the group's earlier releases, this disc ranges across electronic and electro-acoustic music, contemporary chamber writing, interactive computer pieces, open indeterminate works and improvisation.
In C
Melbourne ensemble re-sound gives Terry Riley's minimalist landmark In C its first electroacoustic reading, folding chamber forces into beats, sequences and electric bass and guitar.
The Flowers
All works on this recording are Australian compositions exploring the aesthetics of contemporary art music. The disc offers a fresh perspective on Australian music-making through starkly varied new pieces.
re-sound
re-sound's first, self-titled album gathers chamber works by John Cage and five Australian composers – Brendan Colbert, Paul Moulatlet, Ken Murray, Thomas Reiner and Harvey Sollberger – in a programme of late twentieth-century sound.
Compositions by Ken Murray also appear on
Sidekick
Sidekick is the debut CD from guitar duo Ziggy and Miles. It pairs new works written for the brothers with their own arrangement of Debussy’s Clair de Lune and repertoire from Spain, Latin America and Australia that has shaped their musical identity.
Ken Murray also appears on
Gardener of Time: Barry Conyngham at 75
This double-CD gathers seven orchestral works by Barry Conyngham, among Australia’s most widely performed composers abroad, with premieres across Japan, America, Europe, Russia and Australia. The Ormond Ensemble is conducted by Richard Davis.
Hard Chamber
A retrospective of chamber works by Melbourne contemporary composer Thomas Reiner, written for varied small forces. Soloists from Monash University and ensemble re-sound present music that asks for close, unconditioned listening.
