De Rerum Natura CD - Buy
YouTube Video
Land of Cruelty: Listen
Sideband: From the Depths CD - Buy
Peter McNamara-Composer

I am a composer of dynamic and innovative experimental music based in Sydney, Australia.  I have worked as a freelance composer and producer across a wide variety of genres including orchestral, chamber, electronic, installation and film composition.  My work is particularly influenced by landscapes and the physics of the natural world and universe.  Composition provides a way to express and understand the world around me and an outlet for the sounds conceived by my imagination.

Photo: Kylie Lyons - Handprint Photography

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Latest News and Activities:
The recording of Peter McNamara's song cycle De Rerum Natura is now complete and can be purchased through the website! (via square)  Listen to 30 second samples of the entire song cycle using this SoundCloud playlist.  Featuring Miss Chloe Lankshear as vocalist, the development of this work and project received funding from the Classical Association of New South Wales, the Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts, the APRA AMCOS Creative Recovery Fund and Mr Charles Davidson.
VALUE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR!  Take a look at this video with Economist George Megalogenis discussing the economic and social value of the Arts and Cultural Sector to Australian Society, moderated by Wendy Were from the Australia Council for the Arts.
Sideband's 3rd album release From the Depths has now been released. Co-produced by Peter McNamara, this album features the works Voice of the Depths and At the Melting of the Snow.  Digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Naxos are available, and please consider purchasing a CD.
Peter McNamara's work for solo trombone and pre-recorded electronics Krazny has been recorded by Dutch-based Australian Sam Nolan for the Hungarian Trombone Competition, being conducted online this year due to the pandemic.  You can watch his performance in the YouTube video.