In The Fields

Noel Burgess, Diana Blom

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In the Fields is an introspective and solemn piece that began life as a musical accompaniment to an award-winning audio-visual display at the Woodford Academy, telling the story of the schoolboys who enlisted for WWI. This developed further into a short film using narrated passages from the autobiographical book ‘Red Dust’ and has been transformed into a short solo piano piece which. The piece is an emotional reflection upon the thoughts of the Woodford schoolboys on foreign battlefields during WWI, longing for the idyllic days of their school in the bushland setting of the Blue Mountains. The piece was developed further as a solo piano arrangement and performed by Diana Blom for inclusion of her 2022 Shorts Tracks album. This album was mostly recorded, mixed and mastered by Noel for release on Wirripang records.

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Noel Burgess

Noel is a pioneer of Australian electronic music, screen media composer and producer with 30 years industry experience. As a composer/performer his acts Vision Four 5 and AapogeE broke new ground in the Australian electronic music scene. His production work includes ARIA nominated Chili Hifly, Groove Terminator and Amiel. In 2007 he commenced working in the tertiary sector at WSU and has submitted a PhD in Screen Media Composition with Macquarie University. Noel’s focus is the nexus of media technology and the arts and exploring collaborative opportunities in the rapidly developing digital landscape, including VR installations and implementation.

Diana Blom

A composer and keyboard player, Diana Blom’s scores and CDs are published by Wirripang Pty. Ltd., Orpheus Music and Wai-te-Ata Press. Compositions include chamber music, vocal music, string orchestra works, children’s operas/musicals and she’s currently completing a musical. Research interests include higher education music performance and how music has meaning. Diana has curated/co-curated 10 composition/performance CD projects, the latest, Short Tracks, with Noel Burgess. Books include Teaching and evaluating performance at university: beyond the conservatory model, co-edited with John Encarnacao, and Music Composition Toolbox, a co-authored composition textbook, published by Science Press.