Rimshot Music Australia Pty Ltd was formed in 1986 by Jan & Nigel Westlake
as a publishing outlet for the compositions of Nigel Westlake. Scores and parts from the catalogue (including orchestral, ensemble, solo works and some film scores) can be located under the print music menu.
Other information can be found on this site regarding recordings, press articles and program notes.
Please contact info@rimshot.com.au if there's anything we can help you with.
Scores & parts are only available in hard (printed) copy.
PDF files of the scores & parts are not available.
Nigel Westlake has won the Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize of $25,000 for his Oboe Concerto Spirit of the Wild, composed for Diana Doherty and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Spirit of the Wild, performed by Doherty and the Sydney Symphony was recorded by ABC Classicand has bRead More
Lior joins the Austin Symphony Orchestra for 2 return performances of Compassion under the baton of Maestro Peter Bay November 22 & 23, 2019. Winner of the Aria award for Best Classical Album in 2014, Compassion will be performed live in concert, preceded by performances of MozarRead More
Launched at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's 2019 Season Opening Gala, Spirit of the Wild is now available on the ABC Classics label, [Diana Doherty - oboe / SSO conducted by Nigel Westlake] "Doherty gave a stunning performance, even more organic and fluid than the premiere two yeaRead More
"For this year’s concerts the orchestra was conducted by its founder, Alexander Briger, in a program featuring works by Westlake, Janáček and Sibelius. Westlake’s Flying Dream (drawing on material from his score for the film, Paper Planes) was an appropriately upbeat curtain-raiser. Responding enthusiastically to the music’s various textures, the players delivered a polished account, giving plenty of impetus to the generic film-score rhythms and shaping its lyrical elements with elegance." Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne. (by Tony Way - Limelight Magazine) ...
