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International Professional and Artistic Development

Paul Nicolaou - Portfolio (March 2025)

2. Harp Performance

a) Performing as featured soloist, Claude' Debussy’s ‘Danse sacrée et danse profane’ (1905) accompanied by the Sydney Youth Orchestra (2023)

b) Performing as Principal Harp of the Australian Youth Orchestra, The Meaning of Trees by Andrew Ford (2022)

3. Video Game Repertoire Engagement

  1. Screen Music Composition

a) ‘Void’ from Seeds of Gold (2023), original score by Paul Nicolaou

b) ‘Gold I’ from Seeds of Gold (2023), original score by Paul Nicolaou

c) ‘Secret’ from Yannis (2022), original score by Paul Nicolaou

c) Between Darkness and Light (2024) by Paul Nicolaou, performed by Paul Nicolaou (harp) & Vivian Choi Milton (piano), dedicated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service

c) ‘Lake Hylia’ from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess by Toru Minegishi arranged by Paul Nicolaou, performed by Paul Nicolaou as part of solo sensory concert Elemental Resonance

a) ‘Greenpath’ from Hollow Knight by Australian composer Christopher Larkin, arranged by Paul Nicolaou, performed by the Sydney Conservatorium Harp Ensemble

b) ‘Nascence’ from Journey by Austin Wintory arranged by Paul Nicolaou, performed by Sarah Zhu (viola), James Monro (cello) and Paul Nicolaou (harp) (excerpt)

4. Concert Composition

b) Rhapsody upon Ocean Waves’ (2021) for mixed quintet by Paul Nicolaou

c) Nocturne for a Southern Cross (2023) for solo violin by Paul Nicolaou, performed by Julia Hill (2024) (excerpt)

a) ‘but the sky is surely open’ (2022) for chamber orchestra by Paul Nicolaou