February/March 2012
Shady Gully: Padma is on tour with bassoonist Rachael Elliott, performing music from Polka the Elk, his developing p'opera, 2 Moon Smile, and new songs along Australia's east coast.

2012: Announcing the opening of Padma Studios.
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The Opera Connection: 22 August 2011
World premiere of three songs from ‘Two Moon Smile’ by 
Michael Halliwell, baritone  
Sue Newsome, clarinet/bass clarinet  
David Miller, piano  
Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

January 2011
Padma is currently in Mallacoota and fending off koalas while dreaming of floods and paper horses. He has just completed a new piece for solo xylophone, Chromatic Mirror, commissioned by Dutch percussionist Arnold Marinissen. Padma will be on the road for Clogs' concerts in New York City (March) and London (May).

8 December 2010
The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton received high praise at year's end as "one of the most evocative and appealing records of the year, in any genre" from John Schaefer, on NPR Music

3 March 2010
Release of Mallacoota, a collaborative CD project with Belgian poet, Daniel Hélin and composer/producer Padma Newsome. Preview the music at Mr. Hélin's website: danielhelin.be
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2 March 2010
Release of Clogs fifth album, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton on Brassland. Featuring compositions by Padma Newsome. More about The Creatures and Clogs' 2010 EP, Veil Waltz, at clogsmusic.com.

30 November 2009
World premiere of Padma Newsome's Piano Sextet, Longifolia
Presented by The Firm, featuring The Langbein String Quartet
Also on the programme:
music by Peter Sculthorpe, Quentin Grant, Raymond Chapman Smith, Luke Altmann

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