the critics, Roger Covell describing him "one of the most musical of younger Australian composers". Subsequent works, such as Cabaret for orchestra, Blues for bass clarinet and percussion (based on a Charlie Parker riff), Disco for percussion quartet, Red for recorder (based on Jimi Hendrix’s Red House) and Smoky for harpsichord, developed Barkl’s jazz-inspired instrumental style until a complete change emerged with a series of lengthy electronic works composed using the open source patching language Pure Data. These used large banks of computer generated oscillators to build thick textures of sine waves, saturating the aural space. Honours Michael Barkl was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia) for "service to the performing arts and music education". Selected works Orchestral Voce di testa, 1981 Voce di petto, 1982 Iambus, 1982 Cabaret, 1985 Rondo, 1986 Ensemble Ballade for six instruments, 1984 The laird of Drumblair for seven instruments, 1987 Disco for four percussion and electronics, 1990 Chamber music Night Words for viola and piano, 1977 Music for two trumpets and tape, 1978 Rota for piano trio, 1981 Expressive and ferocious for string quartet, 1985 Blues for bass clarinet and percussion, 1986 Vamp for guitar, 1988 Red for descant recorder, 1996 Smoky for harpsichord, 1997 Coming Out, Fanfare for viola and double bass, 1998 Here… for clarinet, piano and cello, 2008 Piano Jazz music, 1979 Jazz music II for two pianos, 1979 Drumming, 1983 Five pieces, 1995 Choral Water, where are you going? SATB, 1984 Vocal Night words – the ravishing for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1977 Concert band Backyard swing, 1986 Music theatre The animals Noah forgot, 1988 Electronic Rosalia, 1980 The paradox of Pythagoras: nos 1–27, 2007 Music of the spheres: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, 2007 Music of Grace: The heavy dark trees line the streets of summer, 2007 Music of Grace: The cat dances and the moon shines brightly, 2007 Music of Grace: The crystals in the cave absorb the light as if they have not seen it in a million years, 2008 References External links https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/barkl-michael Retrieved 19 June 2019. Australian composers Australian musicologists 1958 births Living people Musicians from Sydney Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia