', 'I have worked with Andrew on a number of narrative and corporate film projects
Bruce Grantford - Apricot Productions
and am a great admirer of his musical compositions. His unique talent never fails to move me, he seemingly has the ability to cross into all genres with equal effect, and most particularly he has the wonderful abiltiy to create genuinely poignant melodies. He is also an intelligent composer who can respond to a brief while still remaining adaptable.
', 'Andrew Batterham has added ingenious sparkle to many original songs
Joachim Matschoss - School Head of Performing Arts
and soundscapes for productions at our school. He is at home in any style and his arrangements are always full of surprises.
Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne
', 'The Batterham is more cerebral in quality,
Organ Historical Trust of Australia review - Suite for trumpet and organ
but is noteworthy for its tight structural sense
and detailed dynamic and textural contrasts.
Journey: Australian Contemporary Trumpet and Pipe Organ Music
', '... We commissioned Andrew to write a celebratory overture to take on our Symphonic Band\'s inaugural European Tour in 2006... The result was Vanguard, a work that perfectly fitted the brief... Where words could fail through the language barrier in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, Vanguard beautifully summed up our Symphonic Band and the band\'s first European tour by providing a jubilant and triumphant heralding at the opening of each of our concerts.
Simon Brown - Musical Director, Symphonic Band
Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne
', 'It is a pleasure to work with Andrew as he combines a highly developed musical imagination with sure technical skills. He understands textual matters and has an unusual ability to match his work to the ability of the performers for whom he is composing.
Douglas Lawrence OAM
', 'Batterham avoids the temptation of cheap tricks,
Johanna Selleck - Herald Sun
such as the crude mimicry of bush sounds. Instead, he draws on
the resources of a sophisticated compositional technique.
', 'The work is subtle, melodically interesting, using its main solo instruments
Clive O\'Donnell - The Age
(cor anglais and trumpet) with discretion and a clear sense of their potential. What impressed me most was that the brief piece works by understatement, rather than by bludgeoning the listener with over-emphatic colour.
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Clive O\'Donnell - The Age
although it works hard to convey its cross-fusion statements, employing a muted version of techno and dance music rather than belabouring the audience with mindless repetition and an inexorable, inflexible beat.
The piece reminded me overwhelmingly of film music, particularly in its climatic stages and specifically of Ennio Morricone.