Romano has worked as artistic director and composer in the devising of new works and performance contexts, which have received both national and international recognition.
- Interface -quartet, sax, video and computer, (Elektra String Quartet, 1994)
- Home of the Blizzard -live improvisation, (keyboards and percussion with a pre-recorded sound track for wind instruments, (Sydney Film Festival, 1995)
- Blurring the Boundaries -concert series I and II. (Inner Voices, 1995)
- Bone Flute Project -strings, sax, Javanese percussion and multimedia.
(Inner Voices, 1995) - Like Waves on an Ocean -quartet, didjeridu, percussion, multimedia.
(Elektra String Quartet, 1996) - Luminous -concert series I, II and III, Sax, quartet, didjeridu, percussion and
multimedia, (Elektra String Quartet, 1997) - Journey to the Mythical Place-chamber orchestra (visiting artistic director and conductor)
(Arafura Ensemble, Darwin 1998 – 99) - Dreamseeding Project -Aboriginal and Tibetan performers, Brisbane Festival
(Brisbane Ethnic Music and Arts Centre, 1998) - Interplanetary Dreaming -Soprano, quartet and sampler, didjeridu, percussion and on-stage computer-driven multimedia, (Elektra String Quartet, 1998)
“An original blend of ancient and contemporary sounds and technologies…the audience was spellbound.”
(Mar del Plata, Argentina. El Capital, 1999)
“…a sampler…multi-layered textures of rhythm and sounds … moving between tranquillity and dynamic, powerful playing…they mesmerised the entire audience.”
(New Music Festival: Wurzburg, Germany. Der Main Post)
- Gannon’s Forest Gothic -Collaboration with Shopfront Theatre for Young People, 1998
- Interstellar Song Cycle (soprano, quartet and sampler, didjeridu, percussion and on-stage computer-driven multimedia with video-1999)
- The Goddess Returns -Voice(s) [Alto with looping device], string quartet and percussion, 2001.
“Here the minutiae of the string writing within the evolving, electronically repeated patterns were flecked with truly luscious melodies, wafting against a hypnotic beat from South’s ghatam (clay pot drum)”
(Sydney Morning Herald)
- Seeing Blind -Composer-in-residence, composing and devising major project in collaboration with the Power House Museum (voice, sax, didjeridu, strings, keyboard, bass and percussion) (2001)
- Home of the Blizzard -live improvisation, and pre-recorded wind score (Antigone Foster (vocalist) and Inner Voices, -10 Days on an Island Festival (Tasmania) 2003)
“…a taut score took a cool modern look at dated images of boyish adventurers braving the pole.”
(Hobart Herald)
- Songs of Psyche -voice(s) [Alto with looping device], violin, viola, keyboards, bass and
Percussion. (Inner Voices -2004) - Celebration: 20th Anniversary of Australian Parliament House: -Directing performances and recording of works by Ruth Lee Martin and Romano Crivici for ceremonies and public performances at Parliament House, Canberra (Elektra String Quartet and Inner Voices, -2008)
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