Albums
These albums feature my original compositions and articulate a specific research concern. Wren (2011; 2012) are creative outputs from my master's and PhD. All albums and some scores, are available on bandcamp.
Wren, T. (2021, in release). The news. Toby Wren Quartet. [Scores]. Independent release.
Wren, T. (2017). Black mountain. Toby Wren. [CD, LP]. Independent release.
Wren, T. (2012). Rich and famous. Toby Wren Quartet. [CD]. Pinnacles Music.
Wren, T. (2011). The Carnatic jazz experiment. Toby Wren. [CD]. Independent release.
Wren, T. (2008). Everything Must Go. Toby Wren Quartet. [CD]. Newmarket Music.
Wren, T. (2006). Umlaut. The Toby Wren Trio. [CD]. Pinnacles Music PM0206.
Wren, T. (2000). Fat Lip 81. Babel. [CD]. Independent release.
Journals and chapters
Wren, T. (2022, forthcoming). Remembering Palghat Raghu. Ethnomusicology 67(1).
Wren, T. (2022). Jazz standard as archive: Theorizing a relationship between jazz improvisation and standard repertoire. Journal of Jazz Studies 13(1) https://jjs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/jjs/article/view/190/145
Carriage, L. & Wren, T. (2021). The Jazz Social: Jazz performance during COVID. Perfect Beat 21(2). DOI: 10.1558/prbt.19344
Wren, T. & Suresh, V. (2020). Cows at the beach: Intercultural discourse through improvisation. Critical Studies in Improvisation 16(1). Retrieved from https://www.criticalimprov.com/index.php/csieci/article/view/4893
Wren, T. (2017). Rich and famous: Intercultural work for jazz quartet. In Here and Now, V. Tomlinson and T. Wren (Eds.). New York: Intelligent Arts.
https://intelligentarts.net/herenow/
Tomlinson, V. & Wren, T. (Eds.). (2017). Here and now: A snapshot of artistic practice at the Queensland Conservatorium. New York: Intelligent Arts. https://intelligentarts.net/herenow/
Wren, T. (2014). Talking in tongues: Creating a collaborative space for intercultural music making. Eras Journal 16 (“Music and Metamorphosis” Special Issue). Melbourne, Australia: Monash University Publishing. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343112641_Talking_in_Tongues_Negotiating_Archetypal_Models_for_Musical_Development_in_Intercultural_Music_Making
Dissertations
Wren, T. (2014). Improvising culture: Discursive interculturality as a critical tool, aesthetic, and methodology for intercultural music (PhD dissertation). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b5caDpULln0umICjsGSky7nHp0Y6JNVC/view?usp=sharing
Wren, T. (2009). The Carnatic jazz experiment: The influence of Carnatic music on my composition and improvisation practice (2008-09) (Master's dissertation). https://carnaticjazzexperiment.wordpress.com