[2] In 2008 Broadstock's music was performed at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics and in 2009 he was composer-in-residence with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, composing a multi-instrumental concerto, Made in Heaven, for trumpeter James Morrison,[3] a chamber concertino, Hall of Mirrors, for trombonist Brett Kelly[4] and a symphony for soloists, choir and orchestra, Tyranny of Distance.

[14] In 1999 he received the prestigious Don Banks Music Award from the Australia Council for his contribution to Australian music, which enabled him to compose for most of that year, including visits to the USA (visiting professor of composition at Indiana University),[15] England and Russia.

[17] In 2004 Broadstock's solo piano work Torre di Forza was the test piece at the Sydney International Piano Competition,[18] and in 2005 ABC Classics released a CD of orchestral works[19] performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ola Rudner [fi].

His chamber opera based on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 was performed in German at Oper Bonn, Germany, in April 2006.

[23] In 1994 he received the Paul Lowin Song Cycle Award, Australia's richest composition prize, for Bright Tracks for mezzo-soprano and string trio.