Rose has produced a number of large-scale performances inspired by or set in outdoor environments. In "Great Fences of Australia" (1983), Rose bowed and recorded wire fences throughout the Australian continent. Typically, Rose uses both the hair and stick of cello and bass bows to sound wire fences, which he supplements with small contact microphones attached at the meeting point of fence wire and fence post. In 2009, Rose was commissioned by Kronos Quartet and The Sydney Opera House to build a set of four fence instruments to be played in concert. Rose then composed "Music from 4 Fences" for a quartet of fence wire stretched on metal frames.