Visiting Artists
Geoffrey Saba
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21 September 2006
Geoffrey Saba has performed in Great Britain since the 1970's,
when he made his London début and was awarded a bronze
medal at the First Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master
Competition. Regular touring takes him to North America, Eastern
and Western Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan, South East
Asia and his native Australia, and he has appeared at festivals
in the United Kingdom, Sydney, Adelaide and South East Asia.
His large repertoire includes much rarely-performed music from
the early part of the 20th century. He is regularly invited to
hold master classes during tours abroad, and when at home in London
he enjoys teaching. |
Geoffrey's best-selling recordings for Carlton Classics have achieved
tremendous critical acclaim. They include performances of Russian virtuoso
works, unusual and romantically flamboyant transcriptions, and a Schubert
recital. His London recitals since 2001 are recorded and released by
Carnegie Concerts and include performances of Bach, Rachmaninoff, Mahler/Friedman,
and the complete Debussy Preludes. Recordings to be released this year
include, in addition to this Mozart programme, performances of Beethoven's
Op 126 Bagatelles and Diabelli Variations, Schubert's Unfinished Sonata
in F sharp minor D570/604/571 in an outstanding completed version by
W A Dullo, and a collection of works from the early part of the 20th
century by Berg, Bartok, Ravel and Debussy. The International Franz
Schubert Institute, Vienna, has published his essay on a performer's
approach to playing Schubert's Unfinished Piano Sonatas in its facsimile
edition of the C major Sonata (Relique) D840.
Nick Goluses
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1 September 2006
One of America’s most sought after guitarists, Nicholas
Goluses is professor of guitar, director of the guitar programs,
and chairman of the string department at the Eastman School of
Music, widely recognized as one of the world’s premier music
schools and a leading center for guitar study. Goluses has held
the Andrés Segovia Faculty Chair at the Manhattan School
of Music, where he received the Doctor or Musical Arts degree,
and was the recipient of both the Pablo Casals Award "for
musical accomplishment and human endeavor" and the Faculty
Award of Distinguished Merit, confirming his love of and commitment
to teaching. Dr. Goluses is in great demand for master classes
at leading institutions throughout the world. |
Nicholas Goluses has appeared in solo performance, chamber music player,
and as soloist with orchestras across North and South America, Europe,
and the Far East to critical acclaim. He has been a featured performer
at numerous festivals and is now currently artistic director of the
Eastman Guitarfest. Musical collaborations include the American String
Quartet and a continuing relationship with flutist Bonita Boyd.
Goluses has recorded for BMG and for NAXOS, and has received wide critical
and audience acclaim for his recently released CDs of Sonatas of Johann
Sebastian Bach and late solo guitar works of Fernando Sor. He recently
completed a CD with Bonita Boyd for Albany Records of contemporary American
music for guitar and flute.Committed to performing new music for the
guitar, Goluses has given world première performances of numerous
concertos for guitar and orchestra, as well as solo and chamber music
by many of today’s leading composers.
The Trigon Ensemble
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September 2006
The Trigon Ensemble came into being in 1984 when Janet Gilby-Rutherford
and Brett Rutherford moved to Hobart to join Barbara Jane Gilby
in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Since then the ensemble has
added a wide variety of works to its repertoire, both for string
trio and combinations ranging from duos to sextets.
The ensemble’s performance record includes concerts for
Musica Viva, Friends of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Blackwood
River Festival (W.A.), ANUSchool of Music, the Tasmanian Conservatorium
of Music, National Music Camp and ABC classic FM as well as many
concerts given under its own auspices.
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he Trigon Ensemble takes great pleasure in presenting fun educational
performances for school students, however, vibrant concert performances
of standard and good, lesser-known works from the classical chamber
repertoire continue to be the ensemble’s main focus. The ensemble
recently performed with international delegates to the International
Double Reed Convention at Monash University. Although Barbara Gilby
now teaches violin at the ANU School of Music, while Janet and Brett
Rutherford have remained with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the
ensemble still meets regularly to rehearse and perform. After more than
twenty years of collaboration, it has a large repertoire on which to
draw.
Janet Gilby Rutherford and Brett Rutherford appear courtesy of the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Jeremy Alsop
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24 August 2006
Jeremy Alsop is widely recognized as one of Australia’s
leading bass guitarists, with a comprehensive recording and performing
career spanning 25 years.
In 1978 he was a founding member of the original fusion band
Pyramid, which has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival. During
the 80s he was Melbourne’s leading studio bassist and a
member of the hugely successful band Men at Work. While based
in New York, Jeremy performed and recorded with Wayne Shorter,
Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, and Sting among others. |
Returning to Australia in 1990, Jeremy played with Paul Grabowsky’s
Tonight Live band and began working with singers Grace Knight, Margret
Ulrich, Debra Byrne, and Christine Sullivan. He formed The Lovers with
Mary Doumany, which has included several CD releases.
Recent projects have been with the David Chesworth Ensemble, Slava
Grygoryan, as well as an invitation to play at the 2005 Jaco Pastorius
Birthday Concert in USA. Jeremy has lectured at Melbourne University
and the Victorian College of the Arts and is keenly sought as a recording
engineer and music producer.
Edward Neeman
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7 August 2006
Edward Neeman moved to Canberra from the United States to study
with Larry Sitsky at the Australian National Institute of the
Arts in 1999. Since then he has established himself as one of
Australia's leading young pianists. In 2003 he was the sole Australian
representative in the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition
in Brussels, and in January 2004 he was selected as a semi-finalist
for the Young Concert Artists auditions held in New York.
Edward was the 2004 piano finalist of the Symphony Australia Young
Performers Award and winner of the David Paul Landa Memorial Scholarship.
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Edward has performed with the West Australian, Queensland, Melbourne
and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, and his concerts have been broadcast
on ABC Classic FM and 2MBS-FM. He is currently continuing his studies
with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
Bob Mintzer
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4 August 2006
Arranger and saxophonist Bob Mintzer has made his mark merging
a traditional jazz approach with an all encompassing modernism
that embraces lyricism, a strong sense of swing, and arrangements
that take the listener on an unpredictable and vibrant journey.
Besides leading his own New York-based big band since the early
1980s, Bob leads a jazz quartet, is a 15 year member of the Yellowjackets,
and is active in music education. In addition to his busy schedule
playing and teaching others, Bob still manages to find time to
write saxophone quartets, symphony music, big band arrangements,
music for the 'Jackets, and etude books. |
Bob honed his skills playing and writing for Buddy Rich, Thad Jones,
Mel Lewis, Art Blakey, Sam Jones, Jaco Pastorius, The GRP Big Band,
Mike Manieri, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and the New York Philharmonic.
He also has done session work for James Taylor, Queen, Steve Winwood,
Aretha Franklin, and countless others.
Bob has been nominated for thirteen Grammy awards both for his solo
work and big band recordings (Art of the Big Band, Departure, Homage
To Count Basie, One Music, and Only In New York) and his work with the
Yellowjackets (Blue Hats, Club Nocturne, Dreamland, Greenhouse, Like
a River, Live Wires, Runferyerlife, Time Squared). Homage to Count Basie
won the Grammy in the best large ensemble category for the 44th Annual
Grammy Awards, 2001.
Bob’s big band arrangements have become standard repertoire for
big bands all over the world. His arrangements are published by Kendor
Music and Warner Brothers Publications. His signature writing style
is easily recognizable, and can be heard on jazz radio and in university
settings, high schools, and jazz venues.
Duo Vertigo – Claire Edwards and Niels Meliefste
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August 2006
Australian percussionist Claire Edwardes and Dutch born Niels
Meliefste met in 2000 at the Tromp Percussion Competition in Eindhoven,
The Netherlands – there they were awarded first and second
place and since then they have been perfecting the art of playing
percussion together. On April 24, 2005, as Duo Vertigo, they were
awarded third prize in the prestigious “Gaudeamus International
Interpreters Competition”. |
Duo Vertigo has been in existence for only five years and already the
repertoire they have accumulated is huge. Since 2001 they have presented
concerts in venues such as the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, De Doelen,
Rotterdam, the Vredenburg, Utrecht and the Muziekcentrum, Den Bosch.
In 2002, they joined Stefan and Martijn Blaak (piano duo) on a tour
of 10 concert halls throughout the Netherlands (“Het Debuut”
series), to play the twentieth century classic by Bela Bartok "Sonata
for 2 pianos and percussion". In 2003, sponsored by Gaudeamus,
Duo Vertigo gave masterclasses and concerts in Germany and Sweden presenting
a program of new Australian and Dutch compositions exclusively written
for them. Recently Duo Vertigo was involved in several improvisation
projects including a dance party in Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam presented
by MTV Fusion playing with DJ Laidback Luke. At this moment their repertoire
includes such classics as Steve Reich’s "Nagoya Marimbas"
(which they recently performed for the composer himself), Maki Ishii’s
“14 Percussions”, Anders Koppel’s “Toccata”
and Cliff Crego’s The Magic Box”. One of the primary aims
of the duo however is to aid in building the serious percussion duo
repertoire and performance technique. Already they have had more than
20 new pieces written for them, which have become part of their regular
repertoire.
They were recently awarded the J.H.O. Montauben-Ballintijn Fonds by
Prins Bernhard Fonds to travel to Banff Music Centre, Canada in 2004.
There they recorded a CD of repertoire written exclusively for them,
which will be released in early 2006.
Jean Louis Forestier
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July 2006
Born in France, Jean-Louis Forestier has recently successfully
extended his growing reputation to the Australian cultural arena
as a guest conductor with the Tasmanian, Melbourne and Queensland
Symphony Orchestras, and Hobart's IHOS Opera. He studied percussion
(with 1st Prize & Honours Prize) at the National Conservatorium
of Versailles with Sylvio Gualda before rising to professional
prominence as Principal Percussionist and Timpanist with the Orchestre
National de l'Opera de Paris (1981-1990). A director and conductor
of a number of France's leading orchestras, he has, since 1991,
been a permanent guest conductor of the Orchestral Ensemble of
Kanazawa, in Japan.
Jean Louis conducted the debut performance of Virtousi –
The Anu School of Music’s flagship ensemble in Febrruary
2006 ans return to conduct them in a special concert celebrating
the ANU’s 60th Birthday on July 30. |
Julian Smiles
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July 2006
Julian Smiles is well known to Australian audiences as a soloist,
orchestral musician and, primarily, chamber musician. He has held
he position of principal cellist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
and has appeared on many occasions as guest principal cellist
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Julian has been cellist of the University of New South Wales'
resident chamber group, the Australia Ensemble, since 1991, and
is founding cellist of the internationally acclaimed Goldner String
Quartet. With these two groups he has performed and recorded in
major halls and festivals in Europe, North and South America,
Asia,
New Zealand and Australia.
Julian was a student at the Canberra School of Music, studying
with Nelson Cooke until his graduation in 1989, and performing
regularly with many of Canberra's music organisations. He is currently
teaching cello at the School. |
Jamie Hey
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July 2006
Jamie Hey took up the position of principal cellist of the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra in 2002. In the same year he was recipient
of the Dean's Medal for outstanding achievement as an Honours
graduate at the Newcastle Conservatorium where he studied with
cellist Anthea Scott-Mitchell and performance practice specialist
Rosalind Halton. He also undertook advanced study in Australia
and Japan with acclaimed baroque and classical cellist Hidemi
Suzuki. |
Jamie is greatly in demand as a continuo player and in that role has
accompanied many leading exponents of early music including Emma Kirkby,
Genevieve Lacey, Graham Pushee and Maria Christina Kiehr. His broadcast
solo performances include recitals for the Melbourne Autumn Music Festival
in 2003 and 2004, and concerto performances with the Australian Brandenburg
Orchestra. He continues to research the history, development and repertoire
of the cello in 17th century Italy.
Anna McDonald
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July 2006
Anna McDonald graduated from the Canberra School of Music in
1988 with the Friend's Prize for Student of the Year. In her subsequent
ten years of study and performance in England, she became the
leader of the period instrument ensembles the Hanover Band and
the Gabrieli Consort, with whom she toured as soloist, leader
and director throughout Europe and America. Although basing her
activities in Australia from 1999, she has returned frequently
to the UK to continue to lead the Gabrieli Consort in major recording
projects for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv. |
Anna’s Australia-based performances have included appearances
with the Sirius Ensemble, which she formed with Erin Helyard, recitals
at the Barossa Festival, New England Bach Festival and Castlemaine Festival
and guest solo performances with Ludovico’s Band. As concertmaster
she plays for the orchestra for Pinchgut Opera, with whom she will lead
this December in performances of Mozart’s Idomeneo, and the ABC's
recording orchestra, Sinfonia Australis and its baroque arm Orchestra
of the Antipodes. She also guest-leads the Sydney Philharmonia orchestra
and has guest-lead the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Her solo discography includes Veracini Violin Sonatas with Sirius, soloist
and co-director of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, imminently to
be released by ABC Classics, and J.C. Bach concertos with the Hanover
Band for CPO. With the Gabrieli Consort she has lead for recordings
of Handel’s Messiah and Theodora, and Bach’s St Matthew
Passion and cantatas. This year she lead the Gabrieli Consort in a Mozart
program at the Salzburg Festival.
Andrew Robson Trio
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29 June 2006
The Andrew Robson Trio was formed while Andrew was studying at
the Australian National University in Canberra in 1990. The original
line up included drummer Nick McBride and bassist Tony Hayes.
On moving to Sydney in 1992 Andrew and Nick were joined by double
bassist Steve Elphick, a stalwart of the creative music scene
since the early 1980s. In 1995 Nick was replaced by the highly
influential and respected drummer, Hamish Stuart. Since then the
line up has remained unchanged.
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The Andrew Robson Trio has released two critically acclaimed CDs (Scum
1997 and Sunman 2000) in 2002 they were joined by pianist Alister Spence
for the recording of a CD for the ABC (Australia). The Trio is hoping
to record its third album in December 2004 on their return from the
trio’s maiden European tour where they will perform at the prestigious
Berlin Jazz Festival.
Andrew Robson Trio - What the Critics Said...
" An absolute gem."
Peter Jordan, Rolling Stone
"This is a remarkable debut."
Martin Jackson, Soundscapes
"Music at once so mature, so fresh, so open and so coherent
is uncommonplace, anywhere."
Matthew Marshall
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“Matthew Marshall
is a supremely talented guitarist – a New Zealand treasure.”
- Capital Times (NZ), July 2003
“Marshall delivered
each piece with considerable musical refinement.”
- Musical Opinion (UK), Nov 2005 |
14 May 2006
Matthew Marshall is Associate Professor and Interim Co-Director of
the New Zealand School of Music, Massey University, and is one of New
Zealand’s leading classical guitarists. He was a prize-winner
in the 1988 Young Musician of the Year Competition and a recipient of
an AGC Young Achievers Award and the UDC/Rotary Young Musicians Prize
in 1989. He also won prizes in the Royal Overseas League Music Competition
in London in 1990 and Australia/New Zealand Foundation Awards in 1991
and 1995.
He has given recitals and master classes in England, Germany, USA,
Mexico, Russia, Australia, China, Malaysia, New Zealand and even Easter
Island! He has also given over 70 concerto performances in New Zealand,
Mexico, Russia and Germany including appearances with the Berlin Chamber
Orchestra in Germany, the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra in Mexico and
the Kemerovo Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia.
Matthew has been recording for Radio New Zealand since the age of 17
and has recorded seven CDs for solo, chamber music and with orchestra
for Koch International, Morrison Trust Records, Waiata Music, Mr.M.Productions,
and NZ Music Centre Trust.
Matthew is also an advocate for New Zealand music, with more than 40
works written for or premiered by him. In 1993 he gave the first performance
of David Farquhar’s Guitar
Concerto (the first guitar concerto written by a New Zealand composer).
In 1998 he gave the world premiere of Anthony Ritchie’s Guitar
Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia and in 2002 he gave the world
premiere performance of Philip Norman’s Concertino for Guitar
and Strings in Russia and Patrick Shepherd’s Concerto for Flute
and Guitar with Carol Hohauser in Germany.
In 2003 Matthew performed in recital in Germany and he toured Australia
and New Zealand to critical acclaim with guitar duo partner John Couch.
He also toured with the Wellington Sinfonia and gave his 30th performance
of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
In 2005 Matthew performed in Iceland, Germany and Australia and gave
a critically acclaimed solo recital in the Purcell Room at the Royal
Festival Hall, London. In 2006 Matthew is touring Australia, New Caledonia
and USA and releasing a new CD on Ode Records, featuring music by New
Zealand composers.
Matthew is Director of the Centre for Guitar Studies at Massey University,
a centre dedicated to research on the guitar, its music, pedagogy, performers,
composers and luthiers. Undergraduate and postgraduate guitar students
at Massey University are part of the Centre and benefit from advanced
training and experience as part of their studies. The Centre hosts visits
from national and internationally acclaimed guitarists who give concerts,
workshops and master classes.
Matthew studied in New Zealand and Britain with William Bower, John
Mills and Gordon Crosskey and in the USA with David Leisner.
Peter Constant
3 March 2006
Peter Constant is one of Australia’s most active and respected
classical guitarists. He was ‘most outstanding graduate’
of the Canberra School of Music and subsequently a Master's graduate
of Benjamin Verdery at Yale University. He is a recipient of the prestigious
Harkness Fellowship, a Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London, a
multiple winner in the Australian Guitar Competition, and was full-time
Lecturer in Guitar at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (1993-98).
Pianist / Educator / Author
Artist In Residence 16-20 May 2005
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Mark began playing jazz
as a teenager in Daytona Beach, Florida. Continuing his education
in Boston and New York, Mark studied with Hall Overton, Herb Pomeroy
and Jaki Byard, before moving to California in 1966. A key phase in Mark's education
was a year spent in Woody Shaw's quartet. "Every night was
serious school," says Mark.
Mark spent significant time working with Joe Henderson, Blue
Mitchell, David Liebman and Harold Land, composing all the while.
Joe recorded two of Mark's tunes on "Canyon Lady," the
late tenor giant's only Latin jazz album. Mark returned the favor
by playing two of Joe's classic compositions, "Inner Urge,"
and "A Shade Of Jade," on his 2000 release, "Serengeti."
His interest in Latin jazz led to work with Mongo Santamaria,
Willie Bobo, Moacir Santos, Francisco Aguabella, Pete Escovedo,
and Cal Tjader (including Cal's Grammy-winning Concord Jazz recording
"La Onda Va Bien").
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Mark has continued to pursue the Latin side of his craft, attending
Centro Nacional de Escuela de Arte in Havana, Cuba in 1997.
Twice, Mark has been the recipient of a National Endowment For The
Arts Grants (1975 and 1977) and was awarded a "Jammie" as
Best Bay Area Jazz trombonist, 1983-1984 (no, he no longer plays trombone).
Mark Levine has played/recorded with:
Woody Shaw, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Henderson, Willie Bobo, Bobby Hutcherson,
Moacir Santos, Freddie Hubbard, Cal Tjader, Wallace Roney, Tito Puente,
Milt Jackson, Francisco Aguabella, Harold Land, David Liebman, Blue
Mitchell, Pete Escovedo, James Moody, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny
Fortune, Eddie Harris, Stefon Harris, Eddie Henderson, Conrad Herwig,
Clark Terry, Ingrid Jensen, Charlie Rouse, Bobby Watson, Chet Baker,
Philip Harper, Mark Murphy, Art Pepper, Julian Priester, Bobby Shew,
Steve Turre, Madeline Eastman, and Poncho Sanchez
Mark's compositions have been recorded by:
Joe Henderson, Blue Mitchell, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Pete Escovedo,
Mongo Santamaria, Nuyorican Soul, Joanne Brackeen, Moacir Santos, Tom
Lellis, and Poncho Sanchez.
As an educator, Mark authored "The Jazz Piano Book," which
has become the bible for jazz pianists all over the world. Translated
into both French and German, it will be issued in Spanish in 2004,.
In 1996, he completed "The Jazz Theory Book," with similar
success.
Jazz Times named "The Jazz Theory Book" as the #1 choice
in its "recommended basic jazz library."
Mark's faculty affiliations include:
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2004-present
Monterey Jazz Festival Foundation Traveling Clinicians, Monterey, CA
2002-present
University of California at Berkeley, 2000-present
Jamey Aebersold Jazz Camps, 1977-2002
Stanford Jazz Workshop, Stanford, CA, 1982-present
Jazz Camp West, La Honda, CA, 1982-2002
Jazz Studio Summer Camp, Dworp, Belgium, 1993-present
The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA, 1997-present
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1992-1997
Jazz Flute Camp, Carmel Valley, CA, 2003-present
Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1986-present
Guest Clinician and residencies at schools in Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland,
Italy, Iceland, Mexico, Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Wales.
In the early '90s, Mark produced The Jazz Masters Clinic Series, a combination
workshop and master class taught by touring artists passing through
the Bay Area. Featured artists included Cedar Walton, Mulgrew Miller,
Kenny Barron, Elvin Jones, Eddie Palmieri, and Tommy Flanagan.
Additionally, Mark is the pianist on more than a dozen of Jamey Aebersold's
play-along series.
Master Class - 16 June, 3-5pm. Band Room, Peter Karmel
Building, ANU School of Music
CONCERT - Thursday 19 May, 7.30pm, Band Room, Peter
Karmel Building
Eric Ewazen
Visiting Artist May 23-27, 2005
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Eric Ewazen, born in 1954
in Cleveland, Ohio, studied under Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt,
Warren Benson, Gunther Schuller and Joseph Schwantner at the Eastman
School of Music (BM, 1976), Tanglewood and The
Juilliard School (MM, l978, DMA 1980), where he has been a member
of the faculty since l980. He has been Vice President of the League-ISCM,
Composer-in-Residence with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble and with
the International Trombone Association Convention in 1997, and lecturer
for the New York Philharmonic's Musical Encounters Series. He has
been a member of the faculty of The Juilliard School since 1980.
A recipient of numerous composition awards and prizes, his works
have been commissioned and performed by many chamber ensembles and
orchestras in the U.S. and overseas. His music has been heard at
festivals such as Tanglewood, Aspen, Caramoor and the Music Academy
of the West. The soloists in performances of his music include members
of the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra, The Boston Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Among his recorded works are Symphony in Brass (Summit Brass on Summit
Records), Colchester Fantasy (American Brass Quintet on Summit Records
and Center City Brass Quintet on dNote
Records), Ballade for Clarinet, Harp and Orchestra (CRS Records),
Dagon II (David Taylor on New World Records),Sonata for Viola and Piano
(Eugene Becker on Clique Track), Roaring Fork Quintet for Wind Instruments
(Borealis Wind Quintet on Helicon Records), The Tiger (Robert White
and Samuel Sanders on Hyperion Records) and Philip Smith on Cala Records'
Legends of the New York Philharmonic Series, Sonata for Trombone and
Piano (Joseph
Alessi and Jonathan Feldman), and Steve Witser on Albany Records),
Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (Philip Smith), and Ballade, Pastorale
and Dance (Margaret Swinchoski on Albany Records).
Well-Tempered Productions has released two all-Ewazen compact discs:
"Chamber Music of Eric Ewazen" featuring the American Brass
Quintet and the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, and "Music for the
Soloists of the American Brass Quintet". In the Fall of 2001, Albany
Records will be releasing two all-Ewazen CDs: "Bass Hits"
featuring his bass trombone concerti performed by John Rojak, Stefan
Sanders, David Taylor and Charles Vernon, and an orchestral CD featuring
the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra with soloists, tenor saxophonist
James Houlik, flutist Marya Martin and clarinetist Charles Neidich.
His music is published by Boosey
and Hawkes, Southern
Music Publishing, Brass Ring Editions, Baker Music Publishing, Encore
Music, Triplo Press, Manduca Publications, and ITA Manuscript Press.
Recent premieres of his orchestral and chamber music have taken place
in Mexico City, Taipei, Taiwan, the Canary Islands and Chicago, IL.
During the current season his symphony for wind ensemble, "Legacy"
which was commissioned for the bicentennial of West Point was premiered
by the U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point, New York. His Concerto
for Tenor Trombone and Orchestra was premiered by William Zehfuss and
the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, his concerto for brass quintet
and orchestra, "Shadowcatcher" received its U.S. premiere
by the American Brass Quintet with the West Virginia Symphony, and his
"Concerto for Trumpet, Trombone and Orchestra" is being premiered
by the principal players of the Tucson Symphony. Upcoming Commissions
include "Flight", a symphonic wind ensemble piece written
for the Langley Air Force Base Band, and a work for brass orchestra
for Brass Japan of Tokyo. Several all Ewazen evenings of his chamber
and orchestral music will be performed this year, at DePaul University(IL),
Lawrence University(WI), Kennesaw University(GA), University of Arizona,
Florida State University, and the Curtis Institute of Music. He will
be the Composer-in-Residence with the International Horn Society Convention,
being held at Western Michigan University, June, 2001.
The Weeks Activities - Monday
23 May - Friday 27 May
H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellow 2004
Nigel Westlake
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One of Australia’s leading composers, Mr
Nigel Westlake, has been awarded the prestigious HC Coombs Creative
Arts Fellowship by The Australian National University. He will
be based at the ANU School of Music.
Mr Westlake is famous nationally and internationally for his
music – in particular his scores for feature films including
Babe; Babe- Pig In The City and Children of the Revolution.
The Creative Arts Fellowships were established in 1965 to encourage
creative work in the arts in Australia. The Fellowships have supported
major Australian artists in residence at ANU ever since.
Renamed the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship in 1996 in honour
of former ANU Chancellor Dr H.C. "Nugget" Coombs, the
Fellowship embraces opportunities for performing, literary and
visual artists on a three year rotation basis. The Fellowships
are administered by the ANU National Institute of Humanities and
Creative Arts, (NIHCA).
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The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Adam Shoemaker, said Mr
Westlake’s experience would bring a fresh perspective to the ANU
School of Music.
“Nigel Westlake is known around the country for his compositions,
particularly for film, and he is a very worthy appointment to the HC
Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship,” Professor Shoemaker said.
“His skills in performance and composition would be highly prized
in any university in the world and we are privileged to have him join
the ANU for this fellowship.”
Mr Westlake’s music career commenced in 1975, at age 17. He has
played in fusion bands, instrumental groups and as a soloist with orchestras
and classical ensembles around the world.
In addition to writing scores for a range of feature films, his compositions
have also been featured in documentaries and news themes on television.
He has received numerous awards for his compositions including the
Gold Medal at the New York International Radio Festival and several
APRA and Screen Composer Guild awards.
The Head of the ANU School of Music, Gary France said, “It will
be a wonderful experience for School of Music staff and students having
Mr Westlake in residence here. He is one of Australia’s most versatile
musicians, his music being accessible to the listener, yet still most
challenging for the performers.”
As part of his residency Mr Westlake will be composing two new works,
one for the internationally renowned piano soloist Michael Kieran Harvey
and the other for percussion quartet. He will also be presenting a number
of workshops and lectures and conducting the ANU School of Music Symphony
Orchestra performing an all-Westlake program on 16 October 2004.
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