Ian Potter Music Commissions 2009 Fellowsips
Applications for Australia’s largest and most prestigious award for the composition of new Australian music close in just one month.
The Ian Potter Music Commissions seek to draw out Australia’s most promising composers from our rich and diverse pool of electronic, radiophonic, operatic, cinematic and orchestral new music composition talent. Open to established and emerging composers, and granting funds of $80,000 and $20,000 respectively, 2009 will be the final year that the Music Commissions will be offered.
The Judges are seeking composers who demonstrate vision, ambition, creativity and a willingness to extend concepts beyond the parameters of their previous work. The fellowships are open to composers across a variety of music genres from classical to indigenous, through to contemporary and experimental, who show capacity and desire to create significant works.
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is honoured to welcome four of Australia’s pre-eminent music identities to the Music Commissions’ Judging Panel this year: Composer and Musician, Ms Elena Kats-Chernin; Conductor Mr John Hopkins OBE; Composer and Music Director, Dr Richard Mills AM, and Musician, Teacher and Conductor, Professor Barry Tuckwell AC, OBE.
“For any composer, the most precious resource is time. And that is what these Fellowships provide: time to work and explore your craft,” explains Dr Richard Mills. “I am certainly proud to have been a Music Commissions Fellow myself. As a judge this year, I am hoping to see applications that demonstrate a highly developed craft, musical intelligence and inspiration.”
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is very proud of the contribution the biennial Commissions have made to the cultural life of Australia through the professional development of some of the country’s most talented composers and the production of several highly successful works. The list of past Fellows and Grantees, including Elena Kats-Chernin, Liza Lim, Damian Barbeler and Barry Conyngham, reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of Australian composition.
Expressions of Interest for The Ian Potter Music Commissions close 5pm on Monday 15 June, 2009. Successful Fellows will be announced on Thursday 1 October 2009.
http://culturaltrust.ianpotter.org.au
Interview availability: Elena Kats-Chernin, Ian Potter Music Commissions 2009 Judge; Richard Mills, Ian Potter Music Commissions 2009 Judge and 2005 Established Composer Fellowship Winner; Damian Barbeler, 2005 Emerging Composer Fellowship Winner
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