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The Cybec Foundation

MSO 21st Century Composers' Program

  

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2006

2007

The Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers' Program is organised and run by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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The program is advertised annually, and several young composers are selected to take part in the program. Each composer is commissioned to compose a 10-minute piece, which is publicly performed by the Orchestra during the Metropolis Concert Series. Each composer is mentored by an established Australian composer during the composition period.

The program was introduced in 2003. The following composers have participated in the program:

 

 

2003

 Roxanne Della-Bosca: Zden: Fanfare for Self
  Alicia Grant: Cross Currents
 

Peter McNamara: Die Nacht fällt
 

Anthony Pateras: Chromatophore for 8 amplified strings

 

2004

Taran Carter: Moondani Music
 

Daniel Rojas: Festival AfroAndino

 

2005

Tristan Coelho: Glass Canvas

 

Cyrus Meurant: Tableaux

 

Nicholas Ng: Secret of the Golden Flower: Spirals

 

Natalie Williams: Four portraits of Scheherazade. A musical impression of three poems by Kate Middleton

 

Tristan Coelho, Natalie Williams & Nicholas Ng (2005)

The Cybec 21st Century Composers team 2005

Conductor Martyn Brabbins, Composer Tristan Coelho, Poet Kate Middleton, Composer Natalie Williams, Composer Nicholas Ng, Performer Warwick Lynch

Natalie Williams' work was inspired by Kate Middleton's poems, and Warwick Lynch produced special sound effects for Nicholas Ng. (Cyrus Meurant was unable to be present.)

2006

Adrian Mansukhani Within Shadows of Light
 

James Wade Te Matua Ngahere

 

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Anne Cawrse & Julian Langdon (2007)

Adrian Mansukhani & James Wade (2006)

The following composers completed the 2007 program:

2007

Anne Cawrse

 

Julian Langdon

 

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The following composers have been selected for the 2008 program:

2008

Paul Castles
 

Robert Dahm
 

Nicole Murphy

 

James Rushford

 

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