Ian Cresswell
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Ian Cresswell is an Australia
n composer
born in 1968. He obtained Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University
in 1996 and Master of Music at the University of Queensland
in 2002. Cresswell is currently doing postgraduate studies at the Conservatorium of Music
at the University of Tasmania
.
Cresswell has won a number of prizes for composition including the Harrold Allen Memorial Prize for Composition and the Australian-Franco composition competition for young composers. In 2003, Cresswell was one of the composers featured in an exhibition called The Thrill of the New. In 2004, his short piece Blood Lights (directed by Robert Jarman
) made its debut at the University of Tasmania produced by the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory. It featured projection and complex harmonies to portray the disintegration of a mind.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
born in 1968. He obtained Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
in 1996 and Master of Music at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
in 2002. Cresswell is currently doing postgraduate studies at the Conservatorium of Music
Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music forms part of the faculty of Arts at the University of Tasmania. It is a music training institution with courses and specializations in classical and contemporary music, music education, technology and composition....
at the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
.
Cresswell has won a number of prizes for composition including the Harrold Allen Memorial Prize for Composition and the Australian-Franco composition competition for young composers. In 2003, Cresswell was one of the composers featured in an exhibition called The Thrill of the New. In 2004, his short piece Blood Lights (directed by Robert Jarman
Robert Jarman
Robert Jarman is a theater director and writer based in Hobart, Tasmania.-Education:His initial study was at the University of Sydney where he participated extensively with the University Theatre Society, performing, writing and directing shows varying in style from Shakespeare to experimental...
) made its debut at the University of Tasmania produced by the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory. It featured projection and complex harmonies to portray the disintegration of a mind.
External references
- Ian Cresswell page at the Tasmanian Composers Collective
- IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
- Australasian Performing Right Association