Tasmanian Composers Collective
Encyclopedia
The Tasmanian Composers Collective is the representative body for Composers born or living in Tasmania
, Australia
. It was founded in 2005 by Tasmanian composer and singer Matthew Dewey
with the funding support of the Foundation for Young Australians. The Patron of the Tasmanian Composers Collective is Tasmanian composer Don Kay
AM
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Key:
* = Australian composers living and working in Tasmania but not of Tasmanian Origin.
** = Composers living and working in Tasmania but not of Australian origin.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
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...
. It was founded in 2005 by Tasmanian composer and singer Matthew Dewey
Matthew Dewey
Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...
with the funding support of the Foundation for Young Australians. The Patron of the Tasmanian Composers Collective is Tasmanian composer Don Kay
Don Kay (composer)
Donald Henry Kay AM is an Australian classical composer.Don Kay attained a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne after which he taught music at Colac High School, Victoria, 1957-59. He then went on to teach music at Peckham Manor Comprehensive School for Boys, London, UK 1959-64...
AM
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
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Composers
- Don KayDon Kay (composer)Donald Henry Kay AM is an Australian classical composer.Don Kay attained a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Melbourne after which he taught music at Colac High School, Victoria, 1957-59. He then went on to teach music at Peckham Manor Comprehensive School for Boys, London, UK 1959-64...
- Patron of the TCC - Constantine KoukiasConstantine KoukiasConstantine Koukias is a Greek-Australian composer and flautist.He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of IHOS Music Theatre and Opera, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is well known for his innovative work in contemporary opera and other forms...
* - Craig Wood
- Douglas KnehansDouglas KnehansDouglas Knehans is an Australian/American composer and academic.Between 2008 and 2010 he was Dean of the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.-External links:* ²* ¹...
** - Ian CresswellIan CresswellIan Cresswell is an Australian 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...
- Katherine Parker
- Maria GrenfellMaria Grenfell-General information:Maria Grenfell was born in Malaysia in 1969 and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, graduating with a Master of Music degree from the University of Canterbury...
** - Matthew Benjamin Sibson
- Matthew DeweyMatthew DeweyMatthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian composer and singer.-General information:Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer...
- Michael LampardMichael LampardMichael Robert Garth Lampard is a Tasmanian opera singer, conductor and composer born in Hobart.-Education and Early Acclaim:...
- Peter Billam**
- Peter SculthorpePeter SculthorpePeter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE is an Australian composer. Much of his music has resulted from an interest in the music of Australia's neighbours as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of native Australian music with that of the heritage of the West...
- Russell Gilmour*
- Simon Reade
- Thanapoom SirichangThanapoom SirichangThanapoom Sirichang was born in the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand. He began his music study at the age of eight by joining the Prince Royals College Ensemble. He studied music with Gain Tepparat and Yutthapol Sakthamjareon until he finished college in 1998...
** - Tom VincentTom VincentTom Vincent is an American comic book artist and colorist/painter. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on the Silver Surfer , which he colored from 1989-1995....
- Michael Sydney Jones
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External links
- Tasmanian Composers Collective on Theatre Australia
- Matthew Dewey personal web-site
- Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra