Matthew Dewey
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Matthew Ingvald Dewey (born 1984) is an Australian composer and singer.

General information

Dewey is an Australian composer and singer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans
Douglas Knehans
Douglas 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...

 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...

 and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer Constantine Koukias
Constantine Koukias
Constantine 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...

. His very early years were spent training with the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory in the creation of new musical-theatrical works, and this early exposure led to a career that flourished at an unusually young age. He works mostly in Australian contemporary opera/music-theatre and been involved in the premieres of more than 20 new works as a principal performer and singer, and numerous other productions variously as composer, orchestrator, conductor and compositional assistant. His own works include operas: The Buzz of the Sea, 15 Years on Hold, The Death of Chatterton (about the life of Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. He died of arsenic poisoning, either from a suicide attempt or self-medication for a venereal disease.-Childhood:...

) and The Priest's Passion; various songs including two cycles utilising text of the esteemed ex-pat South African poet Anne Kellas
Anne Kellas
Anne Kellas is a South African poet, reviewer and editor.She was born in Germiston in 1951 in what was then the Transvaal, now Gauteng, in South Africa. Her earliest work appeared in 1968 but she began writing seriously in 1975 when she met up with a group of writers associated with Lionel Abrahams...

: "Isolated States", "Notes for mount Moono" and two song suites based on the work of his brother, Australian poet Nicholas Dewey
Nicholas Dewey
Nicholas Dewey is an Australian poet, from Hobart in Tasmania.-Important works:*Elegy*Compass *15 Years on Hold *Night Dance-References:...

, entitled "Elegy" and "Compass" (The later commissioned and premiered by the Sydney Children's Choir); Chamber works include two pieces written for the Seymour Group: "A Dance on Five Claps" and "Voyage" the later of which was written for the Seymour Group in conjunction with the internationally renowned bass-clarinettist Harry Sparnaay
Harry Sparnaay
Harry Sparnaay is a noted Dutch bass clarinetist, composer, and teacher. He is the most well-known player of new music for the bass clarinet and has won the following: First Prize Gaudeamus Contest , Swedish Record Prize , Bulgarian Composers Union Award , Inaugural Sounds Australian Award ,...

; "Flight and Reverie" which premiered at the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...

 and "Entropic Visions" that was given by Joshua Rubin at the Lincoln Center in New York. Dewey's compositional methodology focuses on the meshing of the natural speech patterns of the English language and his lyrical and iridescent musical voice.

His first symphony
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...

 (for string orchestra) dealt with emotions surrounding the Port Arthur Massacre. The symphony was inspired by Tasmanian playwright Tom Holloway
Tom Holloway
-Education:After attending University in Tasmania, Holloway studied playwriting at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2001, as well as at London's Royal Court Theatre International Playwriting Studio in 2006.-Plays:...

's play Beyond the Neck.

Matthew is also the Founder and Director of the Tasmanian Composers Collective
Tasmanian Composers Collective
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...

 and the Artistic Director of Daylight Robbery Theatricals.

The Buzz of the Sea

An Opera in One Act. Chamber Opera. Libretto by Alexander Dick
Alexander Dick
Alexander Williamson "Alec" Dick is an Australian cricketer who played one match for Western Australia in 1949. He played his only match against Victoria, scoring a duck batting at number eight in the first innings and eight runs batting at number nine in the second innings...

. (Concert Premiere December 2008 @ Meadowbank Estate Winery, Hobart. Featuring Michael Lampard
Michael Lampard
Michael Robert Garth Lampard is a Tasmanian opera singer, conductor and composer born in Hobart.-Education and Early Acclaim:...

 (Baritone) and Karen Smithies
Karen Smithies
Karen Smithies is a former England cricketer who played 15 women's Test matches and 69 women's one-day internationals and including the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup triumph in England.-References:...

 (Piano)). 25'00"

15 Years on Hold

An Opera in One Act. Chamber Opera. Libretto by Matthew Dewey, Nicholas Dewey
Nicholas Dewey
Nicholas Dewey is an Australian poet, from Hobart in Tasmania.-Important works:*Elegy*Compass *15 Years on Hold *Night Dance-References:...

 and Alexander Dick
Alexander Dick
Alexander Williamson "Alec" Dick is an Australian cricketer who played one match for Western Australia in 1949. He played his only match against Victoria, scoring a duck batting at number eight in the first innings and eight runs batting at number nine in the second innings...

, based on a concept by Matthew Dewey. (Premiere 4 April 2007 @ Playhouse Theatre, Hobart by Daylight Robbery Theatricals, Auspiced by IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
IHOS Music Theatre and Opera is a Tasmanian opera company was established in Hobart in 1990, by composer and artistic director Constantine Koukias, and production director Werner Ihlenfeld to create original music-theatre and opera works.-Major repertoire:...

. Conducted and Directed by composer, Assistant Director Craig Wood
Craig Wood
Craig Wood may refer to:*Craig Wood , professional golfer*Craig Wood , guitarist for Avril Lavigne*Craig Wood , Tasmanian singer and composer*Craig Wood , film editor...

, Featuring Michael Lampard
Michael Lampard
Michael Robert Garth Lampard is a Tasmanian opera singer, conductor and composer born in Hobart.-Education and Early Acclaim:...

 (Baritone), Craig Wood
Craig Wood
Craig Wood may refer to:*Craig Wood , professional golfer*Craig Wood , guitarist for Avril Lavigne*Craig Wood , Tasmanian singer and composer*Craig Wood , film editor...

 (Baritone), Rainor Trippet (Spoken), Rupert Brennen (Spoken) and Charlea Edwards (Spoken). 40'00"

The Death of Chatterton

A Mythography in One Act for One Man. Libretto by composer on a concept 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...

, exploring the life of English poet and prodigy Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. He died of arsenic poisoning, either from a suicide attempt or self-medication for a venereal disease.-Childhood:...

. (Workshop premiere @ Mount Nelson Studio Theatre, Hobart by IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
IHOS Music Theatre and Opera is a Tasmanian opera company was established in Hobart in 1990, by composer and artistic director Constantine Koukias, and production director Werner Ihlenfeld to create original music-theatre and opera works.-Major repertoire:...

, Conducted by composer, 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...

, Performed by Christopher Richardson (Baritone) in September 2005; Recorded for ABC Classic FM by Brooke Green and broadcast in 2006). (Workshop Duration) 35'00"

The Priest's Passion

A One-Scene Chamber Opera. Libretto by composer. (Premiered @ Studio Theatre, Hobart by IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory w/ Tasmanian Conservatorium, Conducted by Jean-Louis Forestier, 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...

 in September 2004; Recorded for ABC Classic FM by Brooke Green for subsequent broadcast). 20'00"
Symphony No. 1 (Port Arthur, 1996)

For String Orchestra. (Commissioned by Damien Holloway. Premiered @ Hobart Town Hall, by the Hobart Chamber Orchestra
Hobart Chamber Orchestra
www.hco.org.auThe Hobart Chamber Orchestra is a chamber orchestra based in Hobart, Tasmania. HCO was formed by a group of Hobart string players and conductor Reg Chapman in 1987. Annual programming of at least four concerts provides performance opportunities for student musicians, musicians...

 Conducted by Edwin Paling 17 May 2008. (3 Movements) 21'00"
Orchestral Suite No.1

(Premiered by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Alexey Osetrov, 2009. (3 Movements) 16'30"

Operatic roles premiered

  • "Principal Bass" in Australasian premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox
    Hydrogen Jukebox
    Hydrogen Jukebox is a phrase coined by beat poet Allen Ginsberg, from his poem Howl.It is also the name of a chamber opera featuring the music of Philip Glass and the poetry of Ginsberg.-History:Of the project, Glass said:...

     by Phillip Glass
  • "Archondas" in Australasian premiere of O Protomastoras (The Masterbuilder) by Manolis Kalomiris
    Manolis Kalomiris
    Manolis Kalomiris ), was a Greek classical composer. He was the founder of the Greek National School of Music.-Biography:Born in Smyrna, he attended school in Constantinople and studied piano and composition in Vienna. After working for a few years as a piano teacher in Kharkov he settled in...

  • "Caretaker" in world premiere of Touch Wood by Claudio Pompili
  • "Head Corporate" in world premiere of Slip – Synthetic Spaces by Hugh Covill
  • "Arturas" in world premiere workshop of ”Olegas” by Constantine Koukias
    Constantine Koukias
    Constantine 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...

  • "George Westinghouse" in Tesla – Lightning in His Hand (World premiere of Tesla-Suite version) by Constantine Koukias
    Constantine Koukias
    Constantine 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...

  • "Principal Singer" in world premiere of Da Ponte in Absentia by Constantine Koukias
    Constantine Koukias
    Constantine 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...

  • "Principal Male Performer" in world premiere of ”As if Electronically Controlled” by Christopher Williams
  • "Bee Keeper" in world premiere of Spirits of the Hoist by Constantine Koukias
    Constantine Koukias
    Constantine 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...

  • "Friend" in world premiere of The Fall of the House of Usher by Maria Grenfell
    Maria 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...

  • "Bass" (Trio of the Moon) in world premiere of A Lizard Between her Breasts by Raffaele Marcellino

Awards and scholarships

International Arts Mentorship (Foundation for Young Australians and Ars Musica Australis 2006)

IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
IHOS Music Theatre and Opera
IHOS Music Theatre and Opera is a Tasmanian opera company was established in Hobart in 1990, by composer and artistic director Constantine Koukias, and production director Werner Ihlenfeld to create original music-theatre and opera works.-Major repertoire:...

 Young Artist Bursary (IHOS 2004)

Hobart City Council 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...

 Scholarship for Music Composition (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...

2003)

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