Mozart Fellowship
Encyclopedia
The Mozart Fellowship is a 12-month composer
residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago
. It may be awarded for a second time only to any one composer
. The Fellowship was established in 1969 and the first appointed Mozart Fellow was Anthony Watson who held the position for two years (1970 & 1971).
The fellowship is New Zealand
's premier compositional residency; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers.
The appointed composer
is paid a stipend which allows him or her to live and work on projects of their own choice, although traditionally many recipients of the award have written compositions for performers within the University's Music Department or the city's orchestra
the Southern Sinfonia (formerly the Dunedin Sinfonia).
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...
residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
. It may be awarded for a second time only to any one 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...
. The Fellowship was established in 1969 and the first appointed Mozart Fellow was Anthony Watson who held the position for two years (1970 & 1971).
The fellowship is New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's premier compositional residency; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers.
The appointed 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...
is paid a stipend which allows him or her to live and work on projects of their own choice, although traditionally many recipients of the award have written compositions for performers within the University's Music Department or the city's orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
the Southern Sinfonia (formerly the Dunedin Sinfonia).
Incomplete list of Mozart Fellows
- 1970-1971 Anthony Watson
- 1972 John Rimmer
- 1973-1974 Edwin CarrEdwin Carr (composer)Edwin Carr was a composer of classical music from New Zealand.-Biography:Edwin Carr was born in Auckland and was educated at Otago Boys' High School from 1940 to 1943. He studied music at Otago University from 1944-5 and Auckland University College from 1946, then left with his degree unfinished...
- 1975 Larry Pruden
- 1976-1977 Gillian Bibby
- 1980 Chris Cree Brown
- 1983 Chris Cree Brown
- 1984 Jonathan Besser
- 1985 Kim Dyett
- 1986-1987 Nigel KeayNigel KeayNigel Keay was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1955. He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher...
- 1988-1989 Anthony RitchieAnthony RitchieAnthony Ritchie is one of New Zealand's most prolific composers. His works number over a hundred, and include three symphonies, two operas, seven concertos, choral works, chamber music and solo works....
- 1990-1991 Martin Lodge
- 1992 Gillian WhiteheadGillian WhiteheadDame Gillian Karawe Whitehead, DNZM is a New Zealand composer.She studied at the University of Auckland from 1959–62, and Victoria University of Wellington in 1963, graduating BMus Hons in 1964. She then studied composition at the University of Sydney with Peter Sculthorpe from...
and Bruce Crossman - 1993 Helen Bowater
- 1994-1995 Christopher Marshall
- 1996 Cheryl Camm
- 1997 Jason Kaminski
- 1998 Paul Booth
- 1999 Harold Anderson
- 2000 Ross Carey
- 2001 Alison Isadora
- 2002 Michael Norris
- 2003-2004 Noel Sanders
- 2005-2006 Rachel Clement
- 2007 Neville Copland
- 2008-2009 Chris Watson
- 2010-2011 Chris Adams
- 2012- Robbie Ellis