The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury CBE, tours to Sydney in July under the auspices of Music Viva. Sixteen boy choristers, fifteen choral scholars and two organ scholars will perform two programmes under the direction of Stephen Cleobury CBE, the Choir’s Director of Music since 1982. One programme is devised for…
The winners of the prestigious 2013 Paul Lowin Prizes were announced at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night, 28th October. Elliot Gyger won the $15,000 purse in the Song Cycle category for giving voice (2012), a cycle of eight songs for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, based on Australian female poets’ words about early childhood…
The coveted Paul Lowin Prizes are being awarded again in 2013, and the winners will be announced in Sydney, on Monday October 28th, 2013. Presented by the Paul Lowin Trust and the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the awards are among Australia’s richest prizes for composition, with an Orchestral Prize of $25,000 and a Song Cycle Prize of…