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Artist website: http://www.andrewschultz.net
Andrew Schultz was born in Adelaide in 1960 and grew up in regional NSW and Victoria before his family moved to Brisbane, where he completed school. He studied at the Universities of Queensland, Pennsylvania and King's College London where his teachers and mentors included Colin Brumby, George Crumb, David Lumsdaine and Luciano Berio. He has been the recipient of various awards in Australia and overseas, including Australia Council Fellowships, Fulbright Award, Commonwealth Scholarship, Paul Lowin Prize, Schueler Composition Award, Maggs Award and the APRA Award for Contemporary Classical Composition of the Year.
Andrew Schultz has written in most genres including large-scale symphonic and dramatic works. His orchestral music includes three symphonies. Symphony No. 1 In tempore stellae (1998) was premiered by the Melbourne Symphony and Chorale; Symphony No. 2 Ghosts of Reason (2008) by the Adelaide Symphony; and, Symphony No 3 Century (2012) was commissioned for the Canberra Symphony by the ACT Government for the Centenary of Canberra in 2013. Other orchestral works include The Devil's Music (1992) and Diver's Lament (1996) commissioned by the Sydney Symphony, Falling Man/Dancing Man (2005) commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony, Once upon a time… (2006) commissioned by the Queensland Symphony, and Endling (2007) commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony. The acclaimed symphonic cantata Journey to Horseshoe Bend (2002-03, libretto by Gordon Kalton Williams after TGH Strehlow) was commissioned by Symphony Australia for the Sydney Symphony and Philharmonia Choirs.
Andrew Schultz has held posts and residencies including Head of Composition and Music Studies at the Guildhall School of Music, London and Professor of Composition and Dean of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong. He is currently Professor of Music and Head of the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has also served as Chair of the Arts NSW Music Committee, Chair of the Australian Music Centre Board, Editor of the Biographical Directory of Australian Composers and a tutor for the Australian Composers' Orchestral Forum and the Australian Composers' School.
Andrew Schultz — current to February 2013
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