Paul Stanhope

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Paul Stanhope (born 1969 in Wollongong, Australia) is an acclaimed Australian composer, conductor and music educator, known for his choral and instrumental music.

Stanhope was a student of Andrew Ford, Andrew Schultz and Peter Sculthorpe, and received the Charles Mackerras Scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music in London in 2000.[1]

Composition[]

In May 2004, he won first place at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award for his work Fantasia on a Theme by Vaughan Williams,[2] and in 2010 was featured composer for Musica Viva,[3] resulting in the following report from Artistic Director, Carl Vine:

Paul Stanhope’s contribution as Featured Composer for the 2010 Season set a new benchmark, with every one of his works standing proudly alongside the finest chamber music presented by our touring artists. His music left a powerful and enduring impression upon the year’s concerts, drawing liberal praise from an unprecedented number of our patrons.[3]

In 2011 Stanhope was awarded two APRA Australian Music Centre prizes for the instrumental work of the year. In 2018 he was awarded the orchestral work of the year, and won again in 2017 and 2020.[1] In 2013 and 2014 he was the first composer to receive a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship.[4]

A commissioned music-drama for large choir and orchestra premiered in 2014 titled Jandamarra: Sing for the Country, based on the life of a North resistance hero of the Bunuba nation of Western Australia. Jandamarra has been recognised as "a milestone in Australian composition".[4]

Conducting and teaching[]

Stanhope is Associate Professor of composition at the University of Sydney, and Artistic Director of choral programs at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[1] He has held the post of Musical Director with the Sydney Chamber Choir,[5] and guest conductor of Gondwana Voices/Sydney Children's Choir,[6] and since 2014 has been the Artistic Chair of the Australia Ensemble at UNSW.[4]

Awards[]

  • 2020 Winner, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Choral: I am Martuwarra
  • 2018 Winner, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Orchestral: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
  • 2017 Finalist, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Vocal/Choral: Agnus Dei
  • 2015 Finalist, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Orchestral: Jandamarra: Sing for the Country
  • 2012 Finalist, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Instrumental: Qinoth
  • 2011 Winner, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Instrumental: String quartet No. 2
  • 2011 Winner, Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Vocal/Choral: Deserts of exil
  • 2010 First Prize, Albert H Maggs Composition Award
  • 2004 Winner, Toru Takemitsu Composition Award: Fantasia on a theme of Vaughan Williams

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Associate Professor Paul Stanhope". The University of Sydney Staff Profile. Retrieved 2021-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Results of Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2004 [Judge: Magnus Lindberg]". Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. ^ a b Musica Viva Annual Report 2010 (PDF). Musica Viva. 2010. p. 6.
  4. ^ a b c "Paul Stanhope : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  5. ^ "A Weird and Wonderful Conversation". Australia Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  6. ^ "Paul Stanhope". Gondwana Choirs. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
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