Thomas Meadowcroft
Thomas Meadowcroft (born August 28, 1972 in Canberra ) is an Australian composer who has lived in Berlin since 1998.
Life and work
Meadowcroft grew up in Toowoomba , Australia. From 1994 to 1998 he took composition lessons from George Crumb at the University of Pennsylvania and from Brian Ferneyhough at the University of California , San Diego. Concerts and performances with Alex Waterman , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Christian Dierstein , ensemble recherche , Les Percussions de Strasbourg , Speak Percussion (Melbourne), SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart , SWR Sinfonieorchester , Third Coast Percussion (Chicago) and Yarn / Wire (NYC) ).
In 2013 and 2016 Meadowcroft made radio plays on aspects of Australian regional culture for Deutschlandradio Kultur and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
In 2015 he created the orchestration and arrangements for the opera Von one who moved out because he could no longer afford the rent (by René Pollesch and Dirk von Lowtzow ), which premiered at the Volksbühne Berlin .
Awards
- 2005: Scholarship from the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris
- 2005: Scholarship from Villa Aurora in Los Angeles
- 2007: Scholarship from Peggy Glanville-Hicks House in Sydney
Works (selection)
- The News In Music (Tabloid Lament) , for orchestra (2017)
- Moving Homes , Hörstuck (2016)
- Medieval Rococo , for ensemble (2016)
- Eremozoic Age Lovers , for choir and Farfisa organ, with texts by Edward O. Wilson (2014)
- Song Buslines , Hörstuck (2013)
- Walkman Antiquarian , for piano, sampler and percussion (2013)
- Peacemaker Tattoo , for orchestra and Revox tape recorder (2011)
- The Great Knot , for percussion trio (2011)
- Ezra Jack Plot , for ensemble and video stills from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (2007)
- Pretty Lightweight , for flute, viola, violoncello and canned laughs (2001)
- Home Organs , for percussion sextet (2000)
Web links
- Official Thomas Meadowcroft website
- Thomas Meadowcroft's homepage at Australian Music Center
- Thomas Meadowcroft's radio plays at sonosphere.org
- Interview with Thomas Meadowcroft about his piece 'The News in Music (Tabloid Lament)'
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] accessed on February 18, 2018
- ↑ [2] accessed on February 18, 2018
- ↑ [3] accessed on February 18, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meadowcroft, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canberra |