Pre concert talk
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At 5pm on the 14th September in the Manly Municpal Chambers, Andrew Ford will present a pre concert talk about his work as a composer , with special reference to his new song cycle " Domestic Advice" for soprano and piano.
Short biography
Andrew Ford is a composer, writer and broadcaster, and has won awards in all three capacities, including the prestigious Paul Lowin Prize for his song cycle, Learning to Howl. His music has been played throughout Australia and in more than 40 countries around the world. He was Composer-in-residence with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (1992 – 94), held the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer Fellowship from 1998 to 2000 and was awarded a two-year fellowship by the Music Board of the Australia Council for 2005 – 2006.
Beyond composing, Ford has been an academic in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong (1983 – 95). He has written widely on all manner of music and published five books. He wrote, presented and co-produced the radio series Illegal Harmonies, Dots on the Landscape and Music and Fashion. For the past decade, he has presented The Music Show each Saturday morning on ABC Radio National.
(January 2007)