The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the

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, one of the fiv
Arts Fellowships
at the university. It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand and is currently the only position of its kind; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers. The current Mozart Fellow is Kenneth Young (until January 2022).

History

The Fellowship was established in 1969 and the first appointed Mozart Fellow was Anthony Watson. It is awarded for a 12-month period, and no composer may hold the Fellowship for more than two years. Composers are also expected to spend the majority of their time based in Dunedin. The appointed composer is paid a stipend which allows him or her to live and are given the freedom to work on projects of their own choice, although traditionally many recipients of the award have written compositions for performers within the University's Music Department or the city's

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Dunedin Symphony. A reunion of past and present fellowship holders was held at the university in 2007.

List of Mozart Fellows

* 1970–71 Anthony Watson * 1972 John Rimmer * 1973–74 Edwin Carr * 1975 Larry Pruden * 1976–77 Gillian Bibby * 1980 Chris Cree Brown * 1981 John Elmsly * 1983 Chris Cree Brown * 1984 Jonathan Besser * 1985 Kim Dyett * 1986–87

Nigel Keay Nigel Keay (born 1955) is a New Zealand composer. He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher. Nigel Keay has held the following composer residencies: Mozart Fellowship, University of Otago 1986 ...

* 1988–89 Anthony Ritchie * 1990–91 Martin Lodge * 1992

Gillian Whitehead Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 23 April 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing. Early life Whitehead was born in Hamilton in 1941. ...

and Bruce Crossman * 1993

Helen Bowater Helen Bowater (b. 16 Nov 1952) is a New Zealand composer. She was born in Wellington into a musical family, and studied piano and violin with Gwyneth Brown. In 1982 she graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in music history and ethnomusicolo ...

* 1994–95 Christopher Marshall * 1996 Cheryl Camm * 1997 Jason Kaminski * 1998 Paul Booth * 1999 Harold Anderson * 2000 Ross Carey * 2001 Alison Isadora * 2002 Michael Norris * 2003–04 Noel Sanders * 2005–06 Rachel Clement * 2007 Neville Copland * 2008–09 Chris Watson * 2010–11 Chris Adams * 2012 Robbie Ellis * 2013 Samuel Holloway * 2014–15 Jeremy Mayall * 2016-17 Chris Gendall * 2018-19

Dylan Lardelli Dylan Lardelli (born 1979) is a New Zealand composer and guitarist. He is of Māori Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent. Early life Lardelli was born in Wellington in 1979 of Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent. He attended school in Haw ...

, * 2020-21 Kenneth Young, {{Div col end

References

External links

University of Otago Mozart Fellowship page
Awards and prizes of the University of Otago Classical music awards 1969 establishments in New Zealand

History

List of Mozart Fellows

See also

References

External links