Paul Stanhope is an Australian

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, conductor and

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, known for his choral and instrumental music.

Early life and education

Stanhope was a student of Andrew Ford,

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and

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, and received the Charles Mackerras Scholarship to study at the

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in London in 2000.

Composition

In May 2004, he won first place at the

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for his work ''Fantasia on a Theme by Vaughan Williams,'' and in 2010 was featured composer for

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, resulting in the following report from artistic director

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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.

In 2011 Stanhope was awarded two APRA

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awards 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. In 2013 and 2014 he was the first composer to receive a

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. 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.

Conducting and teaching

Stanhope has held the post of musical director with the

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, and guest conductor of Gondwana Voices/Sydney Children's Choir, and since 2014 has been the artistic chair of the

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. he is associate professor of composition at the

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, and artistic director of choral programs at the

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Awards and nominations

APRA AMC Art Music Awards

Since 2003

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(Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) combined with AMC (

) to present the Classical Music Awards at an annual ceremony. In 2011 they were re-branded as the Art Music Awards. ! , - ,

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and

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's ''Deserts of Exile'' (Stanhope,

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Jane Sheldon Jane Sheldon is a Sydney-born Australian soprano, largely based in New York City. She was nominated for the 2013 ARIA Award for ARIA Award for Best Classical Album, Best Classical Album for the album ''North + South'' which was recorded with Genev ...

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and Stanhope's ''Osanna Mass'' (

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, Brett Weymark, Simon Lobelson, Yilimbirri Ensemble, Gondwana Choirs and

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, Joshua Davis,

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and Asher Fisch's "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" (Stanhope) , Orchestral Work of the Year , ,
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, Gondwana Choirs, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Valla Voices, Hunter Singers, Resonance and Lyn Williams' ''I Am Martuwarra'' (Stanhope, Steve Hawke) , Work of the Year: Choral , , , - , rowspan="2",

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, Sydney Chamber Choir's ''Requiem'' (Stanhope,

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, Neela Nath Das, Mary Elizabeth Frye,

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Other awards

* 2004 Winner, Toru Takemitsu Composition Award: ''Fantasia on a theme of Vaughan Williams'' * 2010 First Prize, Albert H Maggs Composition Award

References

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