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Peggy Glanville-Hicks lived in the Composers House until her death in 1991. Since the house was opened again in 1993, seventeen more musicians have sought a "haven" within its walls and through their creations grace Peggy Glanville-Hicks' memory and Australian music.

	2008 Mary-Anne Kyriakou
	Since 2003 Mary-Anne has been using her skills in both lighting design and music in 'Atmospheres' - a project that she describes as 'an exploration of the ethereal qualities of light and music compositions through the theme of sustainable design.' During the period of her Fellowship she will be applying 'Atmospheres' in a very large scale multi-disciplinary project called the Smart Light Sydney Festival using light, design and, of course, music. Mary-Anne is the director of the Festival, and will be both commissioning and writing new compositions for it. She will also be composing three works for performance at 72 Erskine where she is presently Artist in Residence Residency: May 2008 - June 2009 MAK Productions
	2007-2008 Thomas Meadowcroft Projects while in residency: Monaro Study For two clarinets with recordings from a Holden V2 Monaro automobile, to be premiered by ELISION ensemble in August 2008. The source material, that is the recordings of the Monaro, were made using my cousin's V2 at Jimbour, Queensland. Perseverance Dam For semi-acoustic guitar, bass clarinet, accordion and samples, was premiered at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlin by Seth Josel, Christine Paté and Matthias Badczong on 5 December 2007, and was commissioned by Initiative Neue Musik Berlin. The Hotel Scratchings (Tote Hotel Scratchings, Gowrie Road Hotel Scratchings etc.) Work in progress for processed organs. 'The Tote Hotel Scratchings' is the material collected from a performance at The Tote Hotel on 28 March 2007 as part of MIBEM (Melbourne International Biennale of Exploratory Music).
	Residency: October 2007 - March 2008 plainsound.org
	2007 Damien Ricketson
	Residency: December, 2006 - September, 2007 curiousnoise.com

	2006 Brian Howard
	Residency: September - December, 2006 AMC Entry

	2005 - 2006 Thomas Fitzgerald Works written while in residence: Slowdown a little . . Shimmering Distant Early Warnings String Quartet Shower Songs Incidental Music for 3 poems by Adrian Robinson P G-H Composers' House Occasions Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers' House salons The Salons were held by Thomas Fitzgerald to promote awareness of the House within the neighbourhood. The salons featured work composed during Thomas' residence, including 'Incidental music for Three Poems by Adrian Robinson' performed by composer & poet & excerpts from the sound art work, 'Shower Songs' Salon Photographs Creative Spirits Concert..... a celebration of a dream..... The final concert of Thomas Fitzgerald's residency as a fellow of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers' House, celebrated the vision of Peggy Glanville-Hicks for a vibrant Australian creative community. Concert Photographs
	Residency: April 2005 - August, 2006 Photograph: Mayu Kanamori thomasfitzgerald.tv

	2003 – 2005 Mary Finsterer
	Llumin Residency: March 2003 – March 2005 Photograph: Dean Golja

	2001 – 2002 Paul Stanhope Works written while in residence: Ockham's Razor for Saxophone Quartet (2001) for Continuum Sax Groundswell for orchestra (2002) for Sydney Sinfonia. Shards, Chorales and Dances for guitar, clarinet & string trio (2002) for Ensemble 24 & Karin Schaupp. The Burning Bush for sax, violin, viola, bass, piano and sampler (2002) for Topology Missa Brevis for SATB choir, revision of a student work
	Residency: October 2001 – December 2002 Photograph: Bridget Elliot paulstanhope.com

	2000 – 2001 Matthew Hindson Works written while in residence: Violin Concerto: Australian Postcards for violin and orchestra commissioned by Ars Musica Australis Heartland for massed choir and two pianos commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir The Rave and the Nightingale for string quartet and string orchestra commissioned by Symphony Australia for the Goldner String Quartet and the Queensland Orchestra
	Residency: November 2000 – September 2001 hindson.com.au

	2000 Robert Griffin Morgan
	Residency: 1st February 2000 – 30 September 2000 scientific-reasoning.com/tonepoet

	1998 – 2000 Andrew Ford Works written while in residence: The Unquiet Grave for viola and chamber orchestra (1998) 17 mins Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra. Work begun prior to taking up residence, completed during first month in PGH. First performance by Patricia Pollett and Biennial Sinfonietta, conducted by James MacMillan, July 1999, Queensland Art Gallery. Subsequently ABC’s entry in UNESCO Paris Rostrum. Waltz for Jasper (from The Waltz Book) (1998) 1 min The first of 60 waltzes commissioned by Ian Munro with financial assistance from the Australia Council. The project will last till 2002 and win that year’s Jean Bogan award (see below). First performance by Ian Munro, Dartington Summer School, UK, August 1998. Tattoo for 12 timpani and four pianos (1998) 20 mins Commissioned by Sydney Spring. First performance by Sprung Percussion, conducted by Daryl Pratt, Eugene Goossens Hall, August 1998. Winner of Sydney Spring – Marienberg Award for Most Outstanding Work of 1998 Sydney Spring Festival. Icarus drowning for 9 players (1998) 18 mins Commissioned by Kowmung Festival. First performed by Kowmung Festival Ensemble, conducted by AF, Abercrombie Caves, March 1999. Subsequently recorded for Tall Poppies (TP150). On Sydney Morning Herald’s list of outstanding CDs of the year, December 2001. Nightmare (from The Waltz Book) (1998) 1 min And now for high voice and piano (1998) 2 mins Song, words by Cathryn Strickland. Originally from a sketch for Night and Dreams. First performed by Gerald English and Ian Munro, November 1998. Blue Waltz (from The Waltz Book) (1998) 1 min Hymn to the Sun (after Mesomedes of Crete) (1999) 2 mins. Dedicated to the memory of Peggy Glanville-Hicks. First performed by Kowmung Festival Ensemble, Abercrombie Caves, March 1999. Subsequently recorded for Tall Poppies records (TP150). Estampie (after anon English 13th cent), for clarinet, harp, string quartet and djembe. First performed by Kowmung Festival Ensemble, Abercrombie Caves, March 1999 Blue Poles (from Manhattan Epiphanies) (1999) 5 mins Motherwell at the Guggenheim (from Manhattan Epiphanies) (1999) 6 mins. Completion of five-movement work for Australian Chamber Orchestra. Blue Poles first performed by Canberra School of Music Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Tor Fromyhr, National Gallery of Australia, October 2002. The Furry Dance for orchestra (1999) 7 mins. Commissioned by Canberra Symphony Orchestra. First performed by CSO, conducted by Stephen Barlow, Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, September 1999. Night and Dreams: the death of Sigmund Freud (1999) 60 mins. Music-theatre work for tenor Gerald English and pre-recorded tape (produced in conjunction with The Listening Room, ABC Classic FM). Commissioned by Major Festivals Funding Initiative with assistance from the Australia Council. First performances at Adelaide Festival 2000. Subsequent seasons at Sydney Festival (2001) and Melbourne Festival (2001). Invocation I (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min It’s dark in Helsinki (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min Epiphany (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min Prelude (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min Peggy’s Waltz (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min Invocation III (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min Invocation II (from The Waltz Book) (1999) 1 min First complete performance of The Waltz Book by Ian Munro at Recital Hall, Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, March 2003. Awarded Jean Bogan Memorial Prize, 2002. Four Winds (new version) for sax quartet (1984/2000) 10 mins Winterreise for sleigh bells (one player) (2000) 2 mins First performance by Peter Neville, Rechabite Hall, Melbourne, November 2000 I also revised a number of pieces, though none as substantially as Four Winds (see above). Nevertheless, the choral arrangement of Beautiful Dreamer was revised in 1998. A Martian Sends a Postcard Home, Est il paradis?, A Terrible Whiteness and Five Cabaret Songs were all revised in 1999. Learning to Howl, though not commissioned until 2000 and not composed until 2001, was substantially planned in 1999 at the PGH House. Harbour CD was a major recording project of 1998. Released January 1999 on Tall Poppies (TP128). It comprised ten works, including ‘And now’ (see above). Composer's notes, February 2004 Recollections of The Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers' House
	Residency: 17 March 1998 – 21 January 2000 photograph: Jim Rolan andrewford.net.au

	1997 - 1998 Marshall McGuire Marshall McGuire's fellowship was to allow him to work on editions of a number of Glanville-Hicks' pieces Works written while in residence: Transcription of Anne Boyd’s Goldfish through Summer Rain for shakuhachi and harp June 1997 Works commissioned while in residence: Corriente for solo harp Damien Ricketson - first performed at Sydney Conservatorium of Music 11 August 1997 The Lair of Sweet Caterpillar Blossoms for solo harp Carlo Giacco - first performed Sydney Conservatorium of Music 11 August 1997 recorded by Marshall McGuire for ABC Classics Thinking, Beginning for solo harp - Matthew Shlomowitz Harpoon for solo harp - Robert Smith The Arch Window for solo harp - Paul Stanhope Agité V - Brendan Colbert n-trance - Matthew Hindson
	Residency: 4 June 1997 - 16 March 1998 photograph: J Mueller marshallmcguire.com

	1997 Michael Whiticker
	Residency: 1997 Web Site

	1996 Elena Kats-Chermin Works written while in residence: Twenty-five measures : for clarinet in B flat "For Peter Jenkin" Children’s Chamber for trombone and piano performed at New Music Tasmania Festival April 1996 Children’s Chamber II for violin and piano performed by Lisa Moore and Nicholas Morton New York June 1996 Wild Rice for solo cello recorded by David Pereira for Uluru CD Tall Poppies June 1996 Gypsy Ramble for viola, cello and piano performed by Perihelion August 1996 Doo for mixed choirs, children’s choir and vocal sextet performed by Sydney Children’s Choir, Philharmonia Choir, Australian Voices, The Song Company, World Choral Symposium Sydney Opera House August 1996 Charleston Noir for piano solo Awarded the Jean Bogan Prize August 1996 Charleston Noir for double bass quartet August 1996 Peggy’s Rag; Rug Rag; Russian Rag II; Removalist Rag August-September 1996 Fantasy on an Anthem for piano and orchestra recorded by Tamara Anna Cislowska and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for Anthem CD August 1996 Russian Rag for 8 instruments recorded by Sydney Alpha Ensemble for ABC Classics September 1996
	Residency: 1 April 1996 - 30 September 1996 AMC Entry

	1995 - 1996 Julian Yu Works written while in residence: Concerto for Marimba and orchestra Sketches for Flute concerto - first movements
	Residency: 29 December 1995 - 30 March 1996 AMC Entry

	1995 Elliott Gyger Works written while in residence: Three Variations on a Celebratory Theme for a cappella choir performed at Sydney Philharmonia Choir’s 75th Anniversary dinner La mer aux miroirs creves for nine players performed by the Hunter Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roland Peelman
	Residency: 15 August 1995 - 29 December 1995 AMC Entry

	1994 - 1995 Liza Lim Works written while in residence: Sri Vidya - utterances of Adoration for choir (SATB, 48 voices) & orchestra performed 25 March 1996 by Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester & Chor, conducted by Chosei Komatsu, Philharmonie, Cologne Street of Crocodiles for flute, oboe, alto sax, alto trombone, cimbalom, violin, viola, 'cello & baroque 'celloperformed by Ensemble Modern conducted by Ingo Metzmacher Nov 3 (Alte Oper, Frankfurt) & Nov 5 (Hebbel Theatre, Berlin), 1995. Further performance by Ensemble fur Neue Musik Zurich July 4, 1997. Burning House for koto & voice (setting 3 poems by Izumi Shikibu) Written for Satsuki Odamura, it has been performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Lismore, Brisbane, Bremen, Huddersfield, Bayreuth, Norway & Japan and was the title track of Satsuki's 'Burning House' CD which won the 1998 Sounds Australian Award. {notes} Untitled solo 'cello piece written for Chris Lockhart Smith & first performed in the PGH at a party (once early in the evening and the second time after a number of drinks; the second performance was much better!) and subsequently as part of several Musica Viva Schools tours.
	Residency: December 1994 - 30 July 1995 photograph: Michael Watson Elision Ensemble Entry

	1994 Gordon Kerry Works written while in residence: No Orphean Lute for piano trio in three movements Commissioned by Phillip Henry with assistance from the Performing Arts Board, Australia Council. First performance Melbourne Festival 1994. John Harding - violin, Nathan Waks - cello, Stephen McIntyre - piano Nocturne for double chamber orchestra in one movement Commissioned by Youth Music Australia. First performances, Summer Academy Melbourne, and Festival of Sydney, January 1995 Six songs for unaccompanied chorus Poem [text - Emily Dickinson] April 6 1994 Elegy [ text from In Memoriam - Alfred, Lord Tennyson] April 3 1994 The Colour of his Hair [text - A E Housman] April 7 1994 Sonnet [text - William Shakespeare] March 30 1994 Poem [text - David Malouf] April 21 1994 Sappho’s Reply [text - Rita Mae Brown] April 4 1994 Commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir with assistance from the Performing Arts Board, Australia Council. First performances Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival 1995; Songs of Australia concert August 1997
	Residency: 1 January 1994 - 30 October 1994 photograph: J Mueller Web Site

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