RESIDENTS 2005 - 2009
2008 - 2009 | Mary-Anne Kyriakou
Since 2003 Mary-Anne Kyriakou 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.
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2007 - 2008 | Thomas Meadowcroft
The projects Thomas worked on while in residency are 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).
2006 | Brian Howard
Brian Howard is a graduate of the universities of Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. He is former Dean of WA Conservatorium of Music and former President of LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. He has taught composition at the University of Melbourne, Sydney Conservatorium and WA Conservatorium, has been composer in residence with the Royal Danish Ballet, State Opera of SA and the Queensland Orchestra, had residencies at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, the Van Beinum Foundation in the Netherlands and Banff Centre in Canada, has been Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Conservatoire National Superieur in Lyon and Adjunct Professor of Composition at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. He has written five operas, ballets, orchestral music, large ensemble works, choral and chamber music including four string quartets. His most recent works are his Cello Concerto (2018) and Armoured Faun (2019) his 4th string quartet.
During his residency at the PGH House, Brian Howard worked on his score Full Fathom Five. This chamber ensemble work for 15 instruments was first performed at the Canberra International Music Festival by an ensemble of festival musicians conducted by Roland Peelman. The score is published by Wildbird Music.
2005 - 2006 | Thomas Fitzgerald
Whilst in residence Thomas composed six new works Slowdown a little, Shimmering, Distant Early Warnings, String Quartet, Shower Songs, and Incidental Music for Three Poems by Adrian Robinson. He also held a series of Salon concert performances 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 and poet, and excerpts from the sound art work, 'Shower Songs'. Creative Spirits Concert was the final concert of Thomas' residency as a fellow of the House and the event celebrated the vision of Peggy Glanville-Hicks and for a vibrant Australian creative community.