Joseph Twist
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Joseph Twist, is an Australia
n Composer. He has composed "Fanfare for the Common Consumer", "Love Themes", "Rain Dream" and "On the Night Train". His work is performed throughout Australia by choirs and chamber groups.
Twist holds three tertiary degrees in music composition, including a Doctor of Philosophy, for which he received a Dean's commendation for outstanding PhDs. He has also studied screen composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. In addition to his work as a composer, Twist is active as a singer and conductor, and he has lectured in music history and theory at the University of Queensland
. His works are currently published by Morton Music in Australia and Hinshaw Music in the United States.
Twist won the Chanticleer Composition Competition in 2003, which included a performance of his work by Chanticleer in San Francisco. He is also the recipient of The Australian Voices Young Composer Award, the Gondwana Voices Young Composer Award, the Percy Brier Memorial Prize and he was a winning finalist in the 2010-11 Cybec 21st Century Composer Program.
Twist's music has been commissioned and performed throughout Australia and internationally by many esteemed ensembles such as Chanticleer, The Song Company, The Australian Voices, Collusion, The Southern Cross Soloists, The Birralee Blokes and Gondwana Voices.". His orchestral works have been performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. In 2008 he was composer-in-residence with the Sydney Children's Choir, who performed the premiere recording of his work for an ABC Classics CD. In 2010 Twist received a commission from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and his work "I Dance Myself to Sleep" was selected for performance in their Metropolis series 2011.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Composer. He has composed "Fanfare for the Common Consumer", "Love Themes", "Rain Dream" and "On the Night Train". His work is performed throughout Australia by choirs and chamber groups.
Twist holds three tertiary degrees in music composition, including a Doctor of Philosophy, for which he received a Dean's commendation for outstanding PhDs. He has also studied screen composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. In addition to his work as a composer, Twist is active as a singer and conductor, and he has lectured in music history and theory at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
. His works are currently published by Morton Music in Australia and Hinshaw Music in the United States.
Twist won the Chanticleer Composition Competition in 2003, which included a performance of his work by Chanticleer in San Francisco. He is also the recipient of The Australian Voices Young Composer Award, the Gondwana Voices Young Composer Award, the Percy Brier Memorial Prize and he was a winning finalist in the 2010-11 Cybec 21st Century Composer Program.
Twist's music has been commissioned and performed throughout Australia and internationally by many esteemed ensembles such as Chanticleer, The Song Company, The Australian Voices, Collusion, The Southern Cross Soloists, The Birralee Blokes and Gondwana Voices.". His orchestral works have been performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. In 2008 he was composer-in-residence with the Sydney Children's Choir, who performed the premiere recording of his work for an ABC Classics CD. In 2010 Twist received a commission from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and his work "I Dance Myself to Sleep" was selected for performance in their Metropolis series 2011.
Works
- "Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep” – for SATB Choir. Commissioned by the National Youth Choir of Australia, 2004.
- “Love Themes” – a set of Madrigals for 6 Voices. Written for The Song Company, 2005. (3mvts)
- "Fanfare for the Common Consumer" for Orchestra
- "On the Night Train" for SATB Choir
- "Wandering" for SATB Choir
- "Rain Dream" for SSAA Choir and Piano
- "I Dance Myself to Sleep" for Orchestra