Roxanne Della-Bosca : Associate Artist
Random Audio Sample: Ceremony : full orchestra by Roxanne Della-Bosca, from the CD 2001 Australian Composers' Orchestral Forum.
Roxanne Della-Bosca is a West Australian composer and pianist who is currently living and working in Sydney where she has been pursuing postgraduate research at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The recent recipient of a prestigious APRA Professional Development Award, her busy schedule of composition currently includes an orchestral work for the Australian Composers' Orchestral Forum, a set of theatre-inspired solo pieces partially funded by ArtsWA, a book of teaching pieces for piano and a major song-cycle in the Norwegian language. Recent commissions include an orchestral work for Symphony Australia's New Voices program hosted by the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, a chamber ensemble work for Ensemble Offspring and incidental music for a Sydney Alliance Française production directed by Ron Popenhagen.
Graduating with first class honours in composition from the University of Western Australia, Roxanne has been the beneficiary of many awards, including the twice received Dorothy Ransom and J. Hodges prizes in composition, and the Ewen Award for leadership. She was a finalist in the 1998 ABC Young Composers’ Competition and the 1999 WA Young Australian of the Year Awards (Arts Category). Prestigious performances of her compositions include renowned artists Michael Kieran Harvey, Patricia Pollet, Ivan Vukcevic, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and the WASO NewMusic Ensemble, as well as the UWA Symphony Orchestra. Both her compositions and piano playing have been broadcast on the ABC Classic FM and Radio National. As a soloist and accompanist she has premiered over 20 new Australian works. As a teacher, Roxanne has promoted composition as an important creative outlet through her residencies with the Meekatharra School of the Air, The Australian Society for Music Education (WA) and Walliston Primary School, as well as through her employment with Perth Anglican Girls' College, Pickering Brook Primary School, Taverners' Hill Infants School, and in private enterprise. She is passionate about audience development for the arts at a grass roots level and as such has been deeply involved with community groups such as the Kalamunda Music Society (WA) and the Peakhurst Music Lovers' Club (NSW).
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