Stuart Greenbaum : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre

Stuart Greenbaum : Represented Artist

I often conceive of music in terms of journeys, but I also believe that music should be appreciable as pure, abstract sound in time. Either way, my music aims to evoke an atmosphere apart from the routine of modern life.

Random Audio Sample: First light (solo piano) by Stuart Greenbaum, from the CD First light

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Artist website: http://www.stuartgreenbaum.com

The Stuart Greenbaum sound has overt connections to jazz, pop and minimalism but the experience of listening to the music goes beyond these tangible influences.

Stuart Greenbaum (b. Melbourne 1966) studied composition with Brenton Broadstock and Barry Conyngham at the University of Melbourne, where he now holds a position as Senior Lecturer and Head of Composition (Parkville).

Nelson, a 3-act opera written with long-time collaborator, poet Ross Baglin, was premiered at the 2007 Castlemaine State Festival. Current commissions include a dramatic work, The Parrot Factory, for Victorian Opera, and a Piano Trio for NZ Trio as part of the 2009 Trans-Tasman Composer Project.

Greenbaum was a Featured Composer at the 2006 Aurora Festival in Western Sydney, Composer in Focus at the 2009 Bangalow Music Festival and Resident Composer at the 2009 Port Fairy Spring Festival of Music. He has won a number of awards, including the Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Award, the Heinz Harant Prize and the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award. 90 Minutes Circling the Earth won 'Orchestral Work of the Year' at the 2008 AMC/APRA Classical Music Awards. His most recent individual CD, Mercurial, was released in 2005.

Stuart Greenbaum — current to September 2009

Studied with

Brenton Broadstock

Barry Conyngham

Teacher/Influence on

Katy Abbott (1998 - 1999)

Anthony Lyons (2007 - 2008)

Andrián Pertout

Katherine Rawlings

Mark Viggiani (2007 - 2008)

James Wade

Awards & Prizes

Year	Award	Placing	Awarded for
2008	Classical Music Awards - Orchestral Work of the Year	Winner	90 minutes circling the earth : hymn to freedom
2001	Albert H Maggs Composition Award	First Prize	Sonata for alto saxophone and piano

Selected Commissions

	Work	Commission Details
	Dance music for concert halls : for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2012)	Commissioned by Andrew Johnston for Stephanie Lillian Johnston’s 80th birthday
	Chamber concerto No.2 : for violin, guitar, harp and ensemble (2011)	Commissioned by Southern Cross Soloists.
	Organised lounge : for percussion ensemble of 13 players (2011)	Commissioned by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for the 101 Compositions Project co-commissioned with the generous support of Ars Musica Australis
	The parrot factory : an opera for all ages in one act (2010)	Commissioned by Frederick Davidson, Mary Davidson for performance by Victorian Opera, Richard Gill.
	Symphony No. 2 : double planet (2010)	Commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
	The year without a summer : for piano trio (2009)	Commissioned by the Trans–Tasman Composer Exchange Program administered by AMC and SOUNZ