Leah Curtis : Represented Artist
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Artist website: http://www.leahcurtis.com
Born and raised in Australia, composer
Leah Curtis writes and
produces original music scores and soundtracks for orchestras,
choirs, choreographers, solo artists, film directors and game
developers. She has collaborated with key international film
directors including Fawaz Al-Matrouk (Kuwait/Canada), Damien
Power (Australia), Adam Habib (USA), Sean Byrne (Australia),
Steve McGregor (Australia) and Digvijay Singh (India). She has
orchestrated for composers including Alex Wurman (composer of
Anchorman, Something Borrowed, and March of
the Penguins) Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (composers of
Sophie Scholl, The International, and Run
Lola Run).
Curtis's works have been performed by orchestras
from the Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony to the Hollywood and
Prague Studio Symphony, and artists including Lisbeth Scott, The
Australian Voices and Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral. She has
been recognised by the Park City Film Music Festival, Hollywood
Music in Media Awards, U.S. Department of State, Australian
American Fulbright Commission, American Australian Association,
Aspen Music Festival, BMI/University of California Los Angeles,
American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, and Queen
Elizabeth II Trust, among others, for her accomplishments and
artistry as a composer and scholar.
Significant scores include Clarity, commissioned by Kathleen Gallagher for flute with vocalisations and cello, and choral work Journeyman, commissioned by The Australian Voices. Cinema scores include the Kuwaiti American war film To Rest in Peace and Roman historical drama Exitus Roma.
A graduate in music from the University of New South Wales and screen composition (Master of Arts, Honours) from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney, Curtis was visiting composer with USC Thornton School of Music Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television, and studied with John Corigliano, Jeff Rona, Jack Smalley and Thomas Haines at the Aspen Music Festival, as recipient of a 2006 Fulbright Postgraduate Award.
Leah Curtis — current to October 2012
Selected Commissions
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Journeyman : SATB choir (2009) | Commissioned by The Australian Voices, Stephen Leek. |
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Enter the core : full orchestra (2006) | Written for Aspen Music Festival 2006 |
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Clarity (duos: flute, cello) (2004) | Commissioned by ArtsACT, Kathleen Gallagher. |
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In the distance (Opus 8) : Deluge: North of Kal (2004) | Commissioned by visual artist Jon Tarry |
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Music for cinema : full orchestra (2001) | Written for the 2001 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop |
| Dawn to darkness : string orchestra (1998) | Commissioned by Sydney Symphony. |