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Joseph Twist : Represented Artist

Random Audio Sample: I dance myself to sleep : for piano by Joseph Twist, from the CD Dancing with somebody


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Australian composer/arranger Joe Twist is one of the most 'in demand' composers in Australia and abroad. Straddling film music and concert music arenas, his music crosses genres including ancient vocal music, opera, contemporary orchestral music, jazz, music theatre and cabaret. Twist has received wide acclaim for his music for film and television including the successful animated series Bluey, as well as arrangements and orchestrations for many major motion pictures produced in Hollywood. He has created music for many renowned international artists and ensembles such as Moby and The Wiggles, and his work have been performed and recorded by the world's greatest orchestras, including collaborations with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Colorado Symphony, The Hollywood Scoring Orchestra and all major Symphony Orchestras in Australia. Twist's works appear on numerous commercial recordings including Twist's own album Dancing With Somebody.

Twist has a wealth of experience in choral music as both a singer and composer, receiving numerous commissions and performances of his music from choirs in Australia and around the world, including The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Chanticleer, Voces8, The Idea Of North, The Young New Yorkers' Chorus, L.A. Choral Lab, Sydney Chamber Choir, The Australian Voices, Gondwana Voices, Adelaide Chamber Singers and many others. Twist has worked for decades as a professional chorister in premier church choirs in Australia and the United States.

Twist has received numerous awards, including the ASCAP Jimmy Van Heusen Award 2013, the Chanticleer International Composition Competition, and first place in the 15th International Choral Composition Competition 2011. He is the recipient of two of Australia's most prestigious Awards for screen music composers; the APRA Professional Development Award (Film and TV Category) and the Brian May Scholarship. Twist holds four tertiary degrees in music composition including doctorate and masters degrees from the University of Queensland, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and New York University. Twist has participated in several prestigious film scoring programs around the United States, such as NYU ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in New York and the ASCAP Film and TV Workshop with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles.


Joseph Twist — current to November 2020

Selected Commissions

  Work Commission Details
Digital sheet music sample Ancient Lights, Mystic Sky : full orchestra (2022) Commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Digital sheet music sample An Australian Song Cycle : SATB choir with piano (2021) Commissioned for Sydney Chamber Choir.
Fields of Allonville : SATB choir with piano (2018) Commissioned by the Birralee Blokes in 2017 for the Pemulwy Festival
Digital sheet music sample Weep, O Mine Eyes : SATB choir (2017) Commissioned by The Golden Bridge, Los Angeles, California, 2017.
Fields of Allonville : for TTBB choir and piano (2017) Commissioned for the Pemulwy Festival 2017
Digital sheet music sample Daintree Dancing : full orchestra : youth orchestra (2017) Commissioned by Cairns State High School for their Centenary

Analysis & Media

- Program note: Love Themes

- Review: MODART05