Raffæle Marcellino

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Raffæle Marcellino (born 1964) is an Australian composer.

1 Life
2 Works
3 Awards
4 External links

[edit] Life

Raffæle Marcellino graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with merit in 1985. In 1995 Marcellino joined the staff of the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music. He served as Director from 1996-1998 and resumed normal teaching duties in 1999. In 1999 Arts Tasmania appointed him composer and music director of the Mountain Orchestra Project.

At the end of 2001 he left the University of Tasmania and returned to Sydney to pursue a freelance career. In 2003 Marcellino was Composer-in-Residence with the ensemble The Song Company, who had previously commssioned several pieces from him. Marcellino is Principal of the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. He has collaborated extensively with Greg White and greatwhitenoise.

[edit] Works

1987

Responsorio — for SATB choir; premiered in Sydney by The Contemporary Singers in 1988 , also performed by the Sydney Chamber Choir.

1989

Remedy — an opera in one act; libretto by Marguerite Bunce.

1991

April: Don Juan — with Greg White; performed by The Sydney Front at Performance Space, Sydney.

1995

FishTale — for chamber choir, performed by The Song Company.
Logos — for choir and digital delay, performed by Sydney Chamber Choir.

1996

Thirst — with Greg White at the Australian Museum for director Yaron Lifschitz and designer Genevieve Blanchett

1998

The Art of Resonance — tuba concerto, performed by Steve Ross and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
On Eagles Wings — at the International Tuba Conference University of Minnesota
Zerfliesse mein Herze — performed by Ian Munro, Christian Wojtowicz, Tom O'Kelly and David Malone and featured in A Fork in the Road episode featuring Tasmania
Voicejam and Video — at the Adelaide Festival

1999

Canticle — for singers, actors and large ensemble premiered at the Brisbane Cathedrals Festival.
Musica Viva — performed by Tom O'Kelly (Percussion) in Japan.

2000

November: Bach: a sonic exhibition — co-curated with Greg White, performed by the Seymour Group.
Heart of Fire — with Greg White; commissioned by ABC Sport as the theme for the 2000 Paralympics; released as a CD single on ABC Classics.
September: Maze for 15 musicians — performed by Ensemble Modern during the International Society of Contemporary Music World Music Days in Luxembourg.
Sprung! — performed by The Song Company.

2001

The Flight of Les Darcy — an opera, premiered at the 10 Days on the Island festival, Hobart, Tasmania.
November: The Dædalus Sequences — cycle for solo piano, performed by Ian Munro in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
November: The Pluperfect Square Dances — performed by Tom O'Kelly in Kunazawa, Japan.
August: The Art of Memory — performed by Marina Phillips and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall, Sydney.

2002

L'arte di volare — performed by the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra
The Art of Perception — performed by the Australia Ensemble at the International Music and Psychology Conference, Sydney
Q — performed by David Malone at the Darwin International guitar Festival
Clarion Call, — a site specific work for the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

2003

Mrs Macquarie's Cello — a music theatre work for The Song Company.

2004

Midnite — performed by the Australian Opera at Melbourne Festival.
Universal Beatitudes — an International collaborative song cycle.

Marcellino's music has been published by Reed Music, Currency Press, Opus House Press, Red House Editions, Grevillea Press and ABC Classics.

[edit] Awards

Music Fellowship awarded by the Music Board of the Australia Council (April 2003)
Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize (1999), First Prize for Canticle
Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize (1997), Highly Commended for FishTale