Ross Edwards (composer)

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Ross Edwards, born Sydney, December 23, 1943, is an Australian composer of a wide variety of music including orchestral and chamber music, choral music, children's music, opera and film music.

[edit] Life

Ross Edwards, Australian composer, received his early musical education at the Sydney Conservatorium, completing his Master of Music degree at The University of Adelaide and graduating as Doctor of Music from The University of Sydney. His teachers have included Peter Sculthorpe, for whom he later worked as an assistant, Richard Meale, Sandor Veress and Peter Maxwell Davies, with whom he studied in Adelaide and again in London in the early 1970s. Returning to Australia, he held teaching positions at The University of Sydney and the Sydney Conservatorium before becoming a freelance composer in 1980. Among many awards he considers two Keating Fellowships received in the 1990s to have been crucial to his development. He is based in Sydney, where he lives with his wife, Helen, spending as much time as possible working in his studio in the Blue Mountains, west of the city.

[edit] Works

Ross Edwards’ output includes symphonies, concertos, chamber and vocal music, children’s music, film scores, opera and music for dance. Works designed for the concert hall sometimes require special lighting, movement, costume and visual accompaniment.