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Chris Watson (PhD
- Victoria, 2007) is a New
Zealand composer.
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He is currently Mozart
Fellow 2008 at the University
of Otago.
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His music has enjoyed premieres by the Tokyo
Philharmonic Orchestra, the West
Australian Symphony Orchestra, Stroma
and 175 East amongst
others, with workshop outings by the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Auckland
Philharmonia.
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He was winner of the 2002 Asian Composers' League Young
Composers Competition, was the 2004 recipient of the
Composers'
Association of New Zealand Trust Fund Award and won
the Panel Prize in the 2006
Douglas Lilburn Prize.
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Chris graduated in 2007 with
a PhD in composition from Victoria
University of Wellington. A thesis
and a body of new works investigated the effects of
music notation software on compositional practices and
outcomes.
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born in Tauranga, New
Zealand, 1976
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piano tuition from an early age from Margaret Carryer
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two years boarding at St. Peter's School in Cambridge on a music
scholarship
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completed secondary school studies at Tauranga Boys' College,
winning Arts Dux
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finalist, New Zealand National Award for piano, 1994
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ATCL in performance piano, distinction, 1994
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invited to study performance piano at Victoria
University of Wellington
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instead pursued a BMus in composition and a BA in history (both
gained 1998)
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first class honours (BMus (Hons)), 1999
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masters degree (MMus) with distinction under the supervision
of Ross Harris, 2002
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PhD, 2003-2006, under the supervision of Ross
Harris and Dugal
McKinnon
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Chris's music has taken him to Japan,
Korea and Australia and he is planning travel to Europe in 2005
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high points:
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participation in the Australian
Composers Orchestral Forum, Perth, 2002
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performance of pivotal orbits
by the Tokyo Philharmonic
Orchestra, Tokyo, 2003
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1st Prize in the Young
Composers' Competition at the Asian
Composers' League in Seoul, 2002
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recipient of the Composers'
Association of NZ Trust Fund Award, 2004
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winner of the Panel Prize in the 2006
Lilburn Prize
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appointed Mozart
Fellow 2008 at the University
of Otago
See also Chris's page at the SOUNZ
website
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