Composition Project

WASO’s Composition Project offers young and emerging Western Australian composers the opportunity to develop their skills in a professional environment. Through a series of individual lessons, workshops and rehearsals, participants will compose a new work for a 14-piece chamber ensemble, performed by WASO musicians in front of a live audience at Perth Concert Hall. Participants are mentored both by James Ledger (Artistic Director), Olivia Davies (WASO Composer-in-Residence) and WASO musicians.

This project has helped previous participants successfully gain placement in national and international composition programs, post-graduate studies and secure professional commissions and residencies.

The program offers emerging composers currently studying at a tertiary institution or recently graduated the opportunity to write a chamber work for WASO musicians. Throughout the project composers will develop their work in close collaboration with WASO musicians, building knowledge of the professional commissioning process of working with a chamber ensemble and building skills in the live compositional workshop process.

The winner will get the opportunity to compose a new 3-minute piece of music for WASO’s mainstage education concert. 

Our 2024 Composition participants premiered their works in the Perth Concert Hall Auditorium for a public audience on Thursday 13 June 2024.

Joonwoo KIM When Snow Blossoms
Amy SKELLERN Duality
Otto GIBBS Merlion Premonitions
Sahil SIDHU The Dream of 1899 (Recipient of Most Outstanding Composition 2024)
 

Composition Project is supported by Bendat Family Foundation.