Amy Skellern

Amy Skellern is a 21-year-old composer, currently enrolled in her Bachelor of Music (Honours) at the University of Western Australia. Since the age of 8, Amy has had a passion for composing whenever given the chance. Her musical education at Churchlands Senior High School exposed her to various styles such as Classical, Jazz, and Modern, which have all influenced Amy’s compositional style. Since then, she’s composed many works, including for solo instruments, duets, quintets, to larger chamber groups and orchestras. Collaborating with musicians is Amy’s favourite aspect of composition. Her works are often programmatic, with an emphasis on character and storytelling. She uses orchestration to convey dark imagery in her works, often building a tense or unsettling atmosphere. Amy is inspired by early 20th century and modern composers, particularly Stravinsky, Charles Ives, Unsuk Chin and John Adams.