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Australian conductor and composer (born 1949)
Richard John Mills AO FAHA [1] conductor and composer . He is currently the artistic director of Victorian Opera , and formerly artistic director of the West Australian Opera and artistic consultant with Orchestra Victoria . He was commissioned by the Victoria State Opera to write his opera Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Opera Australia to write the opera Batavia
Mills was born and grew up in Toowoomba , Queensland, and went to Nudgee College in Brisbane. He studied in London with Edmund Rubbra at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and worked as a percussionist in England and for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra . Mills started conducting and composing in the 1980s.[2]
In 1988, to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary , the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) commissioned Mills to re-orchestrate Charles Williams 's Majestic Fanfare
He was engaged to conduct Opera Australia 's first complete production of Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen State Theatre, Melbourne , in 2013, the bicentenary of the composer's birth.[2]
Works for the stage [ edit ]
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (1987), ballet
Earth Poem / Sky Poem (1993), a music theatre work for Aboriginal dancers and musicians, orchestra and electronic sounds
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll opera in two acts, libretto by Peter Goldsworthy after the play by Ray Lawler
Batavia
The Love of the Nightingale Timberlake Wertenbaker
Galileo (December 2023), libretto by Malcolm Angelucci[3]
Vocal and choral works [ edit ]
Festival Folk Songs (1985) for mezzo-soprano , tenor , boy soprano , large mixed chorus, children's chorus, 2 brass choirs (optional) and orchestra
Sappho Monologues (1991) for soprano and orchestra, texts after Sappho , edited by the composer
Symphonic Poems (2001), setting of David Campbell and James McAuley poems for soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass , large mixed chorus, 3 brass bands
The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen
Four Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin (2 September 2005, at the Ospedaletto , Venice ) for tenor and organ
Songlines of the Heart's Desire (2007), commissioned by the Ian Potter Trust, to poems by an anonymous fourth-century Chinese poet, Bengali Rabindranath Tagore , American Kenneth Patchen , French Tunisian Amina Said , and Australians John Shaw Neilson and Judith Wright .[4]
Concertos [ edit ]
Orchestral [ edit ]
Bamaga Diptych (1989)
Tenebrae (1992)
Pages from a secret journal
Symphony of Nocturnes (2008)
Chamber works [ edit ]
Sonata for Brass Quintet (1985)
String Quartet No. 1 (1990), revised (2007)
Four Miniatures (1992) for violin, clarinet and piano
Here where death and life are met (no year) for high voice and piano, text by Judith Wright
Requiem Diptych for Brass Quintet
Songs without Words (1998) from the poems of Ern Malley for oboe and string quartet
Jamaican Entertainment (2002) arrangements of music by Arthur Benjamin for flute, clarinet, soprano and piano, see: Two Jamaican Pieces
A Little Diary (2002) for clarinet and string quartet
Woman to Man (2004) song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano, text by Judith Wright
String Quartet No. 2 (2007)
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 4, Glimpses from My Book of Dada (2010)
Impromptu, after Schubert (2014)
Lachrymae, Chorales… Postlude (2014) for string octet
Instrumental works [ edit ]
Educational works [ edit ]
Little Suite for Orchestra (1983) for student orchestra
Miniatures and Refrains (1986) for student string quartet
Sonatina for String Quartet (1986) for student string quartet
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
In 1982, he won the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award .[5]
In 1999, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM ).[6] Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to the performing arts as a composer, conductor and artistic director".[7]
In 2019, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA).[8]
APRA Awards [ edit ]
The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
ARIA Music Awards [ edit ]
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987.
Bernard Heinze Memorial Award [ edit ]
The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
Don Banks Music Award [ edit ]
The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.[19] Australia Council in honour of Don Banks , Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board.
Green Room Awards [ edit ]
Helpmann Awards [ edit ]
The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001.[21]
References [ edit ]
^ a b "In for the long haul" by Matthew Westwood, The Australian
^ "Victorian Opera presents World Premiere of Galileo " . aussietheatre.com.au . 14 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023 .
^ Musica Viva Concerts 2008 Program for Cheryl Barker , Peter Coleman-Wright and Piers Lane
^ "Richard Mills : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre" . www.australianmusiccentre.com.au . Retrieved 15 June 2024 .
^ "Australian Honours" . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 23 October 2007 .
^ "Dr Richard John Mills AM" . Australian Honours Search Facility . Retrieved 25 January 2024 .
^ "Fellows" . Australian Academy of the Humanities . Retrieved 21 November 2019 .
^ "Nominations – 2000" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2016 .
^ "2002 Winners – Classical Music Awards" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011 .
^ "2005 Winners – Classical Music Awards" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 16 May 2010 .
^ "2005 Finalists – Classical Music Awards" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 16 May 2010 .
^ "2008 Winners – Classical Music Awards" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010 .
^ "2008 Finalists – Classical Music Awards" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 29 April 2010 .
^ "Winners – Classical Music Awards" . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 28 April 2010 .
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award" . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018 .
^ Richard Mills website Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Melbourne Recital Centre Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Don Banks Music Award: Prize" . Australian Music Centre . Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2017 .
^ "The Green Room Awards: Melbourne Theatre Company among the big winners" . Limelight . Retrieved 17 June 2024 .
^ "Events & Programs" . Live Performance Australia . Retrieved 17 August 2022 .
^ "Australian Web Archive 2002 Helpmann Awards Nominees" . Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2012 .
^ "Australian Web Archive 2002 Helpmann Awards Winners" . Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2012 .
^ "Springtime for Helpmann – Arts – Entertainment – theage.com.au" . The Age . Retrieved 12 July 2016 .
^ "2005 Helpmann Awards winners list – Entertainment" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 July 2016 .
^ "Nominations for 2007 Helpmann Awards" . www.australianstage.com.au . 12 July 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2016 .
^ "Actors, singers, comics in the mix for Helpmann Awards" . The Age . Retrieved 18 October 2016 .
^ "Keating leads the way at Helpmann Awards – Breaking News – National" . The Age . Retrieved 18 October 2016 .
^ "Keating! voted best musical" . Brisbane Times . Retrieved 18 October 2016 .
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