Raffæle Marcellino

Raffæle Marcellino (born 1964) is an Australian composer.

Life

Raffæle Marcellino graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with merit in 1985.In 1995 Marcellino joined the staff of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music where he served as Director from 1996-1998 and resumed normal teaching duties in 1999. In 1999 Arts Tasmania appointed him composer and music director of the Mountain Orchestra Project.

At the end of 2001 he left the University of Tasmania and returned to Sydney to pursue a freelance career. In 2003 Marcellino was Composer-in-Residence with eminent Australian vocal ensemble the "Song Company", who had previously commssioned several pieces from him.Marcellino is Principal of the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney.He has collaborated extensively with Greg White, Robert Jarman and "greatwhitenoise".

Works

1987
*"Responsorio" — for SATB choir; premiered in Sydney by The Contemporary Singers in 1988 Inote|CD booklet notes, "Sydney Dreaming" ABC Classics 454 510-2|ABC4545102, also performed by the Sydney Chamber Choir.1989
*"Remedy" — an opera in one act; libretto by Marguerite Bunce.1991
*April: "Don Juan" — with Greg White; performed by The Sydney Front at Performance Space, Sydney.1995
*"FishTale" — for chamber choir, performed by The Song Company.
*"Logos" — for choir and digital delay, performed by Sydney Chamber Choir.1996
*"Thirst" — with Greg White at the Australian Museum for director Yaron Lifschitz and designer Genevieve Blanchett1998
*"The Art of Resonance" — tuba concerto, performed by Steve Ross and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
*"On Eagles Wings" — at the International Tuba Conference University of Minnesota
*"Zerfliesse mein Herze" — performed by Ian Munro, Christian Wojtowicz, Tom O'Kelly and David Malone and featured in "A Fork in the Road" episode featuring Tasmania
*"Voicejam and Video" — at the Adelaide Festival1999
*"Canticle" — for singers, actors and large ensemble premiered at the Brisbane Cathedrals Festival.
*"Musica Viva" — performed by Tom O'Kelly (Percussion) in Japan.2000
*November: "Bach: a sonic exhibition" — co-curated with Greg White, performed by the Seymour Group.
*"Heart of Fire" — with Greg White; commissioned by ABC Sport as the theme for the 2000 Paralympics; released as a CD single on ABC Classics.
*September: "Maze for 15 musicians" — performed by Ensemble Modern during the International Society of Contemporary Music World Music Days in Luxembourg.
*"Sprung!" — performed by The Song Company.2001
*"The Flight of Les Darcy" — an opera, premiered at the "10 Days on the Island" festival, Hobart, Tasmania. Libretto by Robert Jarman.
*November: "The Dædalus Sequences" — cycle for solo piano, performed by Ian Munro in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
*November: "The Pluperfect Square Dances" — performed by Tom O'Kelly in Kunazawa, Japan.
*August: "The Art of Memory" — performed by Marina Phillips and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall, Sydney.2002
*"L'arte di volare" — performed by the Tasmania Symphony Orchestra
*"The Art of Perception" — performed by the Australia Ensemble at the International Music and Psychology Conference, Sydney
*"Q" — performed by David Malone at the Darwin International guitar Festival
*"Clarion Call", — a site specific work for the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. 2003
*"Mrs Macquarie's Cello" — a music theatre work for The Song Company.2004
*"Midnite" — performed by the Australian Opera at Melbourne Festival.
*"Universal Beatitudes" — an International collaborative song cycle.

Marcellino's music has been published by Reed Music, Currency Press, Opus House Press, Red House Editions, Grevillea Press and ABC Classics.

Awards

*Music Fellowship awarded by the Music Board of the Australia Council (April 2003)
*Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize (1999), First Prize for Canticle
*Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize (1997), Highly Commended for FishTale

External links

* [http://www.marcellino.com.au/ Rafælle Marcellino personal web-site]
* [http://www.amcoz.com.au/opac/name.aspx?id=3223 Australian Music Centre]