(2020) Creative Partnerships Australia Matchlab Grant
Successfully accepted into MATCH Lab program, including matched funding grant. Matchlab is a program building fundraising skills and providing dollar-for-dollar matched funding for fundraising campaigns for my artistic practice, run by Creative Partnerships Australia. The program typically takes place in Sydney or Melbourne, though due to the pandemic Creative Partnerships workshops were conducted via televideo conferencing.
(2020) Deus Ex Musica - Call For Scores
Winner | String Quartet #2: “Fede”. Winning works to be performed by Carrefour Chamber Music Project in Shreveport, Louisiana in collaboration with Deus Ex Musica as part of their interfaith Sacred Chamber Music Festival. Fede was selected as a work representing a composer of the Catholic faith.
Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival (October 2020)
Terre Haute, Indiana USA
An annual new music festival at Indiana State University College of Arts and Science. The week long festival presented a series of concerts. I participated as a featured guest and winner of the “Music Now Contest”. I gave a presentation of the winning work “String Quartet #2: Fede” via teleconference and a recording was featured as part of the festival’s closing concert titled “Music Now Recital”.
(2020) Indiana State University - Music Now Contest
Winner | String Quartet #2: “Fede”. To be featured in Indiana State University’s Contemporary Music Festival 2020.
(2020) United States of America Permanent Residency/Green Card Category E26 (Professional holding advanced degrees or of exceptional ability)
Successful petition to United States Citizen and Immigration Services for 'Permanent Residency' under category E26: "Professional holding advanced degrees or of exceptional ability". The case was successfully made by Margaret Holland-Sparages (Esq) of Brookes & DeRensis Massachusetts that my rare intersection of skills and activities in the Australian national interest provided evidence of the potential and likelihood to make significant contributions to the United States 'National Interest'. The petition required presenting a significant body of evidence including testimony demonstrating a track record of excellence in the field, contribution to the Australian national interest, substantial activity in the United States and the likelihood to make a significant contribution to the United States. The Green Card permits indefinite stay in the United States, free travel and unlimited work authorization within the country.
(2020) Australia Council for the Arts - Resilience Fund Grant
The 2020 Resilience Fund is designed to provide emergency relief to support the livelihoods, practice and operations of Australian artists, groups and organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zodiac Virtual Festival 2020
Delighted to be invited to record a short video and share the 2018 performance of Sfidare as part of Zodia’s 2020 Virtual Festival.
Alba Music Festival (May 2020)
Piamont, Italy
An annual summer festival in the Piamont region of Italy bringing together artists internationally. I was commissioned to write a new work for the Borromeo String Quartet, though due to COVID-19, the festival was switched to an online format. Instead, I participated online and was featured as part of a livestream series, where I presented a recording of a prior quartet and took part in an interview.
Alba 2020 Virtual Music Festival
The ALBA festival was due to proceed in person in Italy in late May this year, though due to COVID-19, plans the festival shifted online. I was glad to participate virtually by way of a seminar chaired by Prof. Elliott McKinley. The seminar was streamed directly from the ALBA website during the festival, though a record was uploaded to YouTube some days later which can be found below.
The General Sir John Monash Scholars featuring composer, Michael Grebla
Mojo Media | Podcast | Interviewer: Justin Kelly | Available on Spotify