FQ’S STRING QUARTET COMPOSER PROGRAMS
The extraordinary success of Flinders Quartet’s celebrated Composer Development Program (established in 2016) has inspired the introduction of two separate streams - ASCEND and EMERGE - acknowledging the need for emerging composers to have access to mentoring by a professional string quartet while offering more established composers vital industry exposure and advocacy.
EMERGE PROGRAM 2023
The 2023 Emerge composers are:
Lisa Cheney
Ian Whitney
Pat Jaffe
Huangkai (Kaykay) Lai
Jonathan Mui
Hao Zhen
The Emerge composer program offers an opportunity to work with Flinders Quartet in a year-long program of score study and deeply engaged learning about the craft of string quartet writing. During the course of this program, participating composers write a 5-6 minute work for string quartet to be performed by FQ at the conclusion of the program.
Over a 12-month period, these six composers will receive:
6 online sessions with members of FQ dissecting scores by master string quartet composers
In-person time with FQ workshopping and rehearsing their composition
Performance of their 5-6 minute string quartet at the conclusion of the program
Filmed performance of their work
ASCEND PROGRAM 2024
From a field of nearly 70 submissions by Australian composers residing all over the world, we are excited to announce that the 2024 participants in the Ascend composer program are:
Nicole Brady
Andrew Howes
Aristea Mellos
Chris Williams
Thursday 7 November
Open-to-the-public and live-streamed workshop
Performance Space, Library at the Dock, Docklands
Tuesday 26 November
’Preview’ premiere performance
Noisy Ritual, Brunswick East
On sale soon
Friday 29 November
Premiere performance + live-stream
David Li Sound Gallery, Monash University, Clayton
On sale soon
Flinders Quartet’s “ASCEND PROGRAM 2024” will offer these four composers:
$6,000 commission fee to write a new string quartet
Time with FQ workshopping and rehearsing their composition
High quality studio recording of their work
Premiere performance of their new work to an in-person and live-streamed audience
Filmed performance of their work
Chance to be awarded an All That We Are residency with flights provided between the nearest capital city and Hobart
Industry advocacy and career coaching
FQ’s composer program is supported by: