Matthew Ingvald Dewey (born 1984) is an Australian classical music composer, singer, and music producer. [1]
Matthew Ingvald Dewey (born 1984) is an Australian classical music composer, singer, and music producer. [1]
Matthew Dewey is an Australian composer [1] [2] and music producer who studied composition with Professor Douglas Knehans at the University of Tasmania and composition/theatrical design/singing with Greek-Australian composer/designer Constantine Koukias. His very early years were spent training with the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory [3] in the creation of new musical-theatrical works, and this early exposure led to a career that flourished at a young age. In 2003 he sang the bass role in the Australasian premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox by Philip Glass. [4]
He works mostly in concert music and opera/music-theatre and has been involved in the premieres of more than 20 new works [5] as a principal performer and singer, and numerous other productions variously as composer, orchestrator, conductor and compositional assistant. [5] [6] He currently works as the Music Director for ABC Classic FM in Sydney. [7]
Dewey has worked with a wide variety of genres and materials.
He has composed various songs including two cycles utilising text by the esteemed expat South African poet Anne Kellas: [11] Isolated States and Notes for Mount Moono; and two song suites based on the work of his brother, entitled Elegy and Compass. The latter was commissioned and premiered by the Sydney Children's Choir. [12]
His chamber works include two pieces written for the Seymour Group: A Dance on Five Claps and Voyage, the latter of which was written for the Seymour Group in conjunction with the internationally renowned bass-clarinettist Harry Sparnaay; [13] Flight and Reverie which premiered at the University of Hawaii; [14] and Entropic Visions which was given by Joshua Rubin [15] at the Lincoln Center in New York.
Dewey's First Symphony (for string orchestra) dealt with emotions surrounding the Port Arthur Massacre. [16] The symphony was inspired by Tasmanian playwright Tom Holloway's play Beyond the Neck . [17]
He has also worked as a singer, premiering a number of roles and new works by Australian and International composers. [18]
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