Reuben Jelleyman

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Reuben Jelleyman (born 1993) is a New Zealand composer.

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Biography

Jelleyman was born in 1993. [1] [2] He attended Avondale College in Auckland. [3] In 2011 he won the Ken Mitchell Trophy for Best Original Composition at the National Youth Jazz Competition held at the Tauranga Jazz Festival. [4] At Victoria University of Wellington from 2012 and 2016 he studied physics and composition and performance at the New Zealand School of Music. [1] In 2021 he completed a master's degree in composition at the Paris Conservatoire. [5]

In 2015 Jelleyman was the youngest finalist in the APRA SOUNZ Contemporary Award (Te Tohu Auaha) with his piece Expanse for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble. [6] [7] In 2017 as composer-in-residence with the National Youth Orchestra he wrote Vespro which was premiered by the orchestra. [7] [8] [9] His instrumental piece Designs was premiered by the new music ensemble Stroma in 2018 [10] and recorded by them the following year. [11]

In 2021 he was once again a finalist in the APRA SOUNZ Contemporary Award with the piece Klein Fountain which was written with the Ensemble intercontemporain while he was at the Paris Conservatoire. [3] [12]

In addition to composing Jelleyman was artistic director of Portal Fest, a new contemporary music festival held in Wellington in 2019. [13] He also does audio-visual work. [7]

Awards

In 2016 Jelleyman won the Philip Neill Memorial Prize followed by a Composers Association New Zealand Trust Fund award in 2019. In 2021 he received an Arts Foundation Springboard Award which was given to stimulate career development and consisted of a financial payment and mentoring from Ross Harris. [5] [14] In 2022 he won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award at the APRA awards with Catalogue written for chamber orchestra Multilatérale while he was in Paris. [15]

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 "Reuben JELLEYMAN: Solar Wind". RNZ. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Jelleyman, Reuben, 1993–". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Alumni: Reuben Jelleyman finalist in Silver Scrolls". Avondale College. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Tauranga Scoops Awards at National Youth Jazz Competition". www.scoop.co.nz. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Reuben Jelleyman – SOUNZ". sounz.org.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "2015 SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalists Announced". www.scoop.co.nz. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 "Reuben JELLEYMAN: Vespro". RNZ. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "NZSO National Youth Orchestra: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". RNZ. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "NZSO has Lions' share of great music". www.scoop.co.nz. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Stroma New Music Ensemble pushes musical boundaries". www.scoop.co.nz. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "Reuben JELLEYMAN: Designs". RNZ. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Reuben Jelleyman | SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2021 – SOUNZ". sounz.org.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Portal Fest strikes a chord in the capital". RNZ. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi 2021 Springboard Recipients Announced". www.scoop.co.nz. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "The winners: 2022 Silver Scroll Awards announced". RNZ. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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