Victoria Kelly (New Zealand composer)

Last updated

Victoria Kelly is a New Zealand composer, arranger, and vocalist.

Contents

Background

Kelly studied music performance (oboe) at the University of Auckland, later focussing on composition. After finishing first equal in the University of Auckland composition prize concert, winning a TVNZ Young Achievers Award, and being awarded a professional development grant from Creative New Zealand, Kelly studied film composition at the University of Southern California. [1]

Career

Kelly has composed over twenty film and television soundtracks, primarily in New Zealand. [2] These include soundtracks for Under the Mountain, Out of the Blue, Black Sheep, and Realiti. In 2007, she received a NZ Screen Award for her soundtrack for the television series Maddigan's Quest. [3]

As well as her composition and orchestration work, Kelly was the featured vocalist for the song Beautiful Skin with the New Zealand group Strawpeople. [4] She was also the musical director of the opening ceremony for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. [5] She was a member of The Bellbirds with Don McGlashan, Sean Donnelly, and Sandy Mill. [6] In 2014, she was appointed as the NZ Members Manager of APRA AMCOS NZ. [7] She also acted in Being Eve and the short film Charlie's Box. [8]

Musicians, film, and television directors that Kelly has worked with, in addition to those mentioned above, include Neil Finn, [9] The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, [7] The Auckland Philharmonia, [7] The New Zealand String Quarte t, Anika Moa, Shapeshifter, Harry Sinclair, Peter Jackson, Jonathan King, and Robert Sarkies. [10]

Kelly has been nominated for awards including the ARPA Silver Scroll, Aotearoa Film and Television Awards, and TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">P-Money</span> Musical artist

Peter Wadams, better known by his stage name P-Money, is a New Zealand DJ and producer.

The APRA Music Awards in Australia are annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters, and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">APRA Awards (New Zealand)</span> New Zealand music awards

The APRA Music Awards are several annual and two-yearly award ceremonies run in New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills of its members. APRA hold the annual Silver Scroll Awards and song awards, selects an inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and makes five professional development awards every year. APRA also runs awards for its Australian members.

The 2012 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 13 September 2012 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to New York-based pop artist Stephanie Brown (Lips), and reggae band Herbs was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

The 2011 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 13 September 2011 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Dave Baxter of Avalanche City for the song "Love Love Love", and pop-rock band Hello Sailor were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

The 2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Wednesday 8 September 2010 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Alisa Xayalith, Thom Powers and Aaron Short of The Naked and Famous for their song “Young Blood”, and classic rock group The Fourmyula were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The evening also included a tribute to Pauly Fuemana of OMC, who had died in January 2010.

The 2008 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Wednesday 10 September 2008 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy and Clinton Harris for the Opshop song "One Day", and the country duo Topp Twins were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The event also paid tribute to singer-songwriter Mahinārangi Tocker who had died earlier in 2008.

The 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 18 September 2007 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Brooke Fraser for her song "Albertine", and singer Jordan Luck was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame as its inaugural member. This was also the first year that the finalists and winners were selected by online votes by APRA members instead of an anonymous panel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel House</span> New Zealand actress and director

Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films of Taika Waititi. She has received numerous accolades including an Arts Laureate, NZ Order of Merit, 'Mana Wahine' from WIFT NZ and Te Waipuna a Rangi for her contributions as an actor and director.

The 2006 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Wednesday 20 September 2006 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Don McGlashan for his song "Bathe In the River", originally performed by the Mt Raskil Preservation Society for the soundtrack of the New Zealand film No. 2. This was the final year where winners were selected by genre-specific panels of judges.

The 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 15 October 2013 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. This is the first year the ceremony was held at Vector Arena, moving from its previous location of the Auckland Town Hall in order to accommodate more of APRA's 8000 New Zealand members.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ria Hall</span> New Zealand musician

Ria Hall is a Māori recording artist, singer-songwriter, television presenter, and political candidate. She has released two solo albums, Rules of Engagement (2017), which topped the Official New Zealand Music Chart shortly after its release, and Manawa Wera (2020). Her work reflects Māori society and history, and Hall regularly sings in Māori as well as English.

The 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 30 October 2014 at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. It was the first time since 2004 that the awards were hosted in Wellington, with Auckland being the usual location.

The 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 17 September 2015 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The 2015 ceremony marked the 50th presentation of the Silver Scroll award. As well as honouring the best songwriting of 2015, the awards retrospectively awarded the best song of 1981 as previously no award was presented in that year.

The 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 29 September 2016 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting.

The 2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 28 September 2017 at the Dunedin Town Hall in Dunedin, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. This was the first time the awards had been hosted in Dunedin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jackie van Beek</span> New Zealand playwright, director and actor

Jackie van Beek is a New Zealand film and television director, writer and actress.

Nerida Tyson-Chew is an Australian music composer, conductor and orchestrator, principally working in screen music. She won her first Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) Award, in 1996, for her work on Hotel Sorrento (1995) and Brilliant Lies (1996). With Hotel Sorrento she was also nominated for an AFI Award for Best Original Music Score in 1995. In 2003 she won the Screen Music Award, co-presented by AGSC with APRA AMCOS, category Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for Evil Never Dies; in 2007 she won Best Music for a Television Series or Serial for Two Twisted, episode "Delivery Man" (2006) and she won Best Music for a Documentary for Trishna & Krishna: The Quest for Separate Lives (2009) in 2010. At the APRA Music Awards of 2020 she was acknowledged for her Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen.

Michelle Scullion is a New Zealand musician and composer. Several of her soundscapes are part of installations at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Claire Cowan is a New Zealand musician, composer and orchestrator, working across television, film, ballet and chamber music. In 2024 she was awarded the status of Arts Laureate by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ "SOUNZ Profile for Victoria Kelly". sounz.org.nz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Victoria Kelly". IMDb. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Victoria Kelly | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 15 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ muzic.net.nz. "The Bellbirds – New Zealand Musicians & Bands". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Victoria Kelly – Big Screen Symposium". Big Screen Symposium. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Cronin, Aimie (17 June 2010). "Bellbirds in town on the quiet". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 30 March 2023– via PressReader.
  7. 1 2 3 AMCOS, APRA. "Victoria Kelly | APRA AMCOS New Zealand". apraamcos.co.nz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Victoria Kelly". IMDb. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Neil Finn on why he's taping his new album in front of a global internet audience (+ win tickets!)". The Spinoff. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "About". VICTORIA KELLY. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Victoria Kelly – Awards | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 15 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.