Matthew Dewey BMus, MMusTech
Academic Qualifications
- Master of Music Technology (Newcastle Conservatorium of Music 2007-2010)
- Bachelor of Music (Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music 2003-2005)
Awards and Grants
- Arts Bridge International Grant (Arts Tasmania) (2009)
- Individual Artist Grant (Arts Tasmania) (2008)
- International Arts Mentorship (Australian Foundation for Young People and Ars Musica Australis 2006)
- Buzz Grant (Australian Council for the Arts 2005)
- Dean’s Roll of Excellence for the Arts (University of Tasmania 2005)
- IHOS Music Theatre and Opera Young Artist Bursary (IHOS 2004)
- Don Kay Scholarship for Music Composition (Tasmanian Conservatorium 2003)
- Dux of Advanced Music [received Highest Marks in Music Theory in Tasmania] (Elizabeth College 2001)
Positions
- Director – Tasmanian Composers Collective (2006 – Current)
- Live Music Producer (Contract), ABC Classic FM (2011 – Current)
- Registered Sibelius Music Software Training Partner (2006 – Current)
- Vice President, Board of the Australian Rosny Children’s Choir (2009 – 2010)
- Lecturer in Composition – UTAS Conservatorium of Music (2007 – 2008)
- Concert Presenter for ABC Classic FM – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2007 – 2008)
- Concert Series Administrator – Musica Viva Tasmania (2007 – 2008)
Professional Memberships
- Associate Artist – Australian Music Centre (2009 – Current)
- Affiliate Member – Australian Society of Musicology and Composition (2008 – Current)
- Elected Writer Full Member of Australasian Performing Right Association (2005 – Current)
Festival / Concert Presentations / Recordings (highlights)
- MONA FOMA (2011)
- Recording with the Russian Philharmonic at the Moscow Radio House (2009)
- Australian International Animation Festival “In a Pig’s Eye” (2008)
- Melbourne International Animation Festival “In a Pig’s Eye”(2008)
- Adelaide Fringe Festival (2008)
- Australian Performing Arts Market – Lucy Who Productions “underwhere” (2008)
- Pan Pacific Gamba Gathering (Hawaii) (2007)
- 10 Days on the island (2001,2003,2005,2007)
- Cygnet Folk Festival (2007)
- Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music (2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007)
- Lincoln Centre (New York) (2006)
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2006)
- Australian Performing Arts Market – IHOS Music Theatre and Opera (2006)
- Adelaide Festival Centre (2005)
- Hobart Summer Festival (2002,2004,2005)
- Melbourne Federation Festival (2000)
- St Helens Jazz Festival (1997,1998,1999,2000,2000)
- Clarence Jazz Festival, Tasmania (1998,1999)
Symposia and Conferences
- Australian Festival of Broadway (Observer – ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop directed by Stephen Schwartz 2010)
- Australian National Libretto Workshop (Writer Participant – IHOS Music Theatre and Opera 2007)
- Sibelius Registered Training Partners Music Technology Seminar (Sibelius Music 2007)
- Opera: a Conference on Theories of Music-Theatre and Contemporary Opera (Southern Cross University and Northern Rivers Performing Arts 2004)
