The Composer: Architect of an Emotional Experience by Mary Anderson

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I found an interview that I did earlier this year with Mary Anderson on a website called Stock, I thought I would post it here for something a bit different – Mary asks some interesting questions about the experience of music and transference between composer, musician and audience. I hope you enjoy! MD Matthew Dewey was one of five composers featured during Sounds Tasmanian: New Works by Tasmanian Composers, which played at Hobart Town Hall, Saturday 17th May 2008. Matt’s
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CD of Baritone Works to be launched in October 2009

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Matthew Dewey together with Tasmanian Baritone Michael Lampard have won a grant from Arts Tasmania to fund their first recording together. The CD will consist of three works by Matthew Dewey for baritone voice and piano: the recently premiered chamber opera ‘The Buzz of the Sea’ with Libretto by Alexander Dick; Isolated State a song cycle based on the poetry of Anne Kellas; and Southern Ocean a new song cycle based on the 5 part poem of the same name
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Premiere of The Buzz of The Sea

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December 13th saw the premiere of a new chamber opera by Matthew Dewey and writer Alexander Dick called ‘The Buzz of the Sea’. The work (currently for solo baritone and piano) was premiered in concert by Tasmanian Baritone Michael Lampard and Pianist Karen Smithies at the Meadowbank Estate on the 13th December 2008 at 10.30am. “Lyrical and Dramatic” Peter Donnelly “The Buzz of the Sea”, The Mercury October 16th 2008. Premiere of The Buzz of the Sea by Michael Lampard
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