Ross Edwards


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One of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Ross Edwards has created a distinctive sound world aligned with principles of deep ecology while seeking to reconnect music with elemental forces and restore its traditional association with ritual and dance. His music, universal in that it is concerned with age-old mysteries surrounding humanity, is at the same time deeply connected to its roots in Australia, whose cultural diversity it celebrates, and from whose natural environment it draws inspiration, especially birdsong and the mysterious patterns and drones of insects. As a composer living and working on the Pacific Rim he is conscious of the exciting potential of this vast region.

Ross Edwards has composed prolifically in most musical genres. Some of his works for the concert hall allow for special lighting, movement and costume, notably his Fourth Symphony Star Chant and Frog and Star Cycle, a concerto for saxophonist Amy Dickson, percussionist Colin Currie and the Sydney Symphony. His Dawn Mantras greeted the new millennium in a global telecast from the sails of the Sydney Opera House to universal acclaim. Recent works include Dances of Life and Death for the Sydney Conservatorium Wind Symphony; Singing the Love, for The Choir of King’s College Cambridge and Vespers for Mother Earth, a large-scale work for the Judith Neilson Institute.

Ross Edwards’ scores are available worldwide through the Australian Music Centre.
Contact them at info@australianmusiccentre.com.au

Orchestral performance material may be hired from Wise Music’s hire agent, Origin Music
Email them at enquiries@originmusic.com.au

For all Licensing/Synchronisation enquiries contact Wise Music Group
Email them at classical@wisemusic.com

Ross Edwards’ personal archive is held by the State Library of New South Wales.

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