Ngarra-Burria takes home top honour at classical next
Australian composer Lyle Chan was at Classical NEXT and picked up the award on behalf of the program partners & composers. (Picture 1)
2017 Ngarra-Burria concert including composers with the ensemble and program partners.
In Germany over the weekend, the Ngarra-Burria First Peoples Composer program took home the top gong at the Classical NEXT 2022 Innovation in Music Awards. Amongst 3 winners, including a Community Orchestra from Columbia, and the Death of Classical Project from New York City who work closely with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Classical Next is the largest gathering of Classical/Contemporary Music organisations and professionals in the world. So this a big endorsement for our program.
An Australian friend and composer Lyle Chan was at Classical NEXT and picked up the award on behalf of the program partners & composers. (Picture 1)
‘Ngarra-Burria’ are Dharug language words meaning ‘to listen, to sing’.
Ngarra-Burria takes a two-year cohort of First People composers on a voyage of deep participation via the art music sector with mentoring, workshops, recordings and performances. (Picture 2 2017 - Cohort Picture)
Congrats to program founder and Director Christopher Sainsbury. Also congrats to our partners Ensemble Offspring, Australian Music Centre ,and The Australian National University.
Also big congratulations to our former and current Ngarra-Burria program composers including, Nardi Simpson, Eric Avery, Rhyan Clapham, Mark ‘Munk’ Ross, James Henry, Elizabeth Sheppard, Troy Russell, Brenda Gifford, Tim Gray, Aaron Wyatt, Will Kepa & Marlene Cummins.
