Andrew Schultz on Composition
Halcyon have released three videos on YouTube of Andrew Schultz discussing his work. In these interviews he discusses his approach to composing and creativity, expressing ideas and communication in music, and the importance and joy of working with words and text....
Ekstasis and Wildflower new release
Sedition have released The Song Company's exciting recordings of Andrew Schultz's two works for vocal sextet: Ekstasis, op. 43 (1990) and Wildflower, op. 71 (2006). Both works were written for The Song Company and their Artistic Director at the time, Roland Peelman,...
This moment must be sung
CD release – Chamber Songs of Andrew Schultz Halcyon’s new CD This Moment Must Be Sung was released by Tall Poppies on May 1, 2018. The CD showcases recent vocal works by Andrew Schultz and features three substantial song cycles: - To the Evening Star (winner of the...
Barren Grounds digital release
Sedition has released a digital version of the Perihelion recording of Andrew Schultz's Barren Grounds, opus 36 (1988) and it is now available on all digital music store websites including iTunesand online streaming networks including Spotify. The performers in...
Symphony No 2- Ghosts of Reason, CD release
Andrew Schultz's large-scale 2008 composition for orchestra, Symphony No 2- Ghosts of Reason, has been released on the US label, Navona, as part of a compilation of contemporary orchestral works. The performers in the work are the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra...
Southern Cantata premieres in Melbourne
Southern Cantata, a new advent cantata composed by Andrew Schultz to a libretto by Katherine Firth and commissioned by St Johns Southgate, Melbourne to celebrate their Bach Cantata Program’s 20th birthday, will have its premiere on Sunday 3 December 2017, at 9am.
Schultz’s Maali premieres with WASO
Andrew Schultz’s Maali was commissioned by Geoff Stearn for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). The World Premiere performances will soon be given by the West Australia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simone Young with soloists Peter Facer (oboe), Allan Meyer (clarinet)…
Falling Man/Dancing Man, CD Release
Andrew Schultz’s large-scale 2005 composition for organ and orchestra, Falling Man/Dancing Man, has been released on the Navona label. Soloist in the work is the exciting Czech organist, Karel Martinek, performing on the grand…
Schultz premiere performances
• Maali – Concerto for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simone Young; soloists: Peter Facer (oboe), Allan Meyer (clarinet), Adam Mikulicz (bassoon), David Evans (horn), Perth Concert Hall, 4 & 5 August 2017. WP….
Paradise by Schultz recording release
A recording of Andrew Schultz’s Paradise – Five Songs for soprano, cello and piano, Opus 95 (2013) has been given a digital recording release by the three outstanding performers who gave the work its premiere in Paris in August 2015: Felicitas Fuchs, Li-Wei Qin and Bernard Lanskey…
Six compositions shortlisted for major Australian awards
Ledger, Milliken, Skipworth, Dean, Ford and Schultz are in the running for Paul Lowin Prizes. It’s been three years since…
New CD of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Schultz
Here are the details of the new Tall Poppies release of Australian sacred choral music, including Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Andrew Schultz, performed by the Brisbane Chamber Choir/Graeme Morton. The following is from the Tall Poppies website...
Paradise returns
On Saturday, 10 September, 2016 Halcyon again present Schultz's Paradise, five songs for soprano, cello and piano. The work will be presented as part of a program of new and recent music called The Poet's Voice. The Poet’s Voice Sept 10 at 5pm St Bede’s Anglican...
Le Molière Imaginaire wins Art Music Award
Comedic send-up wins Art Music Award Republished from UNSW Newsroom, 17 August 2016. Article by Clare Morgan. A "witty and naughty" vocal send-up by composer and Head of the School of the Arts & Media, UNSW, Andrew Schultz has won a 2016 Art Music Award. A...
Andrew Schultz Piano Music – CD Release
Antony Gray is the pianist on a new compact disc of Andrew Schultz's music for piano. The music was written in the period from 1987 to 2015 and includes most of his output written for solo piano during that time. With his amazing virtuosity, the well known Australian...