www.federationbells.com.au is a ground-breaking website that lets you compose music for Melbourne's Federation Bells. Using an intuitive drag 'n' drop timeline, create a virtual multi-track masterpiece using the 39 distinctive bells.
Launch the bells below, or see the bells composition calendar
here.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
1st prize - Tom Hardisty On Top (of it all)
2nd prize - Daryl Wallis Four Ways in2
Tom wins $1500
Daryl wins a copy of the professional music notation software Sibelius 6 (RRP $795),
courtesy of Avid.
www.avid.com
Eighteen entries were received. The judges, who listened to the works in Birrarung Marr, were impressed with the quality of the entries. The judges were:
Brett Sheehy, Artistic Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival
Stuart Greenbaum, Head of Composition, School of Music (Parkville) Faculty
of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne
Ariel Valent, Music Program Manager, City of Melbourne
Congratulations to the prize winners and to everybody who submitted an entry.
All entries will be performed during January and February 2010.
To find out when, download the
calendar.
John Hollenbeck, one of the world's most significant contemporary jazz composers premieres his new work, commissioned by City of Melbourne and the Melborune International Jazz Festival
Premiere: Sat 1 May at 10am
Performed on the hour every hour of the 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 1-8 May
Free!
