Melody Eötvös

BIOGRAPHY

Melody Eötvös was born in the Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia and attended the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, studying composition with Stephen Leek, and Dr Gerardo Dirié.

She began composing piano music at the age of 8, and at 14 won her first composition prize. She entered several more competitions and in 2005 won the Collusion Composition Prize with her work “But, I didn’t do it on Purpose” based on Alfred Jarry’s 'Ubu Roi'.

She graduated in 2005 with First Class Honours and then began her Masters in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, studying with Simon Bainbridge. Some significant past collaborations include composer/arranger/conductor for the computer console game “Avatar: the Last Air Bender” (released 2006 THQ), several animation film/music projects with students from the College of Arts at Griffith University, commissions for the Ulysses Ensemble (Australia), a commission for the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra (2007), Conductor for the world premiere of Shanon DW and Brad Godby's new musical ONE (2007), and a three-movement work, titled 'Three Pieces for the Explanation of Life' for Orchestra Victoria conducted by Richard Mills (July 2008).

In 2008 Melody also participated in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Composer's School in Hobart where her composition Attic Tragedy was workshopped and performed by the TSO under the direction of New Zealand composer Kenneth Young.
Most recently in 2009 Melody has participated in both the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra Composers Workshop and the Modart Professional Development Project with the Sydney Song Company, directed by Roland Peelman.  She was also the winner of the prestigious APRA Professional Development Award for the Classical category, announced in Sydney early March 09.  Towards the middle of the 2009 Melody was involved once again in the Tasmanian Symphony Composers School 09 and was also the honoured recipient of the 3MBS National Composers Award – the Betty Amsden Prize.

Melody recently graduated from a Master of Arts, majoring in Philosophy, at the University of Queensland, Australia, and in August 2009 Melody will begin her DMA at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

Biography provided by the composer and current to 2009.

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