Mozart Fellowship

The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago, one of the five Arts Fellowships at the university. It is the oldest[1] full-time composition residency in New Zealand and is currently the only position of its kind; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers. The current Mozart Fellow is Sean Donnelly.[2]

History

The Fellowship was established in 1969[3] and the first appointed Mozart Fellow was Anthony Watson.[4][5] It is awarded for a 12-month period, and no composer may hold the Fellowship for more than two years. Composers are also expected to spend the majority of their time based in Dunedin.

The appointed composer is paid a stipend which allows him or her to live and are given the freedom to work on projects of their own choice, although traditionally many recipients of the award have written compositions for performers within the University's Music Department or the city's orchestra Dunedin Symphony.[5]

A reunion of past and present fellowship holders was held at the university in 2007.[5]

List of Mozart Fellows

See also

References
  1. Thomson, John Mansfield (1991). The Oxford History of New Zealand Music. Auckland: Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-19-558176-8.
  2. University of Otago, Division of Humanities. "The Mozart Fellowship". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  3. Thomson, John Mansfield (1991). The Oxford History of New Zealand Music. Auckland: Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-19-558176-8.
  4. "Establishing a new tradition".
  5. Ritchie, Anthony (2007). "Fellows remembered: the Mozart Fellowship reunion". Canzona. 28 (49): 98–101.
  6. "University arts fellows announced". 22 March 2008.
  7. "Mozart fellow 'incredibly excited' about extra year". 15 September 2010.
  8. "Arts fellows selected". 2 April 2012.
  9. "Art fellows announced". 14 September 2016.
  10. "Arts fellowships recipients announced". 13 September 2017.
  11. "University welcomes this year's arts fellows". 12 April 2019.
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  13. "2020 Burns Fellows named". 12 September 2019.
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