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Gordon Hamilton

Personal Information

First Name Gordon
Last Name Hamilton
Gender Male

Location

Country Australia

Musical Information

Musical Activities Conductor, Composer
Member of Choirs The Australian Voices

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Website www.gordonhamilton.com.au
About Me Artistic director and conductor of The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton was born in Newcastle and, having lived and worked for five years in Germany as a conductor and composer, now resides in Brisbane.

He studied in Australia at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium from 2000–2004, majoring in composition with Nigel Butterley and piano with Carmel Lutton. At the same time, he undertook private lessons in orchestral conducting with David Banney.

While still a student, Hamilton had several successes as a pianist and conductor. In October 2003 he was invited to the City of Hakodate, Japan where he performed a solo piano program of Messiaen, Butterley and Debussy. In 2004 Gordon conducted the premiere of the opera “The Impossible Body”, by Katrina Pring.

From 2005 until 2009 he lived in Bremen, Germany. In January 2006, Gordon founded Northern Spirit, a young vocal ensemble committed to contemporary choral music. Under Gordon’s direction Northern Spirit gave over fifty concerts in Germany, Spain, France, and Iceland. The choir premiered seventeen works and took part in four international choral festivals.

In September 2009 Gordon moved back to his homeland to take over as the new conductor and Artistic Director of one of Australia’s foremost vocal ensembles, The Australian Voices which had been under the direction of respected Australian composer Stephen Leek for twelve years. Gordon sang with this acclaimed ensemble from 2000 until 2004. Several of his compositions, including “Under the Shadow of Kiley’s Hill” (2000) and “Priepriggie” (2009), have been commissioned by The Australian Voices and performed in many different countries.

Gordon has received several international awards for his compositions, including first prize in the Coral Gables Congregational Church Florida 2006 Composition Prize, with a work for strings (“Reggaeton”, which premiered in 2007 in Florida U.S.A.). Another of Gordon’s string compositions (“Sale el Sol”, which had its premiere in 2008 in Raumberg, Austria) won the second prize at the International Chamber Days, Raumberg 2008 Composition Prize. Finally, Hamilton’s work for chamber orchestra “Sinfonietta-Concertante” (which was premiered by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta in 2007 in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg) received fourth prize in the Luxembourg Sinfonietta 2007 Composition Prize.

Gordon is a represented composer at the Australian Music Centre.

Gordon Hamilton posted a new video:

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We Apologise (Rob Davidson)
In this electro-acoustic piece, Davidson applies a microscope to sound. Using the words "we apologise" from then-Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's historic 2008 apology to aboriginal Australians for past mistreatment, Davidson creates a beautiful sou...

June 28, 2012
Gordon Hamilton posted a new video:

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Tra$h Ma$h
http://www.theaustralianvoices.com From the composer, Gordon Hamilton: during my piano studies, one of my favourite pieces was Michael Tippett's Second Piano Sonata, which uses his disjunct mosaic form: instead of music flowing, through a logical seque...

February 12, 2012
Gordon Hamilton posted a new video:

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TEDxBrisbane 2011 - Gordon Hamilton.mov
Artistic Director and Conductor of The Australian Voices Gordon Hamilton explaining his ideas about "Social Music"

November 21, 2011
Gordon Hamilton posted a new video:

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To an Early-Flowering Almond
Text by John Shaw Neilson. This is footage from The Australian Voices' concert at St Stephani, Bremen in December, 2010. Gowned as a bride thou art Caught with the glow, Giving with ruddy heart Blood to the snow. Thou has come in to make Dr...

November 21, 2011
Gordon Hamilton posted a new video:

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Wirindji
The Australian Voices conducted by Gordon Hamilton sing Wirindji, by Stephen Leek, during their 2010 Germany Tour. This is footage from their concert at St Stephani, Bremen in December, 2010. The text of this piece is really cool. It is about a my...

November 21, 2011
Gordon Hamilton posted a new video:

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Toy Story 3 = Awesome! (The Facebook Song)
In "Toy Story 3 = Awesome!", The Australian Voices sing a song of Facebook. Composed and conducted by Artistic Director, Gordon Hamilton, this innovative new Facebook Song takes The Australian Voices where no choir has dared to go - the inner space of the...

November 21, 2011
Gordon Hamilton added a new choir

The Australian Voices

The mission of The Australian Voices is to commission, perform, record and promote the music of Australian composers to the highest international artistic standards. Since 1993, The Australian Voices have championed an astonishing flourish of new Austr... more

November 21, 2011
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November 21, 2011

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