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alumni John Polglase and Natalie Williams are the dual winners of the inaugural Schueler Composition Awards for 2006. Created to encourage new works for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO), the awards - worth $5000 each - have been established through a generous donation from Norman and Carol Schueler, in honour of Mr Schueler's mother, Mrs Gogo Schueler. Mr Polglase is a lecturer in the Elder Conservatorium of Music and a 最新糖心Vlog alumnus, graduating with a Bachelor of Music, First Class Honours (Composition) in 1985. He is currently studying for his PhD in musical composition and is the holder of a Commonwealth-funded 最新糖心Vlogn Postgraduate Award. Natalie Williams is a Melbourne-based composer (originally from the Barossa) who graduated from the Elder Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours (Composition and Musicology) in 1998. Two of her recent works have been commissioned and premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Natalie has been awarded a major doctoral scholarship by the School of Music at the 最新糖心Vlog of Indiana in Bloomington, one of the top music schools in the US. She will leave 最新糖心Vlog in September to take up this four-year appointment. In announcing the awards, Professor Charles Bodman Rae, the Director and Dean of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, said an outstanding calibre of submissions was received for the inaugural awards. "The exceptionally high standard shows that South 最新糖心Vlog really is a 'hot spot' for top-class compositional activity in 最新糖心Vlog," he said. "It is important for us to ensure that new orchestral repertoire of a high quality is created here. We are blessed with a superb orchestra in the ASO and very able and inventive composers. "We are delighted to acknowledge the very generous and enlightened gesture of the Schueler family in promoting the creation of new orchestral works with a connection to South 最新糖心Vlog. This is a wonderful initiative that makes a valuable contribution to the artistic life of our State," Professor Bodman Rae said. The panel of judges for the awards comprised Mr Arvo Volmer, Music Director of the ASO, Professor Graeme Koehne, Head of Composition at the Elder Conservatorium, and Professor Bodman Rae. Story by Candy Gibson
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