Alice Chance : Associate Artist
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Random Audio Sample: And the Lord said, Fiat Lux : vocal ensemble by Alice Chance, from the CD In illo tempore |
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Artist website: http://alicechance.com
Alice is a sought-after composer, conductor, arranger, and lyricist. Her works are performed in concert halls (Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Centre, City Recital Hall Angel Place) and cathedrals (St Mary's Cathedral Sydney, Stanford Memorial Church California, Trinity Church Wall St New York City). But her music is also sung in auditoriums, paddocks and showers all around Australia. Two-time finalist in the APRA Art Music Awards for Vocal/Choral Work of the Year, Alice has created music for groups including the Song Company, Ensemble Offspring, Gondwana Choirs, Sydney Children's Choir, Moorambilla Voices, The Kodaly Association, Adelaide Chamber Singers, Musica Viva, Barangaroo Delivery Authority, and Acacia String Quartet. Alice was the Music Director and Vocal Arranger of FANGIRLS (Queensland Theatre, Belvoir) and has music-directed its various showcases (Women of The World Festival London 2018, Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2018). Alice graduated with First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Alice Chance — current to November 2019
Awards & Prizes
| Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for |
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| 2021 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Choral | Finalist | Until We Gather Again |
| 2019 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Vocal/Choral | Finalist | The Audience Choir |
Selected Commissions
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Mirroring : for solo vibraphone (2021) | Part of the Rhythms of Change project |
| Three Golden Eggs : brass duo (2020) | Commissioned by the NSW Government through the generosity of the CreateNSW Small Arts Grant. | |
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Until We Gather Again : for a scattered choir (2020) | Supported through the Australian Music Centre's Peggy Glanville-Hicks Commissioning Initiative |
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The Audience Choir : for audience, their phones, a vocal conductor, and open instrumentation (2018) | Commissioned by Ensemble Offspring for 'Sizzle 2018' |
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Holy Dreaming : a setting of 'A Thanksgiving for Australia' by Rev. Lenore Parker (2018) | Commissioned by University of Melbourne for performance by Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. |
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Fiat Lux : The Light Cycle, eight songs for massed voices and electronics (2017) | Commissioned by Leichhardt Espresso Chorus for performance by The Song Company, Leichhardt Espresso Chorus. |