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Teresa Wojcik : Associate Artist

Teresa said of her music: 'I create minimalist-influenced tonal music that makes sense of the shadows, shapes and sensations, so that listeners feel a sense of connection and recognition, drawn into worlds of wonder, catharsis, or reprieve.'
Photo of Teresa Wojcik

Photo: Emily Gageldonk

When she was young, Teresa found it difficult to put overwhelming and intense feelings into words. One day, as a young teenager she sat down at the piano and wrote a piece that expressed everything she had been struggling to say. The fog lifted, the weight dropped away and she felt relieved in a way that she had never experienced before.

This started an intense relationship with music, continuing through a degree in Music, over to Europe for several years, before landing in Australia mid-2018.

With a voracious appetite for sound, Teresa inhaled everything she came across with her ears, fingers and voice. With years of multiple instrument disciplines, live and digital orchestration training and experience behind her, she offers emotive, innovative, and intuitive music for solo instruments, ensembles, strings, voice and full orchestra.

'More than simply creating music, Teresa was able to use her extensive knowledge, experience and emotional intelligence to create a score that deeply moved and eloquently translated a vision I had worked on for years, perfectly, into sound form.'

Charlie Wan - Creator of S.A.D: A journey through the seasons of mental health

Works representative of style:

S.A.D: A journey through the seasons of mental health (2018) - a full-length clown show aimed at starting an honest conversation about some of the many facets of everyday life with mental health issues. The score is through-composed.

In the Spirit (2020) - A 20-minute dance cycle celebrating the life and legacy of Marion Mahony Griffin.

Celebrating Recalibrating (2021) - A piano trio dealing with the events from the horrific 2019-20 bushfire season in Australia, through the outbreak of COVID-19, to a "new normal" and hopes for a kinder, more sustainable future.

Education:

2013: BMus, Composition, Songwriting, Classical Singing

Composition Tutors: Professor Anthony Ritchie, Dr Graeme Downes, Professor Peter Adams

Awards and Honours received:

2020: artsACT 5k Grant: Writing of Celebrating Recalibrating

2021: artsACT 5k Grant: Recording of Celebrating Recalibrating

2022: artsACT 5k Grant: New work under mentorship

Teresa Wojcik — current to February 2023

Studied with

Professor Anthony Ritchie (2011 - 2014)

Dr Graeme Downes (2011 - 2014)

Professor Peter Adams (2011 - 2014)

 

Selected Commissions

  Work Commission Details
Digital sheet music sample Celebrating Recalibrating : piano trio (2021) FUNDED BY artsACT and generous private donations, with the help of the Australian Cultural Fund, GoFundMe, and Facebook Donations.