 Dean of Creative Arts
Andrew Schultz [BMus(Hons), PhD Qld, MMus Lond] Composer Andrew Schultz's education included study at the Universities of Queensland and Pennsylvania and at King's College London. His music, which covers a broad range of chamber, orchestral, operatic and vocal works, has been performed, recorded and broadcast widely by many leading groups and musicians and he is the recipient of commissions, awards, fellowships and prizes including a Fulbright Scholarship, the National Opera Award, Arts Council Fellowships and the APRA Award. His two operas, Black River and Going Into Shadows, have been performed in live and film versions throughout the world. Andrew has held positions as Chair of the Board of Directors, Australian Music Centre, Deputy Chair of the National Council of Tertiary Music Schools, Principal External Examiner, Royal Northern College of Music and as a member of the Composer's Committee, Federation of British Conservatoires. He has published on topics relating to new music and analysis and is Editor of the Biographical Directory of Australian Composers. In 1986 Andrew took up an appointment at the University of Wollongong where he was Associate Dean and Director of a Research Centre in the Faculty of Creative Arts. From 1997 to 2001 Andrew held the position of Head of Composition and Music Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Whilst there he directed the New Music Ensemble and was founding Chair of the Research Committee. In 2002 Andrew returned to Australia and the University of Wollongong to take up the appointment of Dean in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Professor of Composition. Telephone: 02 4221 3985
Fax: 02 4221 4608
E-mail: andrew_schultz@uow.edu.au
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