Paul Terracini (born 1957) is an Australian composer, conductor, and educator.

Life and career

Terracini started out his musical career holding a permanent position of principal trumpet from 1975 till 1979 with the

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. He was lecturer in trumpet, concert band, brass ensemble, and big band at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music from 1982 till 1988. He spent about twenty years in Europe, playing solo trumpet at the Danish Chamber Players from 1991 till 2007 and touring Asia, South America, the USA and all across Europe. For 16 years he was chairman of the Storstrøm Symphony Orchestra in Denmark. Back in Australia as a trumpet player he appeared as soloist with ensembles like the

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an Australian orchestra based in Melbourne. The MSO is resident at Hamer Hall. The MSO has its own choir, the MSO Chorus, following integration with the Melbourne Chorale in 2008. The MSO relies on fun ...

, the

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra in the state of Queensland. The orchestra is based in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's building in South Bank. The Orchestra is funded by private corporations, the ...

, the

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the smallest of the six orchestras established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). History The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestr ...

and the

West Australian Symphony Orchestra The West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) is an Australian symphony orchestra based in Perth, Western Australia. Its principal concert venue is the Perth Concert Hall. WASO also gives concerts at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. , WASO ...

. As a conductor he recorded ten classical albums with the

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. Also he has been president of the Danish Bel Canto Society, conducted at the German opera festival

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, led orchestras in Denmark and Italy through concerts and operas. Furthermore, he taught at different schools and colleges of higher musical education in Europa and China. As a composer Terracini has become known through ensembles like

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Brass, the

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, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the

Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra based in Sydney. With roots going back to 1908, the orchestra was made a permanent professional orchestra on the formation of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1932. ...

Brass and the

Australian Chamber Orchestra The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is an Australian orchestra focused on chamber music based in Sydney. History The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''T ...

who have been playing his works. Especially his compositions for film and television gained popularity to the extent of his theme music for Australian TV series, ''Classical Destinations'', being collected onto

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' ''Number 1 Classical Album of 2007''. 2010 he composed two works for the

International Trumpet Guild The International Trumpet Guild (ITG) is an international organization of trumpet players. Members include professional and amateur performers, teachers, students, manufacturers, publishers, and others interested in the trumpet. ITG is a nonprof ...

annual conference and conducted the gala concerts of that event. His most recent CD, ''Paul Terracini – Music for Brass'', (Tall Poppies TP224) was chosen as Best Ensemble CD of the Year for 2016 by ''Brass Band World'' magazine, UK. Apart from his musical activities, Terracini holds a bachelor of theology degree, a

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bachelor of arts degree, and a PhD in religious studies. He has been artistic director and principal conductor of the Penrith Symphony Orchestra in Sydney since 2010, and artistic director and chief conductor of the

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Philharmonic Orchestra since 2017 as well as fulfilling a busy schedule as freelance composer and conductor in Australia and internationally. He is the artistic director and one of the founders of the Penrith Youth Orchestra, a project created in collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Penrith Symphony Orchestra, and Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. His book, ''

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and the

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'', was published in 2015. Criminal defence barrister Winston Terracini and operatic baritone and former artistic director of

Opera Australia Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, New South Wales, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House accompanied by the Opera Australia Orchestra runs for approximately eight months of the year, with t ...

Lyndon Terracini Lyndon William Terracini (born 1950), is an Australian operatic baritone and from 2009 to October 2022 artistic director of Opera Australia. Early life Terracini was born in 1949, the oldest of four children born to Shirley and Vita Terracini, ...

, are his brothers."The history of the ensemble"
.

Discography

* Paul Terracini: Music for Brass. Tall Poppies TP224 * Symphonic Hymns of the Forefathers. ABC Classics ABC472 189-2 * Hymns of the Forefathers 2. ABC Classics ABC 476 160-0 * Cherished Hymns (3-CD Set) ABC Classics 476 6144 * Lead Kindly Light (choral a cappella) ABC Classics ABC 476 159-9 * ''Verter'' (opera, live, commercially released recording from Rossini Festival, Bad Wilbad, Germany). Bongiovanni GB 2343-2 * Symphony of Hope. Bredon Hill BHMCD 1021 * Symphony of Hope 2. Bredon Hill BMHCD 1035 * As Incense. Bredon Hill BMHCD 1031 * Kirkens Store Salmer. Refleks Music 11290022 * Classical Destinations. EMI Classics 09463944225 * Classical Destinations II. Sony/BMG 88697359472 * The Number One Classical Album 2007. Decca 442 9157 * Rhapsodie, Fantasie, Poeme. Melba MR 301117 * The Trilogy. Kingsway Music KMCD 2369 * The Praise Symphony Project. Coventry Music 50010-2 * Orchestral Mastertrax. Soundtrax SML 1013 * Drama Themes. Soundtrax SML 1010 * Scores for the Screen. Soundtrax SML 1023 * Let the Games Begin. Soundtrax SML 1016 * Scores for the Screen. Presentation CD

References

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