Richard John Mills , (born 14 November 1949) is an Australian

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and composer. He is currently the artistic director of

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, and formerly artistic director of the

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and artistic consultant with Orchestra Victoria. He was commissioned by the Victoria State Opera to write his

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' is an Australian play written by Ray Lawler and first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne on 28 November 1955. The play is considered to be the most significant in Australian theatre history, and a " ...

'' (1996) and by

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to write the opera '' Batavia'' (2001).

Career

Mills was born and grew up in

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, Queensland, and went to Nudgee College in Brisbane. He studied in London with

Edmund Rubbra Edmund Rubbra (; 23 May 190114 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak o ...

at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jaz ...

and worked as a

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excl ...

in England and for 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 Orchest ...

. Mills started conducting and composing in the 1980s. In 1988, to celebrate the

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, the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

(ABC) commissioned Mills to re-orchestrate Charles Williams's '' Majestic Fanfare'', the signature tune of ABC news and television broadcasts, in a more modern, Australian idiom. He was engaged to conduct

's first complete production of

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

's ''

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'' in the State Theatre, Melbourne, in 2013, the bicentenary of the composer's birth."In for the long haul"
by Matthew Westwood, ''

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'' (26 March 2011) On 5 June 2013, he withdrew from the Opera Australia Ring cycle.

Works

Works for the stage

* ''Snugglepot and Cuddlepie'' (1987),

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form ...

* ''Earth Poem / Sky Poem'' (1993), a music theatre work for Aboriginal dancers and musicians,

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

and electronic sounds * ''

'' (1996),

in two acts, libretto by

Peter Goldsworthy Peter David Goldsworthy AM (born 12 October 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti. Goldsworthy began his writing life as a poet, as described i ...

after the

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

by Ray Lawler * '' Batavia'' (2001), opera in three acts, libretto by Peter Goldsworthy * '' The Love of the Nightingale'' (2007), opera in two acts, libretto by

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Vocal and choral works

* ''Festival Folk Songs'' (1985) for mezzo-soprano,

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors i ...

boy soprano A boy soprano (British and especially North American English) or boy treble (only British English) is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range, a range that is often still called the treble voice range (in North Americ ...

, large mixed chorus, children's chorus, 2 brass choirs (optional) and orchestra * ''Sappho Monologues'' (1991) for soprano and orchestra, texts after

Sappho Sappho (; el, Σαπφώ ''Sapphō'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied ...

, edited by the composer * ''Symphonic Poems'' (2001), setting of David Campbell and

James McAuley James Phillip McAuley (12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic and a prominent convert to Roman Catholicism. He was involved in the Ern Malley poetry hoax. Life and career McAuley was ...

poems for soprano, mezzo-soprano,

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gu ...

, large mixed chorus, 3 brass bands * ''

The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a ...

'' (2005) for children's chorus, narrator, orchestra; text after

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consist ...

* ''Four Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin'' (2 September 2005, at th
Ospedaletto

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

) for tenor and organ * ''Songlines of the Heart's Desire'' (2007), commissioned by the

Ian Potter Sir William Ian Potter (25 August 190224 October 1994), known as Ian Potter, was an Australian stockbroker, businessman and philanthropist. Potter was knighted in 1962. The Ian Potter Foundation, which he established in 1964, has made grants to ...

Trust, to poems by an anonymous fourth-century Chinese poet, Bengali

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

, American Kenneth Patchen, French Tunisian

Amina Said Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953 in Tunis) is a Tunisian author and poet. Her father is Tunisians, Tunisian and her mother is French people, French. Said has been living in Paris since 1978, where she studied literature at the Univer ...

, and Australians John Shaw Neilson and

Judith Wright Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 191525 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Judith Wright was born in Armidale, N ...

Concertos

* Trumpet Concerto (1982) for

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

and

(written for

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) * ''Soundscapes for Percussion and Orchestra'' (1983) for

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

solo and orchestra * ''Fantastic Pantomimes'' (1987) for flute,

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

, clarinet, horn, trumpet and orchestra * Cello Concerto (1990) for

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

and orchestra (written for

Raphael Wallfisch Raphael Wallfisch (born 15 June 1953 in London) is a British cellist and professor of cello. As a soloist he performs regularly with leading orchestras around the world, as well as together with duo partner John York (piano), or as member of the ...

) * Flute Concerto (1990) for flute and orchestra (written for

James Galway Sir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". He established an international career as a solo flute player. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstan ...

) * Violin Concerto (1992) for

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

and orchestra * Concerto for Violin and Viola (1993) for violin and

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solo and chamber orchestra (written for and premiered by Dene Olding and

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) * Double Concerto (2002) for violin and clarinet (written for Walter and Elsa Verdehr from

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) * Double Concerto (2018) for two violins and strings (written for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)

Orchestral

* ''Bamaga Diptych'' (1989) * ''Tenebrae'' (1992) * ''Pages from a secret journal'' * ''Symphony of Nocturnes'' (2008)

Chamber works

Sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

for

Brass Quintet A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The instrumentation for a brass quintet typically includes two trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/ baritone horn, and one tuba or bass tr ...

(1985) *

String Quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinist ...

No. 1 (1990), revised (2007) * ''Four Miniatures'' (1992) for violin, clarinet and

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

* ''Here where death and life are met'' (no year) for high voice and piano, text by

* ''

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Diptych A diptych (; from the Greek δίπτυχον, ''di'' "two" + '' ptychē'' "fold") is any object with two flat plates which form a pair, often attached by hinge. For example, the standard notebook and school exercise book of the ancient world w ...

for Brass Quintet'' (1997) * ''Songs without Words'' (1998) from the poems of

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for oboe and string quartet * ''Jamaican Entertainment'' (2002) arrangements of music by

Arthur Benjamin Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893, in Sydney – 10 April 1960, in London) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of ''Jamaican Rumba'' (1938) and of the '' Storm Clouds Cantata'', ...

for flute, clarinet, soprano and piano, see: ''

Two Jamaican Pieces ''Two Jamaican Pieces'' is a short suite composed in 1938 by Arthur Benjamin which uses melodies from the West Indies. It is in two sections, ''Jamaican Song'' and ''Jamaican Rumba''. The latter has become Benjamin's most popular work. The sui ...

''). * ''A Little Diary'' (2002) for clarinet and string quartet * ''Woman to Man'' (2004) song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano, text by Judith Wright * String Quartet No. 2 (2007) * String Quartet No. 3 * String Quartet No. 4, ''Glimpses from My Book of Dada'' (2010) * ''Impromptu, after Schubert'' (2014) * ''Lachrymae, Chorales… Postlude'' (2014) for string octet

Instrumental works

* ''

Epithalamium An epithalamium (; Latin form of Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον ''epithalamion'' from ἐπί ''epi'' "upon," and θάλαμος ''thalamos'' nuptial chamber) is a poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber. This form ...

'' (1985) for solo organ * ''Pastoral for Solo Oboe'' (1993) * Six Preludes for Solo Oboe (1991)

Educational works

* ''Little

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for Orchestra'' (1983) for student orchestra * ''Miniatures and

Refrain A refrain (from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'', "to repeat", and later from Old French ''refraindre'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the v ...

s'' (1986) for student string quartet *

Sonatina A sonatina is a small sonata. As a musical term, sonatina has no single strict definition; it is rather a title applied by the composer to a piece that is in basic sonata form, but is shorter and lighter in character, or technically more elementar ...

for String Quartet (1986) for student string quartet

Awards and nominations

In 1982, he won the

Albert H. Maggs Composition Award The Albert H. Maggs Composition Award is a commission-based Australian classical composition award given in order to "encourage and assist composers who might otherwise abandon their efforts for want of means". The award was founded in 1966 by ...

. In 1999, he was appointed a Member of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Go ...

(AM). In 2019, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Austra ...

(FAHA).

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the

Australasian Performing Right Association APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...

to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. ! , - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, , ''Concerto for Violin and Viola'' by

(conductor Richard Mills) , , Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition , , , , , - , rowspan="2" ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

, , rowspan="2" , ''Batavia'' by Orchestra Victoria (conductor Richard Mills) , , Best Performance of an Australian Composition , , , , rowspan="2" , , - , Vocal or Choral Work of the Year , , , - ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

, , ''Concerto for Guitar and Strings'' by Karin Schaupp & Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (conductor Richard Mills) , , Orchestral Work of the Year , , , , , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

, , ''The Love of the Nightingale'' - Richard Mills , , Best Composition by an Australian Composer , , , , , - , rowspan="3" ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, , ''String Quartet No. 3'' - Richard Mills , , Best Performance of an Australian Composition , , , , rowspan="3" , , - , "Palm Court Suite" by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Richard Mills) , , rowspan="2" , Orchestral Work of the Year , , , - , "Tivoli Dances" by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Richard Mills) , , , -

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

Australian music The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions o ...

. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

, ''Ariel's Music'' (with

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 ...

& Paul Dean ,

Best Classical Album The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical *In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...

, , ARIA Award previous winners.

Bernard Heinze Memorial Award

The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia. ! , - , 1996 , , Richard Mills , , Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award , , , , , -

Don Banks Music Award

The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. It was founded by the

Australia Council The Australia Council for the Arts, commonly known as the Australia Council, is the country's official arts council, serving as an arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. The council was announced in 1967 as the Austr ...

in honour of

Don Banks Donald Oscar Banks (25 October 19235 September 1980) was an Australian composer of concert, jazz, and commercial music. Early life and education Jazz was Banks' earliest and strongest musical influence. He learned the saxophone as a boy in Aust ...

, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board. , - , 1996 , Richard Mills , Don Banks Music Award , , -

Green Room Awards

* He received the Green Room Award in 2001 and 2002.

Helpmann Awards

The

Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical t ...

is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' (LPA) since 2001. ! , - , rowspan="2" ,

, , ''Batavia'' – Richard Mills & Peter Goldsworthy , ,

Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work __NOTOC__ The Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia ...

, , , , rowspan="2" , , - , ''Batavia'' – Richard Mills , , Helpmann Award for Best Original Score , , , - ,

, , '' The Love of the Nightingale'' , , Helpmann Award for Best Performance in a Classical Concert , , , , , - , rowspan="3" ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

, , ''The Love of the Nightingale'' – Richard Mills &

, , Best New Australian Work , , , , rowspan="3" , , - , ''The Love of the Nightingale'' – Richard Mills , , Best Original Score , , , - , ''The Love of the Nightingale'' – Richard Mills , , Best Music Direction , , , - ,

, , ''Songlines for the Heart's Desire'' – Richard Mills , , Best Original Score, , , , , - ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , ''Elektra'' – Richard Mills , , Best Musical Direction , , , , , -

References

External links

Composer's home page

Biography at Australian Music Centre

* ttp://www.opera-opera.com.au/archive/brucemartin.html Bruce Martin's reflections on creating the role of Francisco Pelsaert in ''Batavia'' (March 2006, Opera~Opera) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Richard 1949 births Living people 20th-century classical composers 20th-century conductors (music) 21st-century classical composers 21st-century conductors (music) Australian opera composers Ballet composers Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama APRA Award winners Artistic directors (music) Australian conductors (music) Australian male classical composers Helpmann Award winners People from Toowoomba Winners of the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award 20th-century Australian male musicians 20th-century Australian musicians 21st-century Australian male musicians 21st-century Australian musicians Members of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities