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David Hamilton |
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David Hamilton (b.1955) is currently Head of Music at Epsom Girls Grammar School and Deputy Musical Director of the Auckland Choral Society. During 1999 he was Composer-in-Residence with the Auckland Philharmonia, and he took a second year’s leave from school in 2000 to pursue a number of composition projects.
He has had works commissioned by major orchestras, instrumental groups and choirs throughout New Zealand. His particular interest is choral music and his music is particularly popular with school choirs. Works have been performed in a number of places around the world including Australia, Japan, Canada, USA and England. A number of his choral works have been published and recorded in North America and Finland, and in 2000 he won first prize in a choral composition competition organised by the University of Bologna, Italy.
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MMT2037 Landscapes – New Zealand Orchestral Music This recording showcases works by seven of the foremost New Zealand composers of orchestral music: Lilburn, Cresswell, Grenfell, Lodge, Hamilton, Harris and Anthony Ritchie.
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MMT2033 Parihaka – The Art of Passive Resistance
A soundscape of music and poetry from the Wellington City Gallery’s major exhibition. Music by Tim Finn and Herbs, the Patea Maori Club, and twelve of NZ’s finest poets reading their own work. |
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MMT2029 NZNYC – Choir of the World
The New Zealand National Youth Choir, under their musical director Karen Grylls, in live recordings from their triumphant 1999 European Tour.
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MMT2016 TNZYC – Winds that Whisper
A chance to hear the "Choir of the World" singing music from New Zealand. Works by Piper, J. Ritchie, Griffiths, Mews, Hamilton, McLeod and the Wehi whanau. |
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