Joe Twist

Josh Clifford (@joshuuaaaaaa__) and I had the cutest #worldpremiere today with our new piece for grades prep-3 at @brisbaneboyscollege. Thanks so much BBC, an honour to be part of this and looking forward to more performances in the future!
💖👏 (at Brisbane Boys’ College (BBC))
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Josh Clifford (@joshuuaaaaaa__) and I had the cutest #worldpremiere today with our new piece for grades prep-3 at @brisbaneboyscollege. Thanks so much BBC, an honour to be part of this and looking forward to more performances in the future!
💖👏 (at Brisbane Boys’ College (BBC))
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgthW5IL8OQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’ve always been fascinated by stars, and I can’t believe how well our trip to this famous stargazing spot has turned out 🌟⭐️💫

Of course the first photo isn’t mine, I nicked it off the internet, but it’s totally what we saw tonight. The rest are our photos from our crappy iPhones. Actually I lie again, they’re all @sylchen_jia’s photos 💖

Australia has a particularly unique viewpoint of our galaxy, and this has inspired my new piece for @sydneysymphonyorchestra premiering in September.

Highly recommend a trip to Carlo Sand Blow at Rainbow Beach for this incredible, mystic, awesome experience. #ComposerAdventures (at Carlo Sand Blow)
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Wow, so extremely honoured to be a finalist for an @apraamcos Art Music Award this year with such esteemed company of amazing composers. Thank you APRA, @samallchurch & @sydneychamberchoir for bringing my Australian Song Cycle to the world and as we sing our Australian stories together
🙏💖
#ArtMusicAwards2022

Posted @withregram • @apraamcos We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2022 Art Music Awards – Work of the Year – Choral:

Title: A Gathering
Composer: Anne Cawrse
Text: Anne Cawrse and Paul Hetherington
Performer: Adelaide Chamber Singers

Title: An Australian Song Cycle
Composer: Joseph Twist
Text: Henry Lawson, Michael Leunig, Les Murray, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, A.B. Patterson, Peter Skrzynecki, Jack Twist, Judith Wright
Performer: Sydney Chamber Choir, Jem Harding, piano, Anthea Cottee, cello, and Sam Allchurch, conductor

Title: Pandemic, mvt.6 of “Shadow and Hope – Cantata from Six Continents in the Age of Pandemic”
Composer: Brenton Broadstock
Performer: Quartet Berlin-Tokyo, Theodor Schüz Ensemble, and Philipp Amelung, artistic director

Title: Requiem
Composer: Paul Stanhope
Performer: Sydney Chamber Choir
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Save the date! Would love to see you at the #WorldPremiere of my new piece for @sydneysymphonyorchestra, “Ancient Lights/Mystic Sky” in the glorious new acoustic of the @sydneyoperahouse concert hall September 15, 16 and 17. Like Debussy’s La Mer, also performed in this concert, and the world’s fascination with the recent #nasa Webb telescope, I am fascinated with the “endless beauty” of the night sky, and Australia’s viewpoint of the galaxy is particularly poignant and sublime. Can’t wait to share this with you all, the workshop and recording recently was such an honour and a thrill ✨🙏💖 (at Sydney Opera House)
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Thank you so much @gondwanachoirs and @YoungAdelaideVoices for singing my tunes tonight amongst such stunning Aussie choral music Australian choral music is vibrant and radiant and it’s future assured. Love all you amazing people
👏💖😍👏🙏 (at Hobart, Tasmania)
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Hey choral directors! 🙏💖
My ‘Australian Song Cycle’ is uploaded to my website and available to purchase (via #SingScore). Wanted to make this available ahead of my trip to to #Tasmania tomorrow for @festivalofvoicestasmania! Extremely honoured that several of my works will be performed in various concerts, and I’ll be speaking with composer friends in “The Composers’ Room”.

Can’t wait to see you all there
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PS you can check out a whole lot of my scores, peruse they and purchase them online from joetwist.com/store 😍🙏
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My office today 😍 working on my new piece for @sydneysymphonyorchestra conducted by Umberto Clerici. Sounded absolutely fabulous, stupidly I forgot to take a photo while the orchestra was actually there 😅
Can’t wait to share this piece with you all in the Sydney Opera House in September! Still can’t decide whether to call it “Ancient Lights” or “Mystic Sky” 🤷‍♂️✨
Thanks for everything SSO! (at ABC Sydney)
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When I’m not writing operas and orchestra pieces and stuff I’m working on music for animated shows, something I wanted to do ever since I was a kiddo.

Had the huge honour of writing music with legends @danob91 & @joffbush for Season Two of @thestrangechorestv which airs this Friday on @abctv!
Love this show so much, thanks so much @daley_pearson & @the.luke.the for having me on board 💖🙏 (at Brisbane, QLD Australia)
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Double bar day! New piece “Ancient Lights” for @sydneysymphonyorchestra. Now for hours of work on parts and proofreading 😅🎼🎶💖 (at Brisbane, QLD Australia)
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