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Red Dirt Hymns

Recently, I've revived an old idea that I've called Red Dirt Hymns. A few years ago, it came to …

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Event News

Scenes from Peter Pan

Gondwana Choirs and Sydney Chamber Opera will present scenes from Andrew Ford and Sue Smith's choral …

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Audio & Video

‘Gone’ sung and arranged by Gian Slater

Gian Slater has made this beautiful arrangement of 'Gone', the first of Andrew Ford's Red Dirt …

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Rembrandt’s Wife – a new production by Opera Australia in 2020

Opera Australia has announced Sydney and Melbourne runs of Andrew Ford and Sue Smith's opera, …

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Featured Composition

Last Words (2013)
for soprano, violin, cello and piano

Last Words was the winner of the Vocal/choral Work of the Year category in the 2014 AMC & APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards. It was a shortlisted and 'highly commended' work for the prestigious Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prizein 2016 - Ford's work Learning …

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About Andrew Ford

Andrew Ford is a composer, writer and broadcaster who has won awards in each of those capacities. His music has been performed by the likes of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and New Juilliard Ensemble, the Brodsky Quartet, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Black Dyke Band. He has published ten books, most recently The Song Remains the Same, written with Anni Heino (La Trobe University Press, 2019), and has written, presented and co-produced five radio series. Since 1995, he has presented The Music Show each weekend on ABC Radio National.

 

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