Stephen Leek, has, over the past 40 years, been involved in Composition teaching, workshopping and lecturing. As a freelance workshop leader he has worked in schools, universities and community groups across Australia and around the world. He has also been …
Approaching contemporary choral music development – with open ears and alert minds
A Presentation by Stephen Leek
We all know that a choral program needs to embrace many musical, non-musical and technical elements. The healthy technical aspects of voice production …
LATEST media clip http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2012/09/20/3594419.htm?site=sydney…
….. An interesting film about the creative process made my former student of composition, now turned film maker, Martin Ingle, featuring a composer, a film maker and an author.
Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0wxbzGGWyo&feature=related
Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaHd9OGKQrA…
“Stephen Leek has no equal in Australian music. He is undoubtedly the leading voice of Australian choral music, steering its development since his earliest choral works. His powerful influence has given choirs, and conductors alike, the confidence to sing, celebrate …
The winner of the prestigious Robert Edler Prize for Choral Music has, for the first time, been awarded to a composer, Stephen Leek. Born in Sydney in 1959, Stephen Leek is well known and admired in choral circles throughout the …
There exists an unspoken prejudice among certain professional musicians – composers, performers, critics, administrators, funding bodies – against music written for amateurs. Most believe that sort of activity to be beneath their dignity; some performers, (like actors) regard it as …
