Applicants to The Sydney 2027 are encouraged to explore the range of new Australian works entered into the 2022 Composing the Future competition for inclusion in their Preliminary Round Recital programs.
New Australian Works
A selection of entries into the 2022 Composing the Future competition from which 2027 applicants may choose to select their Australian work/s.
| Composer | Work | Score | Contact | |
| Julian Yu | The Well-Tampered Klavier | Full Score | ||
| Colin Spiers | Piano Sonata No.6 (Sonata Classica) | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Ronan Apcar | Three Stages of Accepting an Ugly Self-Portrait | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Colin Spiers | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Contact for Score | ||
| Mark Isaacs | Sonata for Piano | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Mark Isaacs | Songs Without Words | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Alicia Grant | Solar Flares | Sample | Purchase Score | |
| Robert Constable | Three Silent Film Scenes – for Piano | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Martin Lass | Journey to Sydney – Snapshots from an Uncommon Childhood | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Jack Symonds | Guardare, meravigliarsi… five nocturnes for solo piano | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Barry Conyngham | Haiku | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Sam Wu | Tiny Forests | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Aristea Mellos | Preludes | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Mark Grandison | Broken Threads | Full Score | ||
| Gina Ismene Chitty | The Dance of the Robotic Cyborg | Sample | Purchase Score | |
| Gina Ismene Chitty | Hexagonal Etude Augmentations | Sample | Purchase Score | |
| John Rotar | Sonata No.1 Gongs and Bells from the Black Bamboo Cathedra | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Amanda Handel | The Reckoning | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Anthony Bozicevic | Twelve Minor Preludes | Full Score | ||
| Robert Hao | Songwriting | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Tristan Coelho | Ice Monuments | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Chris Williams | Upon the Shore of a Strange Land | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Peggy Polias | Sonata: Ode | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Emma Greenhill | Pixels | Sample | Purchase Score | |
| Justin Wiliams | Three Intermezzi | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Robert Melbourne | Constellations | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Karen Lemon | The Mark of Sorrow | Sample | Contact for Score | |
| Gordon Kerry | Piano Sonata No.2 | Full Score |
Composing the Future Prize Winners
Colin Spiers was awarded the first prize of $20,000 with his winning composition titled ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’, which is a work inspired by a surrrealist painting. In four movements and just under twenty minutes in length it is dazzling pianistically. Mr Spiers’ work will receive a world premiere by Italian/Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev, the winner of the 2021 Sydney International Online Piano Competition, during his national tour in October and November in 2022.
- ‘Journey to Sydney – Snapshots of an Uncommon Childhood’
Composer Martin Lass (pianist Ian Munro) - ‘Tiny Forests’
Composer Sam Wu (pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska) - ‘Three Intermezzi’
Composer Justin Williams (pianist Daniel de Borah) - ‘Ice Monuments’
Composer Tristan Coelho (pianist Kristian Chong) - ‘Sonata: Ode’
Composer Peggy Polias (pianist Bernadette Harvey)
Justin Williams
Justin Williams holds the position of Assistant Principal Viola with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and is the founding violist of the Tinalley String Quartet (TSQ).
Martin Lass
Martin Lass is a classical and classical crossover violinist and composer. After studying at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney—violin with John Gould, Robert Pikler, and Lim Kek Tjiang and composition with Ross Edwards and Edwin Carr—he played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in its early years, was a principle player in the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and played with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for over fifteen years.
Colin Spiers
Brisbane-born pianist Colin Spiers studied at the Q’ld Conservatorium of Music where he graduated with its medal for excellence in 1979.
Tristan Coelho
Tristan Coelho is a Sydney-based composer who writes music largely inspired by nature or our digital, data-driven world.
Project highlights include Hokusai Mixtape for flute, viola, harp and live electronics toured by Contra Concerts in 2021; Rhythm City, for piano, live video sampler and electronics performed by Zubin Kanga; Smell of the Earth, commissioned for the Canberra International Music Festival and performed by Tambuco Percussion; read/write error, commissioned by Ensemble Offspring and finalist in the APRA Art Music Awards, and an interactive music soundscape walk inspired by the local surrounds of Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains created in collaboration with harpist Emily Granger.
Sam Wu
Sam Wu’s music deals with the beauty in blurred boundaries. Many of his works center around extra-musical themes: architecture and urban planning, climate science, and the search for exoplanets that harbor life.
Peggy Polias
Peggy Polias is a composer, music engraver, curator and arts professional residing and working on Darug land in Sydney. She is currently undertaking a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.