The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has named Liam Ritz as the following RBC Affiliate Composer. The place comes with a two yr time period, incorporating the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons. As Affiliate Composer, Liam will likely be working alongside TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, TSO Composer Advisor Emilie LeBel, the creative employees, and the musicians of the TSO.
This system will permit him to jot down works for full orchestra. Liam may also be capable of community with visiting Canadian and worldwide composers, and he’ll be collaborating the orchestra’s instructional applications.
Liam shared the information in a social media submit.
The RBC Affiliate Composer
The RBC Affiliate Composer program doesn’t simply supply alternatives to jot down music. Liam will obtain coaching and expertise in areas crucial to a future profession, together with,
- Orchestra operations;
- Advertising and public relations;
- Instructional initiatives;
- Choosing and programming Canadian and modern music.
Whereas there’s no age restriction hooked up to the place, it’s a chance designed for an rising composer who has accomplished formal schooling, and has already demonstrated their talents within the realm of Canadian orchestral music to some extent.
This yr’s search committee included TSO Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, TSO Composer Advisor Emilie LeBel, musician representatives of the TSO, and TSO employees. The finalists have been auditioned by way of stay interviews, and a written train.
Composer Liam Ritz
Hamilton-born Liam Ritz relies in Toronto, and he earned a Bachelor of Music diploma from the College of Toronto, learning composition beneath Abigail Richardson-Schulte. Liam went on to review privately, and in masterclasses with outstanding composers like Ana Sokolovic, Jean Lesage, Derek Bermel, and Kelly-Marie Murphy, amongst others.
His music attracts influences from quite a few genres from pop to jazz, together with classical music. Liam’s items are sometimes multi-layered, and reference not simply music however different artwork types reminiscent of theatre.
He’s labored with quite a few ensembles in Canada, together with:
- The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the place he was an inaugural Composer Fellow;
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra;
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra;
- Nationwide Youth Orchestra of Canada.
His compositions have additionally been carried out in the USA, Italy, Finland, Argentina, and Japan, and featured in music festivals and workshops throughout North America, together with the Bowdoin Worldwide Music Competition (Brunswick, Maine), Winnipeg New Music Competition (Winnipeg, MB), Orford Music Academy (Orford, QC), Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s What Subsequent Competition (Hamilton, ON), College of Toronto’s New Music Competition (Toronto, ON), and others.
Liam’s prize depend consists of:
- Six SOCAN Basis Younger Composers Awards;
- A Prix Artistique from Jeunesses Musicales Canada: Concours Do Mi Si La Do Ré;
- The 2020 Metropolis of Hamilton Arts Award.
Congratulations to Liam, and we’ll look ahead to listening to his work over the approaching seasons.
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