Carolyn Watson
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Carolyn Watson is an Australian conductor and music educator. Watson studied at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music and attended Figtree High School before pursuing an undergraduate degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and further studies at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. Watson taught at Sydney Grammar School until 2008 before moving into conducting. Conducting studies were with David Zinman at the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen[1] and at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as a masters and then a doctoral candidate.[2]
In August 2013, Watson was appointed conductor of the Academy Orchestra at Interlochen Center for the Arts.[3] Previous to this post, Watson was the inaugural Conductor-in-Residence at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney (2011-2013).
In 2013, Watson won the Brian Stacey Award for Emerging Australian conductors as part of the 13th Helpmann Awards and was awarded a Dome Centenary Fellowship from the State Library of Victoria.[4] She was the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship (2012),[5] the Sir Charles Mackerras Conducting Prize from the Australian Music Foundation in London (2008) [6] and the Nelly Apt Conducting Scholarship (2008).[7] Watson was also the recipient of Opera Foundation Australia's New Berlin Music Opera Award in 2012 and the Bayreuth Opera Award in 2009.[8]
Watson was a finalist at the 2012 Emmerich Kálmán International Operetta Conducting Competition in Budapest, Hungary [9] where she placed Third and received the Herend Porcelain Manufacturer's Special Prize and the Special Prize of the Kodály Philharmonia.[10]
In Sydney, Watson has worked as a guest conductor with the SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra, Willoughby Symphony and Sydney Youth Orchestra. In 2011 she was Assistant Chorus Master of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Associate Conductor of the Tasmania Discovery Orchestra. Watson led the World Youth Day Orchestra in 2008 for the Papal Arrival at Barrangaroo in front of a live audience of 100,000 and some five million television viewers around the world.
She holds a PhD in Conducting from the University of Sydney, where the subject of her doctoral dissertation was titled 'Carlos Kleiber: Gesture as Communication.'
References
- ^ "Learning to wield a mean baton". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Carolyn Watson (BMusEd '96 PhD '12) - Alumni & Friends - The University of Sydney". Sydney.edu.au. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Interlochen Welcomes Dr. Carolyn Watson | Interlochen Center for the Arts". Interlochen.org. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Fellowships | State Library Victoria". Slv.vic.gov.au. 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Watson, Carolyn's profile | Winston Churchill Memorial Trust". Churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Australian Music Foundation : Alumni 1980-2012" (PDSF). Static.squarespace.com. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "MOST Awards : Nelly Apt Scholarship". Mostlyopera.org.au. 2014-02-22. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Berlin New Music Opera Award". Operafoundationaust.org.au. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Current events and news: - Herendi Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt". Herend.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sydney Conductor Wins Place In International Competition". Sounds Like Sydney. Retrieved 2015-03-09.