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Barry Conyngham (Barry Ernest Conyngham) was born on 27 August, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian composer and academic (born 1944). Discover Barry Conyngham's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?
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Barry Ernest Conyngham |
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Australian composer, academic |
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79 years old |
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Virgo |
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27 August, 1944 |
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27 August |
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Australia
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Barry Conyngham Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Barry Conyngham worth at the age of 79 years old? Barry Conyngham’s income source is mostly from being a successful composer. He is from Australia. We have estimated Barry Conyngham's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Barry Ernest Conyngham,, (born 27 August 1944) is an Australian composer and academic.
He has over seventy published works and over thirty recordings featuring his compositions, and his works have been premiered or performed in Australia, Japan, North and South America, the United Kingdom and Europe.
His output is largely for orchestra, ensemble or dramatic forces.
He is an Emeritus Professor of both the University of Wollongong and Southern Cross University.
He is former Dean of the Faculty of the Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne.
Conyngham was born in Sydney.
He completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 1967, and a Master of Arts (Hons.) at the same university in 1971.
In 1970 he visited Japan on a Churchill Fellowship, where he studied with Toru Takemitsu.
This was unusual, as Australian composers typically chose Europe and Britain as their location for further study.
In 1972 he went to the United States on a Harkness Fellowship and gained a Certificate of Post-Doctoral Studies from the University of California, San Diego in 1973.
He was a Fellow of Princeton University 1973–74, and Composer-in-Residence at the University of Aix-Marseille in 1974–75.
He was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne from 1975 to 1979, then Senior Lecturer 1975–79.
In 1978, he won the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award (he won it again in 2008).
He was a visiting scholar at the University of Minnesota, was a Senior Fulbright Fellow in 1982, and that year gained a Doctorate in Music from the University of Melbourne.
He became professor and head of the School of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong 1989–94.
He was the Foundation Vice-Chancellor of Southern Cross University 1994–2000, based in Lismore, New South Wales.
In 1997, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), "for service to music as a composer and to music education and administration".
He was the first musician to hold the chair of Australian studies at Harvard University (2000–2001).
In 2000, Barry Conyngham was invited to give the second annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks address for the Sydney Spring Festival.
In 2003, he was given a commission by the Ian Potter Music Commission Fellowship.
Conyngham has been involved with a number of arts organisations, including the World Music Council, Opera Australia, the Australian Music Centre and the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation.
He has also been chairman of the Music Board of the Australia Council.
After retiring from academic life to concentrate on composition and music performance, on 22 December 2010 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of the VCA and Music at the University of Melbourne.
(Universal Edition London, Vienna. Boosey & Hawkes London, Sydney. Hal Leonard/CoEdition Melbourne.)
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.