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Ade Vincent is a prolific composer with a diverse body of work. His music has been performed in a range of venues, from intimate bars to major music festivals and concert halls, and been heard on television, radio and digital media.
His compositional style draws on classical, pop and electronic music, with a focus on blended genres, intricate production and the use of technology as part of the compositional process.
In 2018 he was the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's inaugural Young Composer in Residence, composing three new works for the orchestra as part of the position. These included the electro-orchestral 'Forever Singing Winter into Spring', co-written with singer Lior, in which Ade also performed. He has numerous other commissions for new music including works for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Tinalley String Quartet and Sarah Curro.
He is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for indie-pop quartet The Tiger & Me who have toured Australia extensively, signed to the ABC label Four|Four.
In 2015 he co-founded Kaleidoscope Audio, an audio company specialising in music and sound for videogames.
He is Lecturer in Composition at Box Hill Institute and is currently completing a PhD in Composition at The University of Melbourne.
He is published by Gaga Music and The Australian Music Centre.
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Concert Music
He has received numerous commissions for new music. In 2015 he was awarded the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Melbourne Recital Centre's Composition Award. As a result the MRC commissioned him to write a work for Tinalley String Quartet and Lior that was premiered at the MRC and Sydney Opera House in 2016.
In 2017 he was appointed the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Cybec Young Composer in Residence. This followed his participation in the MSO's Cybec Program, during which his orchestral work The Secret Motion of Things was premiered by the MSO at Iwaki Auditorium, and programmed again in the 2017 Metropolis New Music Festival (Elisabeth Murdoch Hall). In 2018 the MSO premiered his orchestral works Hood Yourself in Stars (Robert Blackwood Hall) and What Was Just a World is a Star (Hamer Hall). In 2019 the MSO premiered Forever Singing Winter into Spring (Elisabeth Murdoch Hall), an electro-orchestral song cycle co-written with and featuring Lior.
In 2019 he was awarded the University of Melbourne's Adolph Spivakovsky Scholarship.
In 2017 he was awarded the University of Melbourne's Guitar Perspectives Composition Award.
In 2007 Ade's work for solo alto recorder called Degraves St finished second in Orpheus Music's worldwide competition for new works for the recorder, and was subsequently published by Orpheus Music.
His music has been published by the Australian Music Centre, Orpheus Music and Lyrebird Press.
Solo Album
Ade released his debut solo album The Raven in 2015 – a song-cycle setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same name. The album marks Ade's emerging hybrid compositional style with its blend of classical and pop techniques, intricate production and subtle sound design elements.
The Tiger & Me
Ade is the driving force behind The Tiger & Me. Singer and front-man on-stage, manager off-stage, he is one of the three primary songwriters, writing and arranging much of the band's material. He has produced some of their back catalogue, including critically-lauded first album From a Liar to a Thief and their contribution to The Key of Sea project. In 2012 the band signed to ABC Music and released their second album The Drifter's Dawn. In 2013 they signed with Gaga Publishing. They have performed at major festivals all over Australia and tour regularly. A third album is currently in the making.
Screen Music
Ade has written music for video games and advertising. His songs have appeared on ABC's The Time of Our Lives and Channel 7's Winners & Losers. In 2013 he provided music with The Tiger & Me for the trailer for Tim Winton's The Turning. In 2015 he co-founded Kaleidoscope Audio, an audio company specialising in music and sound for video games.
Audio Engineering
In addition to recording and producing some of his own material, Ade recorded and mixed the self-titled EP by Broads. Hear it here.
Academia
He has a Master of Music (Composition) at the University of Melbourne, where he is now studying a PhD with Stuart Greenbaum, Elliott Gyger and Miriama Young. He is also mentored by Brenton Broadstock.
Ade Vincent is a prolific composer with a diverse body of work. His music has been performed in a range of venues, from intimate bars to major music festivals and concert halls, and been heard on television, radio and digital media.
His compositional style draws on classical, pop and electronic music, with a focus on blended genres, intricate production and the use of technology as part of the compositional process.
In 2018 he was the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's inaugural Young Composer in Residence, composing three new works for the orchestra as part of the position. These included the electro-orchestral 'Forever Singing Winter into Spring', co-written with singer Lior, in which Ade also performed. He has numerous other commissions for new music including works for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Tinalley String Quartet and Sarah Curro.
He is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for indie-pop quartet The Tiger & Me who have toured Australia extensively, signed to the ABC label Four|Four.
In 2015 he co-founded Kaleidoscope Audio, an audio company specialising in music and sound for videogames.
He is Lecturer in Composition at Box Hill Institute and is currently completing a PhD in Composition at The University of Melbourne.
He is published by Gaga Music and The Australian Music Centre.
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More:
Concert Music
He has received numerous commissions for new music. In 2015 he was awarded the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Melbourne Recital Centre's Composition Award. As a result the MRC commissioned him to write a work for Tinalley String Quartet and Lior that was premiered at the MRC and Sydney Opera House in 2016.
In 2017 he was appointed the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Cybec Young Composer in Residence. This followed his participation in the MSO's Cybec Program, during which his orchestral work The Secret Motion of Things was premiered by the MSO at Iwaki Auditorium, and programmed again in the 2017 Metropolis New Music Festival (Elisabeth Murdoch Hall). In 2018 the MSO premiered his orchestral works Hood Yourself in Stars (Robert Blackwood Hall) and What Was Just a World is a Star (Hamer Hall). In 2019 the MSO premiered Forever Singing Winter into Spring (Elisabeth Murdoch Hall), an electro-orchestral song cycle co-written with and featuring Lior.
In 2019 he was awarded the University of Melbourne's Adolph Spivakovsky Scholarship.
In 2017 he was awarded the University of Melbourne's Guitar Perspectives Composition Award.
In 2007 Ade's work for solo alto recorder called Degraves St finished second in Orpheus Music's worldwide competition for new works for the recorder, and was subsequently published by Orpheus Music.
His music has been published by the Australian Music Centre, Orpheus Music and Lyrebird Press.
Solo Album
Ade released his debut solo album The Raven in 2015 – a song-cycle setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same name. The album marks Ade's emerging hybrid compositional style with its blend of classical and pop techniques, intricate production and subtle sound design elements.
The Tiger & Me
Ade is the driving force behind The Tiger & Me. Singer and front-man on-stage, manager off-stage, he is one of the three primary songwriters, writing and arranging much of the band's material. He has produced some of their back catalogue, including critically-lauded first album From a Liar to a Thief and their contribution to The Key of Sea project. In 2012 the band signed to ABC Music and released their second album The Drifter's Dawn. In 2013 they signed with Gaga Publishing. They have performed at major festivals all over Australia and tour regularly. A third album is currently in the making.
Screen Music
Ade has written music for video games and advertising. His songs have appeared on ABC's The Time of Our Lives and Channel 7's Winners & Losers. In 2013 he provided music with The Tiger & Me for the trailer for Tim Winton's The Turning. In 2015 he co-founded Kaleidoscope Audio, an audio company specialising in music and sound for video games.
Audio Engineering
In addition to recording and producing some of his own material, Ade recorded and mixed the self-titled EP by Broads. Hear it here.
Academia
He has a Master of Music (Composition) at the University of Melbourne, where he is now studying a PhD with Stuart Greenbaum, Elliott Gyger and Miriama Young. He is also mentored by Brenton Broadstock.