Karlo Margetic has been busy since leaving Hutt Valley High School. He was the NZSO National Youth Composer in Residence 2007 and he is the 2007/2008 Auckland Philharmonic Composer in Residence.
Karlo won the National Trusts Secondary Composers' Competition in 2005 and has already written many pieces for orchestra.
In 2007, Karlo composed two chamber pieces for APO Ensembles - a string quartet for the Jade Quartet and a brass quintet for NZChamberBrass. He also wrote solo demos for all instruments in the orchestra which were played at the APO Discovery education concerts. Karlo was one of the judges at the Trusts Secondary Composers' Competition, and will again be for 2008
Karlo's newest piece for orchestra was premiered at the 2008 Lion Foundation Orchestral Summer School in January. He was asked to write a 5 minute fanfare to begin the Premier Fellowship Orchestra programme. APO will perform the first movement of Karlo's new Xylophone concerto which he wrote for Wellington percussionist Brent Stewart. Karlo will also be writing a larger piece for the APO which will be programmed in the 2009 APO season.
Click on the title of this blog entry and you will see some more information on Karlo and where to find his music.
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