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Angus Davison composes music with ‘bright energy’ (Limelight), ‘considerable poignancy’ (The Mercury), and ‘a respect for sound in itself’ (Cut Common). His recent works have explored topics such as the religious life of worms, thermonuclear fusion, and the true story of a bird that fell in love with a statue.

Angus’s music has been performed in Australia, the U.S.A., Europe, and in 2023 his work represented Australia at the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in South Africa. Performers of his work include the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Omega Ensemble, Ensemble Offspring, and Michael Kieran Harvey among many others.

Angus holds a Master of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he studied with Matthew Hindson. Alongside university scholarships, his awards include the TSO Student Composition Prize, Audience Choice Award in the 5th International Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra Prize, and runner up in the Jean Bogan and Willoughby Symphony young composer awards.

He has been selected for all of Australia’s most sought after young composer programs, including the Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship, TSO Australian Composers’ School, MSO Cybec 21st Century Composer Program, and Omega Ensemble CoLAB: Composer Accelerator Program. He has also participated in Composing in the Wilderness, a summer school in Alaska.

Angus is from Hobart and now lives in Sydney. He is represented by the Australian Music Centre. High quality press photos are available here.

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