Christine McCombe is a composer, digital artist, writer and lecturer in sound and music composition. She studied at the University of Melbourne, during which time she sang in the Choir of Ormond College, under the direction of Douglas Lawrence. After studies with James McMillan at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama she went on to complete a PhD in composition at the University of Edinburgh. Composition prizes and awards include the Dorian Le Galienne Composition Award, the Lyrebird Music Society Composition Prize, a Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Fellowship, a Centre Acanthes (France) Bursary, a Bundanoon Artists Trust Residency and most recently, the 2018 Pythia Prize. Her compositions have been performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Piano Trio, Topology Ensemble, Australia Ensemble and the Australian Chamber Choir to name a few. Recent performances of her works have taken place in the Resonant Bodies Festival (New York), the National Gallery of Victoria and the Melbourne Recital Centre. A CD of her chamber music, entitled Three kinds of silence, was released on the Tall Poppies label in 2018.
Two choral works by Christine McCombe feature on the ACC’s Gold CD. Learn more about the CD.
Power in Stillness was commissioned by the ACC and premiered in Melbourne in 2022 as part of Vivaldi’s Gloria, Agatha’s Cantata. This program is available to watch on demand on ACCess.