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Summers Night

The Summers Night Project was a biennial national mentoring initiative created to support and mentor female and non-binary composers in developing new compositions, with the goal of increasing gender diversity among composers in music programs across Australia.

In 2017, Anne Summers released ‘The Women’s Manifesto’, a blueprint for achieving equality for women in Australia. It set out clear goals for change, including the right for women to participate fully and equally in all areas of public life.

Inspired by the Manifesto, the Summers Night Project – devised by Cat Hope and Gabriella Smart and produced by Tura – was designed to offer mentoring and support for female and non-binary composers in the creation of new musical works.

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Alluvial Gold

2018
Tura commissioned works from Olivia Davies (WA), Rachel Bruerville (SA) and Carmen Chan Schoenborn (VIC).

2020
Mentees were selected from a national callout. The cohort included Aviva Endean, Hilary Kleinig, Bree van Reyk, Kate Milligan, and Frankie Dyson Reilly.

Mentors of this program have included leading national composers and new music performers. The mix of composers and new music performer mentors aims to facilitate a practical opportunity for mentees to create and render their work a reality.

Previous mentorship teams have included Cat Hope, Gabriella Smart, Erik Griswold, Damien Ricketson, Vanessa Tomlinson, Blair Harris, Olivia Davies, and Aaron Wyatt.