WAYACHAMP Commissions
Works for Us
Inaugurated in 2021, WAYACHAMP's Works for Us project commissions local Australian composers to compose chamber music works that are premiered by WAYACHAMP musicians. Works for Us seeks to establish a contemporary repertoire playable by the 10 - 17 age group that engages imaginations and celebrates our community.
This initiative fosters cultural curiosity and relevance through the exchange of ideas between students and seasoned professionals. It offers students an opportunity to interpret new music, blend their knowledge of technical and creative aspects of music and work alongside a living composer. The premiere of each composition occurs at the Academy Final Concert and scores are subsequently being added to a collection of Australian chamber music that will be made accessible to musicians globally.
2026 Commission
Aaron Wyatt
​Aaron is a violist, violinist, conductor, composer, programmer, and academic. Originally from Perth, he spent many years as a regular casual with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra before moving to Melbourne to take up an assistant lecturer position at Monash. A member of the Decibel New Music ensemble, he also develops their animated graphic notation app, the Decibel ScorePlayer. In 2021 he became the first Indigenous Australian to conduct a state symphony orchestra in concert, and as a composer he has written both traditional and elctro-acoustic works for ensembles like Decibel, Grey Wing, Ensemble Dutala, Enemble Offspring, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and the Monash Academy Orchestra.
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Aaron's work will be premiered by WAYACHAMP students at Spring Academy, September 2026
This commission is supported by Creative Australia.
2025 Commission
Iain Grandage - "Looking Out"
Premiered at Spring Academy 3 October 2025
Performed by Zachary Madan, Seth Cheah, Kobe Wu and Jinnry Zhuang
This commission was supported by Creative Australia.
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This quartet also won the Australian/Original music prize at WAYACOMP 2025 for their performance of Iain's work.
2024 Commission
Simone Lobbia - "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
Premiered at Spring Academy 27th September 2024
Performed by the Masters Orchestra, Directed by Laurissa Brooke​
This commission was supported by Creative Australia.
2023 Commission
2022 Commission
R.E. Smith, Intrepid: Passage to Antarctica (string quartet)
Premiered on 14 April 2023 by Elouise Watson, Zachary Madan, Jessica Casey and James Ji
This commission was supported by Creative Australia.
2021 Commission​
Kathy Potter, Reaching Out (string quartet)
Premiered 30 September 2021 by Ellie Malonzo, Alicia Sun, Kylie Zhang and Yuchen Chan
This commission was supported by Creative Australia.
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If you would like to be considered for a commission, or would like to support this initiative, please get in touch at info@wayachamp.com