Ralph Hultgren

Born in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, Ralph began his professional music career as a trumpet player in 1970 and performed with many bands. He is now the Head of Pre Tertiary Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and conducts the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra. To date, he has produced 185 works and his compositions have been performed widely within Australia and internationally. He also conducts and speaks at many famous orchestras and clinics. Ralph's porfolio includes being founding member of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors' Association (ABODA - the Australian affiliate of WASBE); current WASBE member and was ABODA's national president and twice as state president. His accolades include Citation of Excellence, the Australian Band & Orchestra Directors' Association's highest honour in '98; nomination for the prestigious Sammy and Penguin Awards for his television soundtracks and twice won the coveted Yamaha Composer of the Year Award. Ralph now resides in Newmarket, Queensland, with his wife Julie and two of his five children.
The Conductor's Problems from the Composer's Perspective 12th July 2005 (12:30 to 1:30pm) When one considers what the composer meant when they 'spoke' through their manuscript one must be aware of what influences, impacts on and possibly infects them. This session is designed to investigate the influences on a composer from an autobiographical perspective. It will consider what place an understanding of such autobiographical location conductors should have when studying and preparing scores for performance.