Story: Awards and prizes

Fulbright award winner Gareth Farr, 2011

In 1991 Wellington composer Gareth Farr won a Fulbright fellowship to study for a Masters in composition at New York's Eastman School of Music. Twenty years later he reflected on what the experience had meant for him. This extract from a video interview also shows Farr performing one of his compositions with flautist Catherine Bowie.

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Mark Derby, 'Awards and prizes - General and international awards', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/44698/fulbright-award-winner-gareth-farr-2011 (accessed 14 May 2024)

Story by Mark Derby, published 22 Oct 2014, updated 1 Apr 2020