Amanda Cole
Amanda Cole is a composer of experimental instrumental and electronic Art Music. Her compositions feature microtonal structures, overtones, interference beats and fusions of electronic and acoustic timbres. She composes innovative concert pieces using her own interactive software, tuning systems and bespoke instruments. She also works in collaboration with visual artists to create New Media projects and art gallery installations.
Amanda’s compositions have been performed by Synergy Percussion, Ensemble Offspring, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chorus, The Noise String Quartet and Kroumata (Sweden). Her music has been performed at the Sydney Opera House, Art Gallery of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art, Casula Powerhouse, The National Portrait Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre and the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona.
Amanda has been awarded an Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship (2013) and the Apra Professional Development Award in the Art Music category (2019). In 2021 she was a finalist in the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards in the Sound Art/ Electroacoustic and Choral categories. Amanda has a Bachelor of Music (Hons.1) and a PhD in Composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is currently an associate lecturer in composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Photograph by Jared Underwood
