The Stuart Greenbaum sound has overt connections to jazz, pop and minimalism but goes beyond these important influences.
Greenbaum (Melb. 1966–) studied composition with Brenton Broadstock and Barry Conyngham at the University of Melbourne, where he now holds a position in the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music as Associate Professor and Convenor of Composition.
Nelson, a 3–act opera written with long–time collaborator, poet Ross Baglin, was premiered at the 2007 Castlemaine State Festival. Their second opera, The Parrot Factory, was premiered in 2010 by Victorian Opera at the Meryln Theatre, The Malthouse.
Greenbaum was a Featured Composer at the 2006 Aurora Festival (Western Sydney), resident composer at the 2009 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival and Composer in Focus at the 2009 Bangalow Music Festival. In 2009/2010 he was Australia's representative for the Trans-Tasman Composer Exchange, working in Auckland with NZTrio on a new piano trio, The Year Without a Summer, which toured nationally for Chamber Music New Zealand and in Sydney for the ISCM World New Music Days (2010) and the City of London Festival (2011). Recent commissions from Southern Cross Soloists, The Australia Ensemble and Sydney Omega Ensemble have lead to major works including, most recently, a 2nd symphony for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
He has won a number of awards, including the Dorian Le Galliene Composition Award, the Heinz Harant Prize, and the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award. 90 Minutes Circling the Earth won 'Orchestral Work of the Year' at the 2008 Classical Music Awards.
