Ella Macens’ new work will be performed by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and broadcast on Fine Music 102.5.

Ella Macens has been named as the winner of the 2017 Young Composer Award. Willoughby City Council and Fine Music 102.5 announced today that the Sydney-based composer has taken out the competition with her work Flight.

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The Young Composer’s Award is an annual competition jointly run by Fine Music 102.5 and Willoughby City Council, supported by APRA|AMCOS, which provides emerging composers under the age of 30 with the opportunity to have their work premiered live on stage by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. The performance is also recorded for future broadcast on Fine Music 102.5. The composer also receives a cash prize of $5,000 from APRA|AMCOS. Previous winners include Elizabeth Younan, Solomon Frank, Christopher Pantelidis, Rachel Merton and Andrew Howes.

Macens’ work Flight will be performed on September 16 and 17. Discussing her composition she said: “As the music unfolded, my mind became hooked on visualising the act of flying in all its forms – I imagined birds flying in our skies. To explore these perspectives, the piece...