'Associate Professor Richard Chew is Director of the Arts Academy, Federation University Australia. Richard is an acclaimed composer, pianist and conductor. Significant commissions include works for the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, RIAus, Vienna Festival, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Festival of Arts and Ideas (USA), Lyndsay Quartet, Southbank Centre London, Young Vic Theatre Company, Bath International Music Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Three Choirs Festival, Salisbury Cathedral and Wonderful Beast. Recent projects include conducting the Victorian premiere of his choral work Stari Most and original music for the documentary film The Missing (Wind & Sky Productions).' (Australasian Drama Studies; Iss. 77)
