Elizabeth Sheppard

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Elizabeth Sheppard Cantor and Composer BA GradDipEd ACertCM(UK) STB (BTh/BPhil) DipMus(Eora) AdvDipAbStuds(Tranby) NILA(Tranby) EMAIL: Elizabeth.Sheppard@anu.edu.au

An Australian born musician with Noongar Yamatji (Western Australian) and Gandangarra (Blue Mountains NSW) Aboriginal heritage, Elizabeth grew up playing the organ and piano in churches, and singing in choirs in Adelaide, South Australia. She studied piano, Gregorian Chant, Western Music and singing at Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide University, as a Bachelor of Arts student. After performing with St Marks / St Anns University College Choir (conducted by Michael Betts) and Adelaide University Choral Society (conducted by Patrick Thomas) in the 1960s, she sang soprano with the Tasmanian Opera Company Chorus in the 1970s, progressed to Church ministry studies, completed her ACertCM UK Cathedral Cantor Portfolio and Accreditation Certificate in 2000, and sang with the Melbourne Chorale and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Further University studies in Theology, Musicology, Church Music, Ethnomusicology, and Australian Aboriginal culture and music, and mentoring by Aboriginal Elders through Eora and Tranby Aboriginal Colleges in Sydney, the Australian National University, and Reconciliation for Western Sydney, enriched her composition and performance skills, and reconnected her to Country. In 2004 Elizabeth completed a research project on women in church music, and was awarded the International Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (STB). In 2004 she also graduated from Eora Aboriginal College, Sydney with a Diploma of Music, and went on to complete Advanced Diplomas in Aboriginal Studies and Aboriginal Law at Tranby National Indigenous Centre for Adult Education, Sydney. In 2016 she was selected for composer mentoring, as one of five Indigenous composers sponsored by APRA AMCOS, the Australian Music Centre, Mooghalin Arts and the Australian National University under the Australian National Indigenous Composers Initiative Program. In 2016-2018 she composed contemporary choral and instrumental music for chamber ensembles. On August 3 2017 her three movement suite Kooranginy, based on indigenous themes of prayer, conflict and the Uluru Elders’ Statement call for a Treaty with Australia's First Nations, was premiered by Ensemble Offspring at the Eora Aboriginal College Theatre, Sydney, Australia, and recorded and podcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC Classic FM. In 2018 four more of her instrumental and vocal pieces were recorded and premiered by Ensemble Offspring at the ABC’s Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney. In 2020 Elizabeth was awarded an ANU AGRTP Postgraduate Research Scholarship, and began Postgraduate Masters studies in Composition at ANU. In 2021 she was awarded the ANU School of Music Indigenous Music Scholarship and an Interpretation Australia Award. In 2022 43 minutes of her choral music for The Song Company's Songs from the Heart production was toured to Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle, Parramatta and Wollongong, and released on Hyperion Records / Universal Music. Sheppard's upcoming releases include Karollini (a set of ten original SATB / Piano Australian carols) Minninup Pool (a String Quartet), Mana Dharook Gathering Yams (for chamber orchestra), the second edition of her SATB / Organ Reveille Mass, Kaouwi ex Cordis (a capella SSAATTBB choral meditations on Uluru Statement from the Heart texts), and Eight Songs from the Heart (settings of Sheppard's own poems). Her Masters Composition studies are supervised by Dharug composer, ANU lecturer and Associate Professor Christopher Sainsbury.

Score catalogue

By Faith We Live - Choir + keyboard
Golden Summer - An Australian Christmas Carol - Voice + keyboard
Iste Confessor (8th C Office Hymn arr. Elizabeth Sheppard) - 8th C Office Hymn arr. Elizabeth Sheppard STB - Choir + keyboard
Listen, my spirit - Choir + keyboard
Magnificat in F Major (My Soul doth Glorify the Lord) - Canticle of Mary for the Annunciation - Choir + keyboard
Mary Gentle Mother - Choir + keyboard
Hands Across the Sea - An Australian Hymn for Anzac Day - Choir + keyboard
The Rocks of Inverloch - Wonthaggi (Wind and Rain) - Voice + keyboard
Blue Sky Country - Choir + keyboard
Hands Across the Sea - An Australian Hymn for Anzac Day - Choir + keyboard
Gallipoli Dawn (Woodwind) - : a meditative interlude for ANZAC Day - Woodwind trio
The Reveille Mass - Choir + keyboard
Gallipoli Dawn (Woodwind) - : a meditative interlude for ANZAC Day - Woodwind trio
Listen my Spirit (Flute) - Solo Flute + piano
Koonart Golden Wattle Tree - Solo instrument (Piano)
Kaya Mary - Hail Mary (Noongar Language SW Western Australia) - Choir + keyboard
KOORANGINY - 1 Walken Rainbow 2 Yoora Tattoo 3 Koordaboodjar Heartland - Large mixed ensemble
Morialta - Duet
Warangka Jesus-ang - The Song of Jesus - Solo instrument (Piano)
We Are Your Witnesses - Ngalak Noonook Balga - Choir + keyboard