(2024) Australian Cultural Fund Boost Matched Funding Grant
Awarded $5,000 matched funding by the Australian Cultural Fund for the “2024 Music for “Transitions Post-Production Fundraising Campaign.”
Online Artist Talk: Music for Transitions, String Quartet #4
Dec 30, 2023 - Online (Teams) Ever wonder how music is made? How a piece of music comes together?
I'm Michael, an Australian composer based in New York City and I am hosting an artist talk exploring my latest project "Music for Transitions" and how it was made.
This artist talk will focus on String Quartet #4, and give you an exclusive glimpse into a work in progress, and how it was created.
String Quartet #4 is supported by New York State Council on the Arts and a consortium of individuals around the world!
This is a virtual event hosted over teams.
Music for Transitions - Private Patrons Only Album Preview Event
Dec 9, 2023 - Melbourne, Private patrons only preview event of Music for Transitions with the Penny Quartet. This informal social event is the presentation of a work in progress ahead of album recording hosted at a private residence with drinks and nibbles.
Keene Delivers Double Delight
SeeSaw Magazine | Review | Stewart Smith | Grebla’s unashamedly tonal and neo-romantic Sfidare is both accessible and meaningful. The work is bookended by Grebla’s best music: a deliberate channelling of the opening gesture of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, dissolving into music of great depth and beauty.
World premiere ‘Sfidare’ by NYC-based WA composer Michael Grebla with Fremantle Chamber Orchestra & John Keen
The West Australian | News Article | David Cusworth | World premiere ‘Sfidare’ by NYC-based WA composer Michael Grebla with Fremantle Chamber Orchestra & John Keen
June in Buffalo | Arditti Quartet Workshop String Quartet #3
The Arditti Quartet Workshop String Quartet #3.
For fifty years, the Music Department at the University at Buffalo has maintained and nurtured a commitment to creative and performing artists at the forefront of contemporary music. The Center for 21st Century Music, founded and directed by composer David Felder in 2006, is built on this legacy, featuring the internationally renowned June in Buffalo festival, the Slee Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra concert series, and the Guest Artist Series of performances, lecture presentations, and workshops. The Center for 21st Century Music is dedicated to the creation and production of new work upholding the highest artistic standards of excellence while simultaneously fostering a complementary atmosphere of creative investigation.
(2023) New York State Council on the Arts - Artist Grant
Grant Winner. Support for the commissioning of a new work for String Quartet in 2023. NYSCA supports the creation of new work by New York State artists through artist-initiated projects across a wide range of areas.
(2022) The President's Own United States Marine Band Call for Scores Competition
Semi-finalist | Sfidare for String Orchestra
(2022) Australia Council for the Arts - Arts Projects for Individuals Grant
Highly selective grant. This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences. Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must last no longer than two years from the proposed start date.
