Previous Finalists
NZSO Todd Young Composer Awards
Now in its 20th year, the NZSO Todd Corporation Young Composer Awards is a unique opportunity for young New Zealand composers to have their compositions workshopped and performed by the NZSO, as well as recorded by RNZ Concert.
2023 Finalists
Henry Meng Apparitions of the Crepuscule (Winner)
Sai Natarajan Stargazer (Orchestra Choice)
Camryn Nel Divertimento
Chongwen “Wayne” Gao Cosmic Dance
Mallory Elmo There are many spirits outside
Nicholas Graham Brownlie of Sparrows and Navigation
Scarlett Peckham Evocation: home, sky
Thorin Williams Below
2022 Finalists
Cameron Monteath Moirai (Winner and Orchestra Choice)
Camryn Nel Taupō-nui-a-Tia (Runner-up)
Eva Bedggood Red Dragon
George Smith Short Work for Orchestra
Henry Meng Fanfare
Julia Francis German Waltz
Morgan Smith The Attempt
Mostyn Lee Kawakawa
Sai Natarajan We Long For An Adventure
2021 Finalists
Micah Thompson Vignette (Winner)
Jack Bewley Vignette: sought peace (Orchestra Choice)
Abhinath Berry Prologue from Metamorphoses
Eva Bedggood Azimuth
Joshua Turner Autumnal Equinox
Liam Furey The Silence of Kilmister Tops
Mallory Stevenson Moss-asphalt introit
Thomas Bedggood Ikaros
2020 Finalists
David Mason Amorphous (Winner)
Kodi Rasmussen Thermogenesis (Orchestra Choice)
Jacob Barrett Stardust
Jose Jugo Turmoil
Julia Francis Isolation
Michaela Cornelius Transmutation
Sam van Betuw Mister
Thomas Bedggood Tezcatlipoca – Smoking Mirror
2019 Finalists
Nathaniel Otley biosphere degradation (Winner)
Jack Bewley Guernica – A Response (Orchestra Choice)
Abby Pinkerton Warou
Alan Mackwell Rounds
David Mason Zephyr
Ihlara McIndoe Petrichor
Luka Venter ts’onot
Micah Thompson Forgo the parable, seek the light
2018 Finalists
Luka Venter Primeval Light (Winner)
Julius Magpantay 物の哀れ (mono no aware) (Orchestra Choice)
Ihlara McIndoe Ārohirohi
Jessie Leov the wilds
Josiah Carr in the middle
Julia Francis The Fall of Icarus
Leo Jaffrey He Comes
Nathaniel Otley Translucence
2017 Finalists
Daniel Sun Ngā Ariā o Tangaroa (Winner)
Kirsten Strom Ice (Orchestra Choice)
Alan Mackwell Myst
Craig Drummond-Nairn Muirhead Overture
Isaac Shatford A Fleeting Fanfare
Joshua Pearson Keratoconus
Nathaniel Otley Canvas for Orchestra
Sam van Betuw Another and Another and Another
2016 Finalists
Josiah Carr five portraits (Winner and Orchestra Choice)
Brendon Skelton Le Stelle (The Stars)
Daniel Sun Day and Night
Eleanore Chen Formosa Incident
Evangelina Telfar Olas de Baile
Jay Greenberg Flower Symphony (excerpt)
Louisa Nicklin (Ir)rational
Reuben Jelleyman Strobe (Excerpt 2)
2015 Finalists
Jay Greenberg Water Wheel with Mantras (Joint Winner and Orchestra Choice)
Reuben Jelleyman Strobe (excerpts) (Joint Winner)
Daniel Sun Ghostly Appearances
Josiah Carr Surge
Louisa Nicklin Construals
Oliver Huang-Hsu MISSING The Crumbling Mind
Sam van Betuw The Stone Mage and the Sea
Zac Johns Spike
2014 Finalists
Salina Fisher Blushing Skies (Winner and Orchestra Choice)
Andrew Atkins It's Just Weird
Callum Blackmore ...rest and be untouched...
David Grahame Anthem
Glen Downie Kaleidoscopic Terrain
Jason Post noumena
Sam van Betuw Midnight in the Woods
Stephen Clothier Polyptych III: Fall of the Damned
Tabea Squire The Water-bear Sleeps
2013 Finalists
Salina Fisher Shadows of the Mind (Winner)
David Grahame Embiosis (Orchestra Choice)
Alex Campbell-Hunt Canada Suite – IV: Toronto/Coda
Callum Blackmore Persistance, Colour, Hysteria, Rupture
Celeste Oram macropsia
Corwin Newall Fossil Fuel
Sam Logan Zhu Rong Fury
Sarah Ballard Synergos (Red)
Reuben Jelleyman Arc
2012 Finalists
Sarah Ballard Bitter Hill (Winner)
Wesley Webb The Last Moa (Orchestra Choice)
Callum Blackmore Waltz for a Disgraced Politician
Celeste Oram Out of the Unreal Shadows
Christopher Geddes Rain
Michelle Velvin A Calm Voice Lost
Oliver Huang Xu Skogkatt
Sam Logan Lost Island
2011 Finalists
Alex Taylor [Inner] (Winner and Orchestra Choice)
Jacoba Margarietha du Preez Te Putangitangi-a-Tane (Highly Commended)
Alex Campbell-Hunt Progress
Corwin Newall Hang in There
Elizabeth de Vegt Five/Presence
Hannah Blumhardt Tensile Strength
Hannah Gilmour A Sign in the Shadows
Joanie Chung Yee Lee Earthquake
Max Wilkinson Evocation from the Seas
Natalie Matias The Crucible, Act 1, Scene
Oliver Xu Palais National
Sarah Ballard Nebula
Tabea Squire Test Pattern
2010 Finalists
Arna Shaw Headache (Winner)
Alex Taylor Six Pieces for Orchestra (Orchestra Choice)|
Jonathan Mandeno Primordial Chaos (Highly Commended)
Corwin Newall Avalanche
Joanie Chung Yee Lee Wind Reflection
Lizzie Dobson Planare
Matthew Childs Polgara’s Lament
Robbie Ellis Fanfare 10
Thomas Jensen Trench
Umar Zakaria The persistence of our Youth
2009 Finalists
Natalie Hunt Rain II (Winner)
Robbie Ellis Feral (Orchestra Choice)
Ajita Goh Freedom is not free
Alex Taylor Fray
Arna Shaw Timatanga
Corwin Newall Significant Figures
Hannah Gilmour Though it lingers
Lizzie Dobson A Study in Scarlet
Mathew Childs Alone in the Night
Minto Fung The Chase
Pieta Hextall Portrait
Tabea Squire Vee Dub and little tiger go wandering
2008 Finalists
Alexandra Hay Bellum Nocturnis (Winner)
Robin Toan Aquarium and Puppets – Postcards from Barcelona (Highly Commended)
Anita Goh Reflection
Hannah Gilmour Eloi, Eloi, lama sbachthani?
Joanie Chung Yee Lee Drum Dancers
June Dams Homeostasis – An Endless Sad Dance of Life and Death
Katie Johnson Prelude to the Unspoken
Lizzie Dobson Ricercare di Vita
Pieta Hextall Impetus
Ryan Youens Somnium
Umar Zakaria Dreams of Power
2007 Finalists
Claire Cowan Incantations (Joint Winner)
Tony Lin Requiem for a bird (Joint Winner)
Tabea Squire Tiszavirag (Commended)
Arna Shaw Caboose on the Loose (Best First Submission)
Alex Chan Ino
Christina Reid Tales of Greece Suite; III Mighty Odysseus
Corwin Newall Caught in the Headlights
Jeremy Mayall …expendable dichotomy…
Joanie Chung Yee Lee Circus Glimpses
Pieta Hextall Perpetual Phase
2006 Finalists
Karlo Margetic Bioluminescence (Joint Winner)
Robin Toan La Sagrada Familia (Joint Winner)
June Dams Kaleidoscope of Truth (Commended)
Ryan Youens Unspoken Monologue (Commended)
Andrew Baldwin A Prelude for Spring, Op.5
Corwin Newall Race against Fire
Kate Oswin Waitaki II
Pieta Hextall Bridge of Remembrance
Tabea Squire The fourteenth Hour
Tony Lin Gumboot Waltz
2005 Finalists
Chris Gendall So It Goes (Winner)
Andari Anggamulia Les Images for Orchestra
Andrew Baldwin Scenes from the Countryside, Op.4
Antony Verner Time Pursuit!
Claire Cowan My Alphabet of Light
Isaac Stone Contrasting Worlds
Jeff Lin Waft and Conflict
Ryan Youens Subsidence
Thomas Brazier Antarctica 1st Mvt.