Eve de Castro-Robinson


Eve de Castro-Robinson is a New Zealand composer, professor and graphic designer. Her compositions include orchestral, vocal, chamber and electroacoustic works. She studied at the University of Auckland, where in 1991 she became the first person to receive a DMus from the University. She is Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Auckland.
A "de Castro-Robinson Portrait" concert was held at the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington in 2004 and a 50th birthday concert was held at the University of Auckland in 2006. Besides teaching and composing, she also reviews music, speaks and broadcasts on music. She has published a number of professional articles in Canzona and Music in New Zealand. De Castro-Robinson is a member of the SOUNZ board of trustees. She has been Secretary of the Composers Association of New Zealand, Convenor of the Nelson Composers’ Workshop, and currently directs the Karlheinz Company, the University of Auckland's resident contemporary music ensemble.

Honours and awards

Works

  • Chaos of Delight for chamber ensemble
  • Other Echoes for orchestra
  • a pink-lit phase for flute, viola and harp
  • Chaos of Delight III for women's voices
  • Five Responses for women's voices, male speaker, and mixed ensemble
  • Len Songs for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin and piano
  • Noah's Ark for large chamber ensemble
  • Other echoes, fanfare for orchestra
  • Releasing the Angel, Atoll label, for cello and orchestra
  • Len Lye 90-minute five-act chamber opera, libretto by Roger Horrocks
  • Split the Lark for violin and piano
  • Triple Clarinet Concerto for E flat clarinet, B flat clarinet, bass clarinet and orchestra
  • Tumbling Strains for violin and cello
  • Hour of Lead for orchestra
Some of her scores have been published by Waiteata Press, Wellington.

Discography