Christopher Wrench
Christopher Wrench is currently lecturer in Organ at the Queensland Conservatorium. He has been a prize-winner at several international organ competitions, performs around Australia and appears regularly overseas as a recitalist, having performed in Austria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy and Sweden. He seeks to combine his work as performer and teacher with his passion for liturgical music.
Christopher Wrench was born is Brisbane and received his musical education at the Queensland and Vienna Conservatories, and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. He has been a prize-winner at numerous international competitions, including St. Albans (Audience Prize) and Odense, Denmark (First Prize, 1992). Christopher Wrench returned to Australia in 1991 to become Lecturer in Organ at the Queensland Conservatorium. He appears regularly as a recitalist throughout Australia and Europe and has performed as soloist with the Adelaide and Australian Chamber Orchestras, and the Queensland Philharmonic, Queensland Symphony and Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestras. He seeks to combine his work as performer and teacher with his passion for liturgical music.
Christopher Wrench is featured on the following titles
One Two One
Yoram Levy (trumpet) and Christopher Wrench (organ) explore the contrasting textures and styles of twentieth-century works by Genzmer, Tomasi, Persichetti, Duruflé and Hakim.
Christopher Wrench also appears on
Joy to the World
Christmas at the Sydney Town Hall, presented annually by the City of Sydney, began in 1978 when Robert Ampt became the fourth Sydney City Organist. The event has since grown into one of the city’s major Christmas celebrations.
Luminescence
Light is integral to colour, and musical integrity is often described in terms of its colour or luminescence. Celebrating Canticum’s 21st birthday, the programme seeks composers whose music shows a particular sensitivity to the choral instrument and to beautiful text.