Ensemble Offspring has revealed the four composers selected for its 2025 Hatched Composer Intensive.

Beth Roche (NSW), Louis Wishart (NSW), Georgina Bowden (SA) and Callum O’Reilly (WA/VIC) have been chosen from a field of more than 40 applicants to embark on a creative journey of mentorship and artistic development throughout 2025, under the guidance of EO Artistic Director Claire Edwardes and Hatched Academy Director Jason Noble, alongside lead mentor Holly Harrison and Hatched Academy Patron Brett Dean.

Beth Roche (left) and Georgina Bowden. Photo supplied

Their new creations will premiere at Future Classics on 22 November at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Offspring performers Lamorna Nightingale (flutes), Jason Noble (clarinet/bass clarinet), Ronan Apcar (2025 Hatched Emerging Performer/piano), Niki Johnson (Associate, percussion) and Benjamin Ward (Associate, double bass).

Louis Wishart (left) and Callum O’Reilly. Photos supplied

Complimenting this program are two more brand new EO commissions – a piano solo by Berlin based Australian composer Thomas Meadowcroft written for Ronan Apcar as the Emerging Performer Commission; and the inaugural Hatched Alumni Commission by 2025 Hatched Composer Intensive participant, Melbourne based...