The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago, one of the five Arts Fellowships at the university. It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand and is currently the only position of its kind; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers. The current Mozart Fellow is Kenneth Young (until January 2022). History The Fellowship was established in 1969 and the first appointed Mozart Fellow was Anthony Watson. It is awarded for a 12-month period, and no composer may hold the Fellowship for more than two years. Composers are also expected to spend the majority of their time based in Dunedin. The appointed composer is paid a stipend which allows him or her to live and are given the freedom to work on projects of their own choice, although traditionally many recipients of the award have written compositions for performers within the University's Music Department or the city's orchestra Dunedin Symphony. A reunion of past and present fellowship holders was held at the university in 2007. List of Mozart Fellows 1970–71 Anthony Watson 1972 John Rimmer 1973–74 Edwin Carr 1975 Larry Pruden 1976–77 Gillian Bibby 1980 Chris Cree Brown 1981 John Elmsly 1983 Chris Cree Brown 1984 Jonathan Besser 1985 Kim Dyett 1986–87 Nigel Keay 1988–89 Anthony Ritchie 1990–91 Martin Lodge 1992 Gillian Whitehead and Bruce Crossman 1993 Helen Bowater 1994–95 Christopher Marshall 1996 Cheryl Camm 1997 Jason Kaminski 1998 Paul Booth 1999 Harold Anderson 2000 Ross Carey 2001 Alison Isadora 2002 Michael Norris 2003–04 Noel Sanders 2005–06 Rachel Clement 2007 Neville Copland 2008–09 Chris Watson 2010–11 Chris Adams 2012 Robbie Ellis 2013 Samuel Holloway 2014–15 Jeremy Mayall 2016-17 Chris Gendall 2018-19 Dylan Lardelli, 2020-21 Kenneth Young, See also Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Robert Burns Fellowship References External links University of Otago Mozart Fellowship page Awards and prizes of the University of Otago Classical music awards 1969 establishments in New Zealand