Izaak Wesson

Izaak Wesson

Mr, BA (Hons), MMus (Research) W.Aust.

  • The University of Western Australia (M209), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

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Biography

I am a conductor, musicologist, and orchestral librarian, currently working in Research Publication and Data Services at UWA. In my role as an Information Specialist (Research Assessment), I am an administrator of the UWA Profiles and Research Repository (Pure), and a specialist in the curation and reporting of the University's research and its metrics. I have held a variety of positions across UWA since 2018, in the Library, with IT, and at the Conservatorium of Music.

As a musicologist, my interests include the works of John Adams, minimalism, medievalism, contemporary opera, and the cultural history of castrati and countertenors. As a performer, I maintain an active profile as an orchestral and operatic conductor of music from the Baroque through to the present day. I have commissioned and premiered more than a dozen works for orchestra, and conducted the Western Australian premiere of numerous other pieces.

Since 2023, I have been the Music Director of the South Side Symphony Orchestra and also a Conductor and Artistic Advisor for the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. I was previously Founder and Artistic Director of the Perth Orchestra Project, and Music Director of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of WA. I am an alum of the WASO Emerging Conductor’s Program, and the Melbourne Youth Orchestra's Conductor Development Program.

Education/Academic qualification

Musicology, Master of Music (Research), The Medievalism of John Adams's El Niño, The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 20 Feb 2023

Musicology, Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Music, Sounding Archaic Mystery and Devotion: The Countertenor in the Biblical works of John Adams and Peter Sellars, The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 11 Dec 2020

French Horn Performance, Bachelor of Arts (Music Studies, Music Specialist Studies), The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 16 Dec 2019

External positions

Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Oct 2023 → …

Music Director, South Side Symphony Orchestra

Sept 2023 → …

Music Director, Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Western Australia

Jul 2021May 2023

Founder & Artistic Director, Perth Orchestra Project

May 2017Dec 2022

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