Rate My Professor Anthony Ritchie

Ritchie has composed over 200 works, spanning symphonies, operas, concertos, chamber and choral music, often inspired by New Zealand history and wildlife. Key compositions include five symphonies, such as Symphony No. 5 Childhood premiered by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Symphony No. 4 Stations, and Symphony No. 3 premiered by the Southern Sinfonia; the oratorio Gallipoli to the Somme for soprano, bass, choir, and orchestra, performed in New Zealand, Oxford, and London, and voted New Zealand’s most popular classical recording in the 2020 RNZ Concert ‘Settling the Score’; Violin Concerto premiered by Bella Hristova and the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra; six operas including The God Boy and Quartet; and chamber works like Piano Trio Childhood and Octopus. His music has been performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Takács Quartet, and soloists including Alexa Still, and recorded on twelve albums since 2005, such as A Bugle Will Do, Survivors: Choral Music, and Fjarren: In the Distance, which won Best Classical Album at the 2016 NZ Music Awards alongside Purakaunui at Dawn. Ritchie mentored composers like Michael Norris, Tecwyn Evans, and Nathaniel Otley, judged The Big Sing and Lilburn Trust competitions, and served as Composer Mentor for the NZSO Todd Young Composers Awards and Nelson Composers Workshop.