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Ralph Hultgren

Bachelor of Arts (UQ) Master of Arts - Research (QUT), PhD

Ralph Hultgren resides in Newmarket, Queensland, with his wife Julie and two of his five children. His professional music career has spanned a number of decades and includes work as a trumpet player, composer, conductor and teacher.

Mr Hultgren is currently Head of Open Conservatorium at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University where he provides academic and artistic leadership to the Young Conservatorium, conducts the Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, and lectures in conducting and instrumental music education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Mr Hultgren's conducting credits include the direction of musicals, operettas, studio recordings for radio, television and disc, and the concert stage. He has premiered a number of his own works in Australian and internationally and conducted widely across Australia, the Asia Pacific region and the United States of America.

Mr Hultgren is a founding member of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors' Association, and a member of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. He has lead ABODA as national president and twice as state president and was awarded life membership of ABODA in 1998. In 2000 he became the recipient of the Citation of Excellence, the Australian Band & Orchestra Directors' Association's highest honour. He is also the recipient of the 2005 Midwest Clinic International Award presented by the Board of Directors of the Midwest Clinic in recognition of his international contributions to music education. In 2009 Mr Hultgren was honoured by being made 'Patron of the Maryborough Music Conference', Australia's largest music education event. That honour is the most prestigious accolade given by Education Queensland for significant contributions to music education in the state.

Since commencing his composition life he has written works that span the broad spectrum of performance, from educational and amateur performing groups to the professional studio and stage. Outside of his musical endeavours, Mr Hultgren is an avid reader and the leader of his church Men's Fellowship.

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Composer's Works

Title Category Grade
An Australian Rhapsody Brass Band 3.5
and tears no bitterness Concert Band 4
Anthem of Praise Concert Band 3
April 25th 1915 Concert Band 1.5
Arachnophobia Concert Band 5
Australia's National Songs String Orchestra 2.5
Australia's National Songs Concert Band 2.5
Australian Rhapsody, An Concert Band 4
Beside Still Waters Concert Band 2
Botany Bay / Rock My Soul Flex Band 1, 1.5, 2
Bushdance Concert Band 5
Cantabile Brass Band 1
Cantabile Concert Band 1
Cinque Quattro Alla Marcia Concert Band 2
Concert Prelude Concert Band 4
Concertino for Wind Orchestra Concert Band 4.5
Debut Concert, The Concert Band 0.5
Deeds not Words Concert Band 1
Eden's Coast and the Sea Concert Band 3
Elementary Aussie Anthems Concert Band 1
Festal Intrada Concert Band 3
Festal Intrada Brass Band 3
Gateway to the Alps Concert Band 3
Gladiator Concert Band 1
Gone Troppo String Orchestra 1.5
Gone Troppo Concert Band 1.5
High Country Concert Band 3
Hornet's Nest, The Concert Band 4
If Ye Love Me Concert Band 4
In Celebration Concert Band 2.5
Intrepid Concert Band 2
Iron Gate, The Concert Band 2.5
Jessie's Well Concert Band 3
Joyful Noise Concert Band 3
Koalan Can Can, The String Orchestra 1.5
Kookaburra Patrol, The Concert Band 1.5
Kookaburra Patrol, The String Orchestra 1.5
Lake Craigie Concert Band 3
Legend Concert Band 3
Legend String Orchestra 3
Listen! Concert Band 5
Majestic Matilda Concert Band 3
Masada Concert Band 5
Nil Sine Labore Concert Band 3.5
Overture Spiritoso Concert Band 3
Pacific Preamble Concert Band 4.5
Playful Platypus String Orchestra 2
Queensland Set, A String Orchestra 3
Race to the Moon Brass Band 1.5
Rejoice Concert Band 4
Rejoice, Be Glad Concert Band 3
Republica Concert Band 3
Scherzino Sinfonica Concert Band 4
Serious Song / Jingle Bells Flex Band 1, 1.5, 2
Simple Song Concert Band 1.5
Simple Song String Orchestra 2
Song For A Bonnie Bairn Concert Band 2
Star of the Sea Concert Band 2
Swingin' / Camptown Races Flex Band 1, 1.5, 2
That I May Love Concert Band 3
That I May Love Brass Band 3
The Fisher Set - Race To The Moon & Lullaby Concert Band 1, 1.5, 2
The Hogg Set - Sunset Serenade & Camel Train Concert Band 1, 1.5, 2
The Hultgren Set - Simple Song & Walkabout Concert Band 1, 1.5, 2
The New ANZACs Brass Band 1.5
The West Set - Bavarian BBQ & Rum-Bah Concert Band 1, 1.5, 2
Three Moon Concert Band 3
Trolls Concert Band 1
Unbounded Love Brass Band 4
Walkabout Concert Band 2
With All thy Might Concert Band 2
With All Thy Might Brass Band 2
With Flags Unfurled Concert Band 1
With Trumpets Sounding Concert Band 1
Young Master's Concert, The Concert Band 0.5
…and Tears No Bitterness Brass Band 4