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.[1] It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand,[2] and is currently the only position of its kind; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable composers.[3] In 2013, Martin Lodge, Associate Professor and Convenor of the Waikato University Music Programme described the Mozart Fellowship as "New Zealand's premiere composer residency, being the longest established, best paid and most prestigious with the list of past Fellows a veritable who's who of New Zealand composers".[4]
The 2024 Mozart Fellow is Simon Eastwood.[5]