FULL BIOGRAPHY
Archie Tulk (b. 2003) is an emerging composer and musical artist, whose ever-expanding creative vision sees his work fluidly move between artistic disciplines, composing contemporary art music, alternative popular music and scoring/arranging for multimedia projects. Over the past few years, Archie has had works commissioned and performed by Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Residentie Orkest, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Roctet, Sydney Children's Choir, Quatuor Bozzini, Muze van Zuid Festival, The Polish Children’s Fund, The Choir of St Pauls, and Sydney Conservatorium
Chamber Choir. He is currently in his final year of Bachelor of Music Composition at Royal Conservatoire The Hague in the Netherlands (graduating in 2026), studying under the tutelage of Martijn Padding and Peter Adriaansz, with his overseas study made possible through a music scholarship granted by The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.
Archie began to hone his compositional voice at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, under the tutelage of Jack Symonds, and upon graduating received the James Easton Memorial Composition Award. He began his tertiary studies at Sydney Conservatorium on a merit scholarship, where he quickly gained recognition in Sydney’s choral music scene for his distinct compositional style, leading to performances of his works by the university choirs of St Paul's College Sydney and Sydney Conservatorium Chamber Choir, and later receiving commissions from Sydney Children’s Choir for program ‘Gumura’, and Luminescence Chamber Singers for their project ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’. With a desire to continue his tertiary studies overseas, in 2023 Archie was offered admission at both The Royal Danish Academy of Music, and Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Since relocating to the Netherlands, Archie has had to opportunity to compose for an array of exciting projects, including for The Hague’s Residentie Orkest as part of their One Minute Symphony program, and most recently he composed a chamber operetta for the Dutch National Opera & Ballet’s Opera Forward Festival 2026.
Archie is also a passionate performer of vocal music across a variety of genres and settings, currently finishing a minor study in Choral Conducting under the tuition of experts László Nemes and Krista Audere. Archie has sung regularly with the Consort of Nicolaasbasiliek Amsterdam, has performed as an ensemble artist and apprentice with The Song Company, in Fullness of Joy (2022),
and has held choral scholarships at The Choir of St James, The Choir of St Paul’s and Christ Church St Laurence, all based in Sydney. Archie co-founded ensemble False Relations during his final years of high school and has since performed with them at the Canberra International Music Festival, a sold-out premier concert at Christ Church St Laurence, and for Phoenix Central Park, with the ensemble notably amassing over 4 million views on Tiktok and Instagram.
As a contemporary creator, Archie thrives in the intersection of diverse styles, seamlessly integrating his personal experiences with his ever-evolving artistic vision.