Annesley Black

Annesley Black (born 8 September 1979 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian composer.

Career

After studying jazz and electronic music at Concordia University in Montreal Annesley Black received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music (Composition) in 2004 from McGill University in Montreal under Brian Cherney. She studied composition 2004-2006 with York Höller and Hans-Ulrich Humpert at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (Germany). She completed her studies in composition with Mathias Spahlinger, electronic music with Orm Finnendahl and applied music with Cornelius Schwehr at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Diplom Dec. 2008). Among her many awards and distinctions are a scholarship and award from the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music (2004/2006), the Busoni Composition Prize (Förderpreis) of the Academy of Arts, Berlin (2008)[1] and the Stuttgart Composition Prize (2009).[2] She was also a fellow at the Berlin Academy of Arts in 2009. Her pieces have been performed in Germany, Canada and other countries by various ensembles including Ensemble Modern, Ensemble ascolta, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble SurPlus, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Tsilumos Ensemble, ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Quintett Boréale, Composers Slide Quartet and hr-Sinfonieorchester [3] in such festivals as Warsaw Autumn,[4] Ultraschall Festival Berlin,[5] Darmstadt Summer Courses, ECLAT Festival Stuttgart,[6] Donaueschingen Festival,[7] Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, SALT New Music Festival in Victoria (BC),[8] Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. Her music theatre Solopoly for five percussionists was premiered at the National Theatre Mannheim in May 2015.[9] Since 2008 Annesley Black has performed as a Sound Engineer Assistant for the SWR Experimental Studio for recordings and concerts. Annesley Black lives in Frankfurt am Main/Germany where she teaches at Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium (electronic media/electronic composition).[10]

Works

Solo music

Chamber music

Ensemble / Orchestra

Stage Works

Electronic music

Discography

References

  1. ↑ List of Busoni Composition Prize Winners. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Winners of the Stuttgart Composition Prize 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ↑ World premieres by hr-Sinfonieorchester since 1928. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Press release (in English) by the City of Warsaw concerning the Warsaw Autumn 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Isabel Herzfeld, “Mit Virtuosität an einer Tradition der Moderne bauen” (Review about Ultraschall Festival 2008, in German), nmz (neue musikzeitung) 3/2008. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Program of ECLAT Festival Stuttgart 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Annesley Black at Donaueschinger Musiktage (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. ↑ SALT New Music Festival and Symposium 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. ↑ “Wunder des Gemeinsamen” Review of Solopoly by Manfred Jahnke at Die Deutsche Bühne (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Faculty page (in German) at Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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