Hannah Kendall
Hannah Kendall (born 1984 in London) is a British composer of British/Caribbean heritage.
Background and education
Born in London, Hannah Kendall gained a First Class Honours in Music from the University of Exeter where she studied composition with Joe Duddell. She has subsequently completed with Distinction both a Masters in Advanced Composition from the Royal College of Music, studying with Kenneth Hesketh, and a Masters in Arts Management from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[1]
On 11 March 2015 Hannah Kendall featured on BBC Radio 3's Composer of the Week.[2] Her one-man chamber opera The Knife of Dawn, with a libretto by Tessa McWatt and based on the incarceration of political activist Martin Carter in the then British Guiana in 1953, will be premiered in 2016.[3][4]
Kendall is Awards & Events Director of London Music Masters.[5]
Selected works
Orchestral and large ensemble works
- Kanashibari for chamber orchestra, inspired by the experience of sleep paralysis
- The Great Dark for large ensemble
Chamber and Solo works
- Incident (text by Fleur Adcock) for soprano and piano
- Labyrinthine for two violins and two violas
- On the Chequer'd Field Array'd for piano
- The Unreturning (text by Wilfred Owen) for tenor and mixed ensemble
Choral works
- Fundamental (text by Rick Holland) for chorus and brass quintet
- Regina Caeli for a cappella chorus
References
- ↑ "Biography". Hannah Kendall homepage. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "Composer of the Week". BBC. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "Hannah Kendall". Funding New Music. PRS for Music Foundation. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "The Knife of Dawn". Hannah Kendall homepage. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "LMM Team". London Music Masters. Retrieved 1 April 2015.