Anna Appleby Explained

Era:Contemporary

Anna Appleby (born 1993, Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British composer and songwriter of contemporary classical and electronic music, based in Manchester, UK.[1] [2] [3] Her electronic music is released under her alter-ego Norrisette.[4] [5] She is also a published short story author.[6]

Appleby composed an opera, Drought, for the BBC Philharmonic and singers from the Royal Northern College of Music, with words by poet Niall Campbell, which was premiered in October 2022 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in August 2023.[7] [8]

Appleby was Music Fellow with Rambert in 2016/17.[9] [10] She was commissioned by Joss Arnott Dance and her ballet score for “Tin Man” was played by Psappha and toured the UK in 2022-23.[11]

Appleby co-composed a collaborative youth opera for Glyndebourne which won 'Best Opera' at the YAM Awards in 2023.[12] [13] [14] She has also composed music for Streetwise Opera, a company who work with people who have experienced homelessness.[15]

She appeared on BBC Breakfast in 2018 to discuss gender equality in classical music and songwriting.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Fifteen years after leaving Young Sinfonia, I'm back." The Glasshouse . 2023-12-19 . theglasshouseicm.org . en-GB.
  2. Web site: "Young Sinfonia Changed My Life" The Glasshouse . 2023-12-19 . theglasshouseicm.org . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Smith . Robin . Zeitgeist Commissions: Anna Appleby . 2023-12-19 . Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Screaming Computer - "A duet with my AI Twin" - Royal Northern College of Music . 2023-12-19 . RNCM . en-GB.
  5. Web site: McFarlane . Wolf . 2023-06-15 . Anna Meredith brings her enigmatic, electrifying sound to Depot Mayfield with the RNCM Festival Orchestra . 2023-12-19 . Manchester Wire . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Anna Appleby . 2023-12-19 . Fairlight Books . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Drought, a new one-act opera by composer Anna Appleby and poet Niall Campbell . 2023-12-19 . BBC Music Events . en.
  8. Web site: BBC Radio 3 - New Music Show, Drought . 2023-12-19 . BBC . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Anna Appleby appointed music fellow at Rambert . 2023-12-19 . The Stage . En.
  10. Web site: 2018-07-05 . Anna Appleby returns to St Hilda's for 'Motion and Meaning' . 2023-12-19 . St Hilda's College Oxford . en.
  11. Web site: Joss Arnott's Tin Man . 2023-12-19 . Visit Norwich . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2021-11-26 . Glyndebourne begins 2022 with Pay the Piper, a brand new youth opera from an all-female composer team . 2023-12-19 . Opera Today . en-US.
  13. Web site: OperaWire . 2021-12-05 . Glyndebourne to World Premiere 'Pay the Piper' . 2023-12-19 . OperaWire . en-US.
  14. Web site: YAMawards . 2023-12-19 . yamawards.org.
  15. Web site: 2018-04-02 . Opera celebrating the region through voices of people who have experienced homelessness . 2023-12-19 . The Northern Echo . en.

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