Sally Greenaway Explained

Sally Greenaway
Birth Date:1984
Birth Place:Canberra, Australia
Occupation:Composer, pianist

Sally Greenaway (born 1984) is a composer and pianist based in Canberra, Australia.[1]

Career

Greenaway trained in jazz at Canberra's Australian National University School of Music and the Royal College of Music in London.[2]

After winning Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra's National Big Band Composition Competition in 2008, Greenaway's composition was recorded and broadcast on ABC Classic FM. She continued recording with several big bands and released her debut album Dig This: Exploring the Big Band in 2013.[3]

Her second album, Aubade & Nocturne, was released by ABC Classics in 2014.[4] Gramophone likened it to the work of Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake, and other Australian composers.[5] The Sydney Morning Herald gave it 4/5 stars and noted that while it wasn't thematically cohesive, it was "a rewarding experience".[6]

In 2015 she won the inaugural Merlyn Myer Composing Women's Commission, and was commissioned to create a new work which was performed by the Syzygy Ensemble at its premier in 2016.[7] The work The 7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial Age (dramatic music) later won the Canberra Critics Circle Awards and the APRA Art Music ACT Award for Instrumental Work of the Year.[8] [9]

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra commissioned her work Worlds Within Worlds in 2015. It premiered in Melbourne as a chamber piece before being rearranged for a larger ensemble and performed by the National Capital Orchestra in Canberra.[10]

In 2018 her collaboration with Musica Viva, Da Vinci's Apprentice, toured schools across Australia.[11]

Her next solo album Delights and Dances is due in 2022.[12] [13]

Solo Discography

Dig This: Exploring the Big Band (2013)

Aubade & Nocturne (2014)

7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial Age (2018)

Delights and Dances (2022)

Awards

AwardYearWorkStatus
APRA Art Music ACT Award for Instrumental Work of the Year2017The 7 Great Inventions Of The Modern Industrial AgeWon[14]
Canberra Critics Circle Awards20177 Great Inventions of the Modern AgeWon
Canberra Critics Circle Awards2015Aubade and NocturneWon[15] [16]
Canberra International Music Festival Young Composer Competition 2009Waltzing Matilda Won[17]
National Big Band Composition Competition2008Falling of SeasonsWon[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-10-31 . Sally Greenaway . 2022-03-11 . Making Waves . en.
  2. Web site: 2020-07-21. Sally tries to rally in face of pandemic pain. 2022-02-22. Canberra CityNews. en-AU.
  3. Web site: Greenaway. Sally. 2022. DIG THIS : EXPLORING THE BIG BAND - Music of Sally Greenaway. 2022-02-22. Sally Greenaway.
  4. Web site: 2014-12-17. Album Release: Aubade & Nocturne by Sally Greenaway Infidel Studios. 2022-02-22. en-US.
  5. Web site: GREENAWAY Aubade & Nocturne. 2022-02-22. Gramophone. en.
  6. Web site: Sjostedt. Arne. 2015-03-26. Music review: Sally Greenaway - Aubade & Nocturne. 2022-02-22. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  7. Web site: Merlyn Myer Composing Women's Commission to Sally Greenaway : News (Australian) Article : Australian Music Centre. 2022-02-22. Australian Music Centre.
  8. Web site: Circle. Canberra Critics. 2017-11-27. Canberra Critics Circle: ARTIST OF THE YEAR. 2022-02-22. Canberra Critics Circle.
  9. News: . 2017-08-22. Canberra composer Sally Greenaway a winner in The 2017 Art Music Awards. Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. Web site: Worlds within worlds : full orchestra by Sally Greenaway : Work : Australian Music Centre. 2022-02-22. Australian Music Bentre.
  11. Web site: 2017. 2018 Musica Viva In Schools celebrates cultural diversity. 2022-02-22. Education Today.
  12. Web site: 2021-12-04. With a nod and wink, Sally maintains the mystery. 2022-02-22. Canberra CityNews. en-AU.
  13. Web site: The strawberry thief : three short pieces for trio by Sally Greenaway : Work : Australian Music Centre. 2022-02-22. Australian Music Centre.
  14. Web site: Art Music Awards - APRA AMCOS & AMC. 2022-02-22. APRA AMCOS. en-US.
  15. Web site: Circle. Canberra Critics. 2015-11-23. Canberra Critics Circle: Dalman honoured at 2015 ACT Arts Awards. 2022-02-22. Canberra Critics Circle.
  16. Web site: Cerabona. Ron. 2015-11-23. Canberra Critics' Circle names Elizabeth Cameron Dalman as Artist of the Year. 2022-02-22. The Canberra Times. en-AU.
  17. Web site: Waltzing Matilda. 2022-01-08. www.australianmusiccentre.com.au.
  18. Web site: http://www.jazz.org.au/news/421?regions[Region= 20 Jul 2008 - Jazz Australia :: News - Archived Website]. dead. 2022-02-22. Jazz Australia. en. 19 July 2008. http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080719210430/http://www.jazz.org.au/news/421?regions[Region]=.

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