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]
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| Born | 1993 (age 30–31) |
| Era | Contemporary |
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.[16]
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- ^ ""Young Sinfonia Changed My Life" | The Glasshouse". theglasshouseicm.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Smith, Robin. "Zeitgeist Commissions: Anna Appleby". Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Screaming Computer - "A duet with my AI Twin" - Royal Northern College of Music". RNCM. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ McFarlane, Wolf (2023-06-15). "Anna Meredith brings her enigmatic, electrifying sound to Depot Mayfield with the RNCM Festival Orchestra". Manchester Wire. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Anna Appleby". Fairlight Books. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Drought, a new one-act opera by composer Anna Appleby and poet Niall Campbell". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "BBC Radio 3 - New Music Show, Drought". BBC. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Anna Appleby appointed music fellow at Rambert". The Stage. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Anna Appleby returns to St Hilda's for 'Motion and Meaning'". St Hilda's College Oxford. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Joss Arnott's Tin Man". Visit Norwich. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Glyndebourne begins 2022 with Pay the Piper, a brand new youth opera from an all-female composer team". Opera Today. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ OperaWire (2021-12-05). "Glyndebourne to World Premiere 'Pay the Piper'". OperaWire. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "YAMawards". yamawards.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Opera celebrating the region through voices of people who have experienced homelessness". The Northern Echo. 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Anna Appleby on BBC Breakfast 28th October 2018, retrieved 2023-12-19