Anne Cawrse

Anne Cawrse (/kɔːrs/ "coarse"; born 23 January 1981)^[1] is an Australian composer based in South Australia. She is currently on the composition staff at Elder Conservatorium of Music.^[2]

After growing up in Freeling, South Australia, she moved to Adelaide to study composition at the Elder Conservatorium of Music where she completed her PhD in 2008.^[3]

Starting in 2021, Cawrse became the curator of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra festival "She Speaks", a classical music festival with a focus on music written by female composers.^[4]

In 2022, she was one of the recipients of the Prelude Composer Residencies, awarded by the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Trust.^[5] The same year, Cawrse's album Advice to a Girl was released on ABC Classics.^[6] It features works for strings, voice and guitar, performed by Sharon and Slava Grigoryan (cello, guitar), Bethany Hill (soprano), Aleksandr Tsiboulski (guitar) and the Australian String Quartet.

Awards

Cawrse's work A Room of Her Own (2020) for string quartet won the 2021 Albert H. Maggs Composition Award^[7] and the 2021 APRA Art Music Award in the Work of the Year: Chamber category.^[8] A Room of Her Own was commissioned, premiered and released by the Australian String Quartet.^[9]

Her work On Earth as in Heaven, using texts by Michael Leunig and Sara Teasdale,^[10] was a finalist in the 2018 APRA Art Music Awards in the Vocal/Choral Work of the Year category.^[11]

Australian Women in Music Awards

The Australian Women in Music Awards is an annual event that celebrates outstanding women in the Australian Music Industry who have made significant and lasting contributions in their chosen field. They commenced in 2018.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2023^[12]	Anne Cawrse	Excellence in Classical Music Award	Pending

References

1. "Full CV" (PDF). annecawrse.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. "Our People". Elder Conservatorium of Music. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
3. "Anne Cawrse : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
4. "A classical music festival celebrating music not composed by 'dead white men'". CityMag. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
5. Hugh Robertson (1 October 2021). "2022 Prelude Composer Residencies announced". Limelight. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
6. "Advice to a Girl: Music by Anne Cawrse". ABC Classic. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
7. "2021 Albert H Maggs Award to Anne Cawrse". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
8. "2021 Art Music Awards". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
9. "Anne Cawrse – A Room of Her Own". Australian String Quartet. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
10. "On Earth as in Heaven : for SATB choir by Anne Cawrse". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
11. "Art Music Awards 2018". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
12. "Finalists Announced for the 2023 Australian Women in Music Awards". Music Feeds. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Hugh Robertson (17 September 2021). "Anne Cawrse is making room for her work". Limelight. Retrieved 30 April 2022.