Juliet Palmer

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Juliet Palmer
Birth nameJuliet Kiri Palmer
Born (1967-08-28) 28 August 1967 (age 56)
Auckland, New Zealand
GenresContemporary, chamber, orchestral, opera
Occupation(s)Composer

Juliet Palmer is a contemporary composer living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Career

Juliet Kiri Palmer was born in New Zealand in 1967, where she completed graduate studies in composition, clarinet and time-based art at the University of Auckland. She moved to New York City in 1990 to work with interdisciplinary pioneer Meredith Monk and obtained her PhD at Princeton University in 1999. Now living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she is an active composer and interdisciplinary artist. [1]

Her compositions cover a wide range from chamber music and dance theatre to orchestral and opera. Palmer's music has been featured in festivals in US, UK, New Zealand, Netherlands, Japan, Italy, France, Austria and Canada. Her work has been broadcast widely, including radio networks in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, US, Canada and Japan.

A detailed catalogue of her work, including streaming audio and video samples may be found at both the Centre for New Zealand Music [2] and the Canadian Music Centre [1] websites.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Canadian Music Centre". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  2. Contributor Juliet Palmer Composer (15 November 2016). "SOUNZ Juliet Palmer". Sounz.org.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)