Sally Greenaway

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Sally Greenaway
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Canberra, Australia
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist

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

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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. [2] [11]

Her next solo album Delights and Dances was due in 2022. [12] [13] Greenaway's 2024 Birthday Suite was the first work by an Australian composer for the Veeh Harp  [ de ], a special box zither and musical notation system which can be played by anyone regardless of age or musical ability, originally designed for the inventor's son who was born with Down syndrome. [14]

Solo discography

Awards

AwardYearWorkStatus
National Big Band Composition Competition2008Falling of SeasonsWon [15]
Canberra International Music Festival Young Composer Competition2009Waltzing MatildaWon [16]
Canberra Critics Circle Awards2015Aubade & NocturneWon [17] [18]
APRA Art Music ACT Award for Instrumental Work of the Year2017The 7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial AgeWon [19]
Canberra Critics Circle Awards20177 Great Inventions of the Modern AgeWon [8]

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  2. 1 2 "Sally tries to rally in face of pandemic pain". Canberra CityNews. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Greenaway, Sally (2022). "Dig This: Exploring the Big Band". sallygreenaway.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Album Release: Aubade & Nocturne by Sally Greenaway". Infidel Studios. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Greenaway Aubade & Nocturne". Gramophone . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Sjostedt, Arne (26 March 2015). "Music review: Sally Greenaway – Aubade & Nocturne". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Merlyn Myer Composing Women's Commission to Sally Greenaway". Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Artist of the Year". Canberra Critics Circle. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Canberra composer Sally Greenaway a winner in The 2017 Art Music Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald . 22 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Worlds Within Worlds : full orchestra by Sally Greenaway". Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "2018 Musica Viva in Schools celebrates cultural diversity". Education Today. 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. 1 2 "With a nod and wink, Sally maintains the mystery". Canberra CityNews. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "The Strawberry Thief : three short pieces for trio by Sally Greenaway". Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Meet the first Australian composer to write for this magical string instrument". cutcommonmag.com (interview). 23 September 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "20 Jul 2008 – Jazz Australia : News". Jazz Australia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2022.[ dead link ]
  16. ↑ "Waltzing Matilda". Australian Music Centre . Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Canberra Critics Circle: Dalman honoured at 2015 ACT Arts Awards". Canberra Critics Circle. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  18. ↑ Cerabona, Ron (23 November 2015). "Canberra Critics' Circle names Elizabeth Cameron Dalman as Artist of the Year". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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