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Salina Fisher
Salina Fisher (born 6 October 1993) is a New Zealand composer and violinist currently based in Wellington. Fisher attended Burnside High School in Christchurch. She graduated from the New Zealand School of Music and then studied for a Master of Music in Composition at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In 2014 Fisher's work ''Blushing Skies'' received the Orchestra's Choice Award. She is the youngest-ever winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award for her orchestral work ''Rainphase'', subsequently winning in 2017 for her string quartet ''Tōrino''. ''Tōrino'' was selected to represent New Zealand at the ISCM World Music Days in Vancouver, BC Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ..., Canada and was performed there in November 2017. by the Emily Carr String Quarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". 'Composer' is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms 'songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
