Anna Appleby (born 1993, Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British composer and songwriter of contemporary classical and electronic music, based in Manchester, UK. Her electronic music is released under her alter-ego Norrisette. She is also a published short story author. Appleby composed an opera, ''Drought,'' for the BBC Philharmonic and singers from the

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

, with words by poet Niall Campbell, which was premiered in October 2022 and broadcast on

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

in August 2023. Appleby was Music Fellow with Rambert in 2016/17. 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. Appleby co-composed a collaborative youth opera for Glyndebourne which won 'Best Opera' at the YAM Awards in 2023. She has also composed music for Streetwise Opera, a company who work with people who have experienced homelessness. She appeared on

BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...

in 2018 to discuss gender equality in classical music and songwriting.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Appleby, Anna 1993 births 21st-century British women composers 21st-century women musicians British ballet composers British opera composers English opera composers Living people Women opera composers