Avril Anderson (born 10 June 1953) is an

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and

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Biography

Avril Anderson was born in Southsea,

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. In 1972 she entered the

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where she studied with Humphrey Searle and

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. In 1996 she continued her studies at the

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with

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. Anderson won the Cobbett Prize for composition, and her music has been performed in

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, Australia and the United States. Anderson has directed educational projects, and took a position at the Royal College of Music in 2001. She is co-artistic director with her husband David Sutton-Anderson of Sounds Positive and has been Composer-in-Residence for the Young Place London Contemporary Dance School since 1990.

Works

Anderson has composed for orchestra, chorus, instrumental ensembles, solo instruments and voice. Selected works include: *''The grass is sleeping'' *''The Lone Piper'' *''Lines in the Sand'' *''Le Carillon de Cythère''

Discography

*''Contemporary British Organ Music volume 2'' Audio CD, 2010, ASIN: B003U4GBGA SFZ Music *''Spectrum 2'' *''Prime Cuts''

References

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