Sally Greenaway (born 1984) is a

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and pianist based in

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, Australia.

Career

Greenaway trained in jazz at Canberra's

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School of Music and the

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in London. After winning

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's National Big Band Composition Competition in 2008, Greenaway's composition was recorded and broadcast on

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. She continued recording with several

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s and released her debut album ''Dig This: Exploring the Big Band'' in 2013. Her second album, ''Aubade & Nocturne'', was released by

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in 2014. ''Gramophone'' likened it to the work of

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, and other Australian composers. ''

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'' gave it 4/5 stars and noted that while it wasn't thematically cohesive, it was "a rewarding experience". In 2015 she won the inaugural

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Composing Women's Commission, and was commissioned to create a new work which was performed by the Syzygy Ensemble at its premier in 2016. 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. The

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commissioned her work ''Worlds Within Worlds'' in 2015. It premiered in

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as a chamber piece before being rearranged for a larger ensemble and performed by the National Capital Orchestra in Canberra. In 2018 her collaboration with

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, ''Da Vinci's Apprentice,'' toured schools across Australia. Her next solo album ''Delights and Dances'' is due in 2022.

Solo Discography

''Dig This: Exploring the Big Band'' (2013) ''Aubade & Nocturne'' (2014) ''7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial Age'' (2018) ''Delights and Dances'' (2022)

Awards

References

External links

Official websiteAustralian Music Centre profileIMDB artist profile
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