Avril Anderson

Avril Anderson was born in Southsea, Hampshire, England in 1953.^[1] In 1972 she entered the Royal College of Music where she studied with Humphrey Searle and John Lambert.^[2] In 1996 she continued her studies at the New England Conservatory with David del Tredici in New York City.^[2][3]

Anderson won the Cobbett Prize for composition, and her music has been performed in Europe, 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 contemporary music ensemble Sounds Positive, which has performed more than a hundred premieres of works by British composers. Anderson was Composer-in-Residence for the Young Place London Contemporary Dance School from 1990 until 2000.^[2][4] She is an adjunct professor at University of Notre Dame, London programme, where she has taught since 1997.^[4][2]

In 1997 Anderson was the Performing Right Society Composer-in-Education.^[2]

Anderson's music is published by Oxford University Press, Bardic, Andresier Edition and ABRSM.^[5][2]

Anderson has composed for orchestra, chorus, instrumental ensembles, solo instruments and voice.^[1] Selected works include:

• The grass is sleeping
• The Lone Piper
• Lines in the Sand
• Le Carillon de Cythère

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