Goldfish Through Summer Rain - Music

Anne Elizabeth Boyd AM Born 10 April 1946 Is An Australian Composer And Professor Of Music At The University Of Sydney. Anne Boyd Was Born 10 April 1946 In Sydney New South Wales To James Boyd And Annie Freda Deason Boyd Née Osborn . 1 Her Father Died When She Was Age 3 And Her Mother Sent Her To Live With Relatives On A Sheep Station Maneroo Thousands Of Kilometres Away Near Longreach In Central Queensland. This Intimate Experience With The Australian Landscape - Its Expansiveness Its Dramatic Changes And Its "indescribable Energy" - Had A Profound Influence On Her Future As A Composer. She Began Composing While Still At Maneroo At The Age Of Eight For The Resources She Had Available Recorder And Voice. She Moved To Canberra Aged 11 And Although She Was Pleased To Be Reunited With Her Mother She Missed The Beauty Of The Outback Terrain. In New South Wales She Received Her Education At Albury High School And Hornsby Girls' High School. 1 Following Matriculation From High School Boyd Studied Music At The University Of Sydney Where She Was One Of Peter Sculthorpe's First Students. Sculthorpe Had A Profound Influence On Her She Said That His Music Was The First Time She Had Heard Music Which Expressed Her Experience Of The Australian Landscape. In The Early 1970s She And Sculthorpe Were Engaged To Be Married But They Broke The Engagement As They Believed One Composer In A Household Was Enough. 2 After Receiving Her Bachelor Of Arts Honours Degree She Received A PhD In Composition From The University Of York In England. Boyd Has Taught At The University Of Sussex The University Of Hong Kong And The University Of Sydney Where She Is Currently A Professor Of Composition Arts Music Undergraduate Coordinator Co-Chair Of Composition And Chair Of The Arts Music Unit Of The Sydney Conservatorium Of Music. She Has Received The Order Of Australia For Her Contributions To Music. Boyd's Struggle To Maintain Funding For Music Courses In The Faculty Of Arts At The University Of Sydney Was Featured In The Television Documentary Facing The Music. Boyd Lost The Struggle With The Result That The Department Of Music Was Incorporated Into The Sydney Conservatorium A Faculty At The Same University From The Start Of 2005. Boyd Was The Recipient Of A Special Award For Distinguished Services To Australian Music At The APRA/AMC Classical Music Awards In 2005. Many Of Boyd's Compositions Have An East Asian Influence Especially The Music Of Japan Such As The Wood Flute And The Japanese Mode And Indonesia Such As The Gamelan Orchestra And The Balinese Modes . She Is A Deeply Religious Christian And Many Of Her Works Are Of A Spiritual Or Meditative Nature Such As The A Cappella Work As I Crossed A Bridge Of Dreams 1975 . She Has Written Song Cycles And Piano Choral And Chamber Music. Musical Compositions By Boyd Include Goldfish Through Summer Rain 1979 The Little Mermaid 1980 Black Sun 1990 Revelations Of Divine Love 1995 Meditations On A Chinese Character 1996 A Vision Jesus Reassures His Mother 1999 And YuYa 2005. CD's Include Meditations On A Chinese Character 1997 And Crossing A Bridge Of Dreams 2000. 1 Her Compositions Can Be Found On Tall Poppies And ABC Classics Labels. You Can Listen To Revelations Of Divine Loveon ABC Classic FM's Classic/amp Website. read less