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Where do composers get their ideas from hannah kendall
Hannah Kendall (born 1984 in London) is a British composer.
Contents
- Where do composers get their ideas from hannah kendall
- Composer Hannah Kendall On Her New Piece Baptistry
- Background and education
- Orchestral and large ensemble works
- Chamber and Solo works
- Choral works
- References
Composer Hannah Kendall On Her New Piece, Baptistry
Background and education
Kendall grew up in Wembley, where her mother is the head teacher in a primary school. One of seven children, her parents are originally from Guyana. Her grandfather was a jazz musician and her family stimulated the creative arts. Kendall studied piano and attended the University of Exeter where she studied piano and composition. She also gained a Masters at the Royal College of Music and studied arts management at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
In 2015, Kendall was noted as one of the "brilliant female composers under the age of 35". She featured on BBC Radio 3's Composer of the Week. All five composers of the week were women and this was part of Radio 3’s International Women’s Day celebrations, which were highlighted in The Guardian.
Her one-man chamber opera The Knife of Dawn, with a libretto by Tessa McWatt and based on the incarceration of political activist Martin Carter in the then British Guiana in 1953 was premiered in 2016 at the Roundhouse.
Kendall is Awards Director of London Music Masters.
In 2015 Kendall won a 'Women of the Future Award' in the Arts and Culture category. Her piece Spark Catchers will debut at the Proms and is inspired by the work of Lemn Sissay.
Kendall has worked for both the Barbican and London Music Masters charity in an arts management role.