Jennifer Fowler
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Jennifer Fowler is a British
composer of Australian birth. She was born in Bunbury
, Australia
, and graduated with degrees in music from the University of Western Australia in 1960 and 1967. She spent a year working at the Electronic Music Studios of the University of Utrecht
in 1968. In 1969 she settled in London
and works as a free-lance composer. Fowler married computer programmer Bruce Paterson and has two sons.
Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
United Kingdom
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composer of Australian birth. She was born in Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
, Australia
Australia
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, and graduated with degrees in music from the University of Western Australia in 1960 and 1967. She spent a year working at the Electronic Music Studios of the University of Utrecht
Utrecht
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in 1968. In 1969 she settled in London
London
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and works as a free-lance composer. Fowler married computer programmer Bruce Paterson and has two sons.
Honors and awards
- 1970 Prize from the Academy of the Arts in Berlin
- 1971 Joint winner of the Radcliffe Award of Great Britain
- 1975 1st prize in the International Competition for Women Composers in MannheimMannheimMannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - 2003 Miriam Gideon prize from the International Association of Women in Music
- 2006 2nd prize in the Christopher Bodman Memorial Competition, UK
- 2009 International Sylvia Glickman Memorial Prize
- 2009 Winner of the Marin Goleminov First International Composition Contest in BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
Works
Selected works include:- Lament for Dunblane, for chorus
- Magnificat, for chorus
- Nunc Dimittis, for chorus
- Blow Flute
- Towards Release, duo for violin and marimba
- Piece for an Opera House, for piano duo
- Cycling for solo piano
- Streaming Up for 4 bassoons and piano
- Echoes from an Antique Land
- Plainsong for Strings for string orchestra
Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
- The Flute Ascendant (1992) Vox
- Sydney Dreaming, ABC Classics