Sheet music by Annesley Black

Annesley Black is a Canadian composer. After studying jazz and electronic music at Concordia University in Montreal Annesley Black received her bachelor’s degree in Music (Composition) in 2004 from McGill University in Montreal under Brian Cherney. She studied composition 2004-2006 with York Höller and Hans-Ulrich Humpert at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (Germany). She completed her studies in composition with Mathias Spahlinger, electronic music with Orm Finnendahl and applied music with Cornelius Schwehr at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Diplom Dec. 2008). Among her many awards and distinctions are a scholarship and award from the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music (2004/2006), the Busoni Composition Prize (Förderpreis) of the Academy of Arts, Berlin (2008) and the Stuttgart Composition Prize (2009).

She was also a fellow at the Berlin Academy of Arts in 2009. Her pieces have been performed in Germany, Canada and other countries by various ensembles including Ensemble Modern, Ensemble ascolta, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble SurPlus, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Tsilumos Ensemble, ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Quintett Boréale, Composers Slide Quartet and hr-Sinfonieorchester in such festivals as Warsaw Autumn, Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Darmstadt Summer Courses, ECLAT Festival Stuttgart, Donaueschingen Festival, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, SALT New Music Festival in Victoria (BC), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. Her music theatre Solopoly for five percussionists was premiered at the National Theatre Mannheim in May 2015. Since 2008 Annesley Black has performed as a Sound Engineer Assistant for the SWR Experimental Studio for recordings and concerts. Annesley Black lives in Frankfurt am Main/Germany where she teaches at Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium (electronic media/electronic composition).