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Anna Jacobs selected as winner of composition contest
In celebration of its twentieth anniversary season, the National Lutheran Choir sponsored a composition contest for young composers. The choir is pleased to announce that “Ave Maria,” a composition by Anna Jacobs has been selected as the contest winner.
Jacobs’ composition was anonymously chosen from among all contest entries by David Cherwien, Music Director, with assistance from Kenneth Jennings, composer, Carolyn Jennings, composer, and Mark Lawson, President of MorningStar Music Publishers.
Jacobs will receive a cash prize and her piece will be published in the National Lutheran Choir Series at MorningStar Music Publishers. Jacobs will also be present for the world premiere of her piece at the National Lutheran Choir concert on April 28, 2006 in Wayzata, Minnesota.
Anna Jacobs (b. 1980) is currently undertaking a Master of Music degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, majoring in composition under Professor Sven-David Sandström. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Sydney in 2002 with First Class Honours and the Sarah Theresa Makinson Prize for Musical Composition. Other awards include a Sydney Moss Scholarship and the Ignaz Friedman Memorial Prize, and her Mass secured her a place as a 2004 Artist in Residence at Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s Bundanon.
Anna’s musical language is eclectic and draws on influences as diverse as pop, musical theatre and liturgical music. Her compositions have been performed throughout the USA and Australia, and she has received commissions from such ensembles as the Australian Youth Orchestra and Theatre of Image, the Sydneian Bach Choir, and Coro Innominata. A current voice student of Patricia Wise, she has also worked professionally as a soprano, specializing in early, contemporary classical, and Jewish liturgical music.
Anna is an Associate Composer with the Australian Music Centre. Further information and works may be obtained through the centre at http://www.amcoz.com.au.