Anna Meredith

Anna Meredith is a composer of acoustic and electronic music as well as a performer, animateur and (not especially good) drum teacher. As a concert composer she has written for Ensemble Modern, LSO, BBC Philharmonic, SCO, Smith Quartet, de ereprijs and from 2004–7 was Composer in Residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, for whom she recently completed a Trombone Concerto for their Principal Trombone, Simon Johnson.

2007 saw the culmination of Anna's part in the London Sinfoniettas Blue Touch Paper scheme where she was mentored by Matmos.For the final performance, she created a new work with live electronics as well as new electronic pieces with visuals by the Animation Department of Kingston University and flat-e. Current projects include writing a youth music-theatre work for Aldeburgh Music with a libretto by Philip Ridley, due for performance in 2009. She is also working on projects with the beat boxer Shlomo and with the Camberwell Composers Collective, of which she is a founder member.

Anna frequently works with visual artists, especially her sister Eleanor Meredith and has performed her electronic pieces at Faster Than Sound, KOKO, Bongo Club, and the Luminaire. She plans to put together an album of her electronic pieces when the moment presents itself.