16 November 2021
2021 Albert H Maggs Award to Anne Cawrse
Image: Anne Cawrse Anne Cawrse has been announced as winner of the 2021 Albert H Maggs Composition Award for her work A Room Of Her Own (2020) for string quartet. This Award is provided as a commission ($15,000) for an Australian composer to create a new musical work of a substantial nature.
The judging panel commented, 'A Room Of Her Own showed excellent quartet writing and is innovative in its use of the ensemble with a convincing narrative. The work demonstrated not only a high level of technical compositional skill but also the ability to balance and judge structure - especially over long durations. It clearly displayed a very strong understanding of how to create and utilise a wide variety of instrumental textures. The panel commends Anne Cawrse on her fine achievement and looks forward to seeing and hearing the work she will write in fulfilment of the Award commission'.
A Room of Her Own was also the winning work in the 2021 Art Music Awards category Work of the Year: Chamber Music.
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