Anne Boyd (b.1946) was the first woman and the first Australian to be appointed Professor of Music at the University of Sydney, where her research focused on the influence of landscape and of Asian music on Australian composers.
Anne Boyd awarded for distinguished services to Australian music
1 July 2005She has a successful career both in Australia and internationally, including chamber music, orchestral and a large amount of choral and vocal work, and some works for traditional Asian instruments. Her work shows a strong connection with music of other cultures, particularly Asian, as well as Australian culture, heritage and landscape. She is also known as a committed teacher, and her catalogue reflects this with works for children and youth groups.
For this fruitful and influential career she has been recognised formally for Distinguished Services to Australian Music, suitably timed for her 60th Birthday celebrations next year. Australia's classical and new music scene will celebrate on Monday 18th July when the Classical Music Awards presented by the Australian Performing Rights Association and the Australian Music Centre broadcasts live on national Australian Television. The programme will run on ABC Classic FM from 7pm and will feature live performances from Claire Edwardes, Tony Gould and David Jones, Brett Dean and Kim Walker.
Anne Boyd's new work Yuya II will be performed during the awards ceremony by Kim Walker (bassoon), joined by a string ensemble. The piece, cast in the Japanese hyojoshi mode, is fashioned as part lament, part dance, and is based upon the aesthetic of Yugen - the conjoining of great sorrow and great beauty. Boyd dedicated this piece to Walker, the Dean of Music at the University of Sydney.
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