CALLAWAY, Ann

Ann Marie Callaway is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1949, she has developed a wide-ranging catalogue that includes orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, solo instrumental, operatic and church music. Her musical language is often connected with expressive lyricism, dramatic structure and a strong interest in voice, text and instrumental colour.
allaway’s works have been performed and broadcast in the United States and abroad, and she has received commissions and support from institutions including the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Guild of Organists. She has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and held residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, the Leighton Artist Colony at Banff and other artistic centres.
Her works include Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra, premiered by the Seattle Symphony, Amethyst for soprano and orchestra, premiered by the St. Louis Symphony, and On Music and Nature: Three Hopkins Settings, commissioned by Voci. Her catalogue also includes chamber, choral and solo vocal works, as well as music for organ and practical church use. Callaway is an important contemporary American composer whose work connects concert composition, vocal writing, sacred music and chamber music.