Biography

Based in the United Kingdom since 1996, Lucy has been working as a composer while completing her studies. Highlights from recent performances include: “Ruapehu” by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra broadcast on BBC Radio 3 ‘Hear and Now’; “sweet mango” by the University of York Jazz Orchestra; “move into note” for flute and piano by Simone Madden-Grey and Margaret Lion; and “The Third Place “for tenor and string quartet premiered by John Potter (member of The Hilliard Ensemble) with the University of York String Quartet. Before moving to England, Lucy worked extensively as both a performer and writer for Saxcess, The Virgin Marys and The Rattlin, Roarin, Willies among others.

Lucy’s music featured in the 1993, 1996 and 1998 New Zealand Composing Women’s Festivals and the 1996 Wellington Fringe Festival. In 2001 her piece “Wrench!” was selected for inclusion on the SOUNZ primary educational guide Ears Wide Open: Taringa Areare. Earlier that year Lucy returned to New Zealand at the invitation of Martin Lodge to give a seminar at Waikato University School of Music discussing her recent works. Now living in London, Lucy is due to submit her doctorate in composition at the University of York in September 2003 where she has been studying with Professor Roger Marsh and Professor Nicola LeFanu.

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