Biography

Carol Shortis grew up in Essex, United Kingdom and had only a very cursory musical education involving the standard fare of recorder lessons, piano and a short-lived-if-painful association with the violin. School choirs held a little more attraction, however, and after moving to New Zealand she continued singing in community and amateur choirs. She began her tertiary education in 2004, studying for her B. Mus at the newly-formed New Zealand School of Music. In 2006 she won the Philip Neill Memorial Prize in Music for The Riddle of her Flight, and in 2007 her Tangi won joint second prize in the New Zealand School of Music Composers’ Competition. Her compositional output tends towards choral and vocal music, and she has written and arranged works for a number of ensembles in Wellington, including Baroque Voices, Nota Bene, the Festival Singers, and the Wellington Community Choir. She is currently working on commissions for Baroque Voices and the Wellington Youth Choir, and completing her honours year at the New Zealand School of Music, studying with Dugal McKinnon and Stephan Prock.

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