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Sophie Viney
Sophie Viney | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 50–51)[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger & teacher |
| Known for | Missing God |
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| Website | sophiesnotes |
Sophie Viney (born 1974) is an English composer and arranger.[1][2] Her compositions have been performed at significant venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and St. Martin-in-the-Fields and her music has featured in the Spitalfields Festival and the Brighton Festival.[3] In February 1999, Viney received critical acclaim in The Times for her work Music of the Spheres which was described as "eerily conjured".[4] Her choral work Missing God was commissioned under the Society for the Promotion of New Music's Adopt a Composer programme and performed by the London Oriana Choir in 2003.[5] She has written for the Philharmonia and has also written for theatre groups such as Watford Palace Theatre, and Barbican Studio Theatre.[3] On 7 March 2015, Sonatina in 7 and 5 was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as part of a programme aired on the eve of International Women's Day.[6] Her music is influenced by phenomena ranging from the wedding chant of Masai warriors to passages from scripture.[5][7]
- ^ a b "Sophie Viney "A Time to Dance"". SPNM (Society for the Promotion of New Music). Retrieved 7 November 2020.
Sophie Viney (b. 1974) studied Composition, Piano and Conducting at the Royal College of Music...
- ^ "Sophie Viney – Composer & Arranger". sophiesnotes.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Biography - Sophie Viney". britishmusiccollection.org.uk. British Music Collection. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Milnes, Rodney (10 February 1999). "Thoms on the lark". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ a b Partington, Angela (11 March 2003). "One enchanted evening". The Guardian (UK). London. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Hear and Now". radiotimes.com. Radio Times. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Sophie Viney "A Time to Dance"". SPNM (Society for the Promotion of New Music). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
Although complete in its own right, the work is part of a series currently being written based on the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1–8.
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