Composers
Ann Southam, CM (4 February 1937 – 25 November 2010) was a Canadian electronic and classical music composer and music teacher. She is famous for her minimalist, iterative, and lyrical style, for her long-term collaborations with dance choreographers and performers, for her large body of work, and for "blazing a trail for women composers in a notoriously sexist field."[1]
She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1937, and lived most of her life in Toronto, Ontario. She died, aged 73, on 25 November 2010.[2]
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2010.
| Country: | Canada |
| Period: | Contemporary classical music |
Biography
Ann Southam, CM (4 February 1937 – 25 November 2010) was a Canadian electronic and classical music composer and music teacher. She is famous for her minimalist, iterative, and lyrical style, for her long-term collaborations with dance choreographers and performers, for her large body of work, and for "blazing a trail for women composers in a notoriously sexist field."[1]
She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1937, and lived most of her life in Toronto, Ontario. She died, aged 73, on 25 November 2010.[2]
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2010.
