Jane Antonia Cornish

Jane Antonia Cornish is an English composer. She is based in New York City, and focuses on contemporary classical music.

Jane Antonia Cornish
BornLondon, England
GenresContemporary classical
Occupation(s)Composer

Early life and education

Cornish grew up in Kent, England, where she studied violin, piano and composition from an early age. She went to the Folkestone School for Girls in Kent and then studied composition with Dr. Anthony Gilbert at the Royal Northern College of Music, and completed her master's degree at the Royal College of Music. She is a recipient of the Edward Hecht Composition Prize, the RNCM Composition Prize and the Associated Board Prize for the Most Outstanding Scholar of the Year. Cornish was also made a Major Scholar of the RNCM.[1]

Music

Duende

Delos released Cornish's first chamber music album, Duende, in April 2014. The album was met with positive critical acclaim. Fanfare described it as "extraordinarily deep music".[2] Barry Kilpatrick at American Record Guide said it "...grabbed my attention immediately and never let go." Artists featured on the album include Miranda Cuckson, Blair McMillen and The Lee Trio.[3]

Continuum

Innova Recordings released an album, Continuum on 31 July 2015. Continuum was performed by Decoda, Carnegie Hall's Affiliate Ensemble.[4][5] WQXR wrote: "Continuum is a font of wistfulness and melancholic beauty".[5] and named it Q2 Music Album of the Week[6] Continuum was also featured on WNYC-FM New Sounds.[7]

Into Silence

Innova Recordings released the album, Into Silence on 25 August 2017. Music from the album has been played on BBC Radio 3,[8] KEXP[9] and WNYC-FM New Sounds. John Schaefer commented that the work had "unappeased yearning" with a "tender earthbound comfort".[10] New York City Ballet principal Ask la Cour choreographed a pas de deux to the title track which was filmed and released with the album. Dance Spirit Magazine featured the film and described it as "impossibly gorgeous shapes form and dissolve in the haunting black-and-white setting of the Martha Graham Studios in NYC".[11] The pas de deux was performed as part of the Stars of American Ballet tour in 2017 by Ask la Cour and Teresa Reichlen.[12]

Constellations

Constellations was released on July 27, 2018. Lux from the album was featured on WNYC-FM New Sounds and described as "a long-form spacious sound structure created from acoustic instruments like piano and strings, but stretched with electronics into a entire musical cosmos."[13] Tom Schnabel at KCRW called Constellations "patient, virtuosic and mesmerizing" and included it in his August Music mix.[14]

Seascapes

Seascapes was released August 2019.[15] Seascapes was featured on WNYC-FM New Sounds July New Releases show[16] and the album has been met with positive critical acclaim. World Music Report described Seascapes as "...absolutely breathtaking. The work is set in three separate sequences, each seeming to transpose the immense aspect of a sea that is observed, heard and felt as by body, mind and spirit."[17]

Seascapes I, II and III from the album were premiered at the Chelsea Music Festival in June 2019, conducted by Ken David Masur. Broadway World reviewed the concert: "Sensitively conducted by Ken-David Masur, the ethereal three movement work held the audience in absolute stillness at its conclusion. This was the World Premiere performance of Seascapes. May it have a long and happy life."[18]

Film scores

Cornish has also written music for films, including Fireflies in the Garden and Five Children and It, and was named one of the UK Film Council's Breakthrough Brits in Hollywood in 2005.[19] She has been nominated for Breakthrough Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association and was nominated for a Robert Award for Best Score for her soundtrack to Island of Lost Souls. Cornish has also orchestrated films, including Kung Fu Panda and Maleficent. She was the composer for the 2017 documentary film, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.[20]

Awards

In 2005, Cornish was awarded a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for Television Craft: Anthony Asquith Award for New British Composer, for her work on Five Children and It.[21] She was the first female in history to win a BAFTA for music.[22] In 2008 ASCAP's Rudolf Nissim Prize jury honoured Cornish with a Special Distinction for her orchestral tone poem, Symphony.[23] The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences invited Jane Antonia Cornish to become a member in 2019.[24]

References
  1. "The Royal Northern College of Music". Rncm.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. "Fanfare site has moved". Fanfaremag.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "Duende". Browse.delosmusic.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. "Neighborhood Concert: Decoda Cello Quartet". Carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. Armbrust, Doyle (14 September 2015). "Jane Antonia Cornish's 'Continuum' Unfolds With Wistful, Melancholic Beauty". Wqxr.org.
  6. "WQXR | New York's Classical Music Radio Station". Wqxr.org. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. "#3769: New Releases August 2015". Wnyc.org.
  8. "Saturday - Elizabeth Alker (archived)". Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  9. "Podcasts". Kexp.org. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  10. "#4007: July 2017 New Releases". Wnyc.org.
  11. "We Are So Into "Into Silence"". Dancespirit.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  12. "Stars of American Ballet". Performancesantafe.org. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  13. "#4131: Electronic Music for Spatial Contemplation | New Sounds | New Sounds". Newsounds.org. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  14. "August Music Mix". Kcrw.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  15. "Sound Impression: Seascapes by Jane Antonia Cornish". Stationarytravels.wordpress.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  16. "#4259, New Releases, July 2019 | New Sounds | New Sounds". Newsounds.org. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  17. Gama, Raul da (26 October 2019). "Jane Antonia Cornish: Seascapes". Worldmusicreport.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  18. Barouch, Joanna. "BWW Review: CHELSEA MUSIC FESTIVAL HONORS CLARA SCHUMANN at St.Paul's German Lutheran Church". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  19. Dale Wilcox. "Jane Antonia Cornish and Brenda Blethyn OBE during UK Film Council..." Gettyimages.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  20. McCarthy, Todd (9 September 2017). "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  21. "Television Craft–Anthony Asquith Award For New British Composer in 2005". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  22. "Eye For Film: Jane Cornish, first female winner of BAFTA award for music". Eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  23. "JACK M. JARRETT RECEIVES $5,000 ASCAP FOUNDATION NISSIM PRIZE FOR "AUTUMN TOO LONG"FOR SOPRANO AND ORCHESTRA". Ascap.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  24. Burlingame, Jon (1 July 2019). "Lady Gaga, Annie Lennox, Adele Invited to Join Motion Picture Academy". Variety.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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