Jennifer Joan Fowler (born 14 April 1939) is a British composer of Australian birth. She was born in Bunbury, Australia, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Bachelor of Music from the

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in 1960 and 1967, respectively. During her time at University of Western Australia, she won several composition prizes and received the University Convocation Awards for outstanding results. While a student, her pieces were performed in the Festival of Perth and broadcast by

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. She spent a year working at the Electronic Music Studios of the University of

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in 1968. In 1969 she settled in London and works as a free-lance composer. Fowler married computer programmer Bruce Paterson and has two sons.

Honors and awards

*1970 Prize from the Academy of the Arts in Berlin *1971 Joint winner of the Radcliffe Award of Great Britain *1975 1st prize in the International Competition for Women Composers in

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, Germany *2001 ''Eat and Be Eaten'' won a High Commendation at the Paul Lowin Song Cycle Awards *2003 Miriam Gideon prize from the International Association of Women in Music *2006 2nd prize in the Christopher Bodman Memorial Competition, UK *2009 International Sylvia Glickman Memorial Prize *2009 Winner of the Marin Goleminov First International Composition Contest in Bulgaria

Works

Selected works include: *''Lament for Dunblane'', for chorus *''Magnificat'', for chorus *''Nunc Dimittis'', for chorus *''Blow Flute'' *''Towards Release'', duo for violin and marimba *''Piece for an Opera House'', for piano duo *''Cycling'' for solo piano *''Streaming Up'' for 4 bassoons and piano *''Echoes from an Antique Land'' *''Plainsong for Strings'' for string orchestra Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including: *''The Flute Ascendant'' (1992), Vox *''Sydney Dreaming'', ABC Classics *''Lines Spun'' (2019), Metier MSV28588

References

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