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Anne Rebecca Cawrse (born 1981) is an Australian composer of acoustic classical music.

Early life and education
Anne Cawrse was raised in Freeling, South Australia, and lived on her parents mixed crop farm until moving to Adelaide to study composition at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. She commenced undergraduate study in both Music and Arts in 1999, graduating with 1st class Honour in Music (Composition) in 2003. She received her doctorate from the University of Adelaide in 2008.

Work
Anne Cawrse's work is often influenced by literature and poetry, in particular that of female writers. Her music has been described as ‘beguilingly beautiful’, ‘profoundly telling’ and ‘lush and ecstatic’. Her music has been performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian String Quartet, Plexus Ensemble, the Benaud Trio, Zephyr Quartet and many other established Australian ensembles. She is the most commissioned composer of the Adelaide Chamber Singers, having composed for them five works since 2005. Between 2012 and 2018, Anne composed the music for the opera Innocence to a libretto by Adam Goodburn. The opera is based on the award-winning novel 'Time's Long Ruin' by Stephen Orr.

Awards and Career
Anne has been a finalist in the Art Music Awards (presented by APRA and the Australian Music Centre three times. In 2008, her work for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Cybec program Musaic was a finalist in the Orchestral work of the Year category. In 2018, On Earth as in Heaven, a setting of texts by Sara Teasdale and Michael Leunig for the Adelaide Chamber Singers was both finalist in the Choral/Vocal Work of the Year category, and earned Anne the State Award for South Australia. In 2021, Anne's string quartet A Room of Her Own is a finalist in the Chamber Work of the Year category. Other awards and prizes include the 2010 Schueler Award (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) and the 2019 John Bishop Memorial Commission (University of Adelaide). In June 2021, Anne curated She Speaks for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Consisting of three concerts and a symposium, the day celebrated and explored musical works composed by women, and included an all-Australian orchestral concert.

Orchestral Works

 * The Rest Is Silence - Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra. commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, 2021.
 * Suite from 'Innocence' - Suite for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone and Orchestra. Extracts fromt he opera 'Innocence'. Commissioned by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, 2020.
 * Skin Metal Wood Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra. Premiered by the Adelaide Wind Orchestra, 2018.
 * Sacred and Profane - for Symphony Orchestra. Commissioned by the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, 2017.
 * ...and there was light - for Symphony Orchestra. Commissioned by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, 2010.
 * Musaic - for chamber orchestra. Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, 2007.

Chamber Works

 * Grounded for Cello and Guitar. Composed for Sharon Grigoryan and Slava Grigoryan.
 * Songs Without Words for Piano Trio. Commissioned by the ABC Fresh Start fund for the Benaud Trio.
 * A Room of Her Own for String Quartet. Composed for the Australian String Quartet.
 * Skittled for String Quartet.
 * Imperfect Fourth for Guitar Quintet.
 * Dance Vignettes for Marimba. Composed for Claire Edwardes.
 * The Red Buoy for piano solo.
 * as flower, as fire for piano solo.
 * Studies in Odd Times for piano solo. 6 short studies inspired by the rhythm and metre of Bela Bartok's 'Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm'.

Choral and Vocal Works

 * A Gathering (2021) for chamber choir. Text by Paul Hetherington.
 * Afterword (2020) for vocal quartet. Text by David Malouf.
 * Flame and Shadow (2019) for Soprano, Violin, Clarinet and Piano. text by Sara Teasdale.
 * Requiem (2019) for SATB and organ. Text trad. and by Michael Leunig.
 * Spring Songs (2017) for Soprano and Piano. Text by Sara Teasdale.
 * Three Persian Prayers (2017) for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Piano.
 * On Earth As In Heaven (2017) for chamber choir. Text by Sara Teasdale and Michael Leunig.
 * Parting Songs (2016) for Soprano, Tenor and Piano.
 * How Can I Keep From Singing? (2015) for chamber choir. Text by Robert Lowry.
 * Alena Songs (2012) for tenor and guitar.
 * This Too Shall Pass (2009) for Soprano and Piano. Four-song cycle; text by D.H. Lawrence, Goethe, Chidiock Tichborne and Emily Dickinson.
 * Pilgrim Psalms (2009) for chamber choir. Texts from Psalm 130, 131 and 121.
 * A Woman's Song (2005) for Soprano and String Quartet. Text by Purnette du Guillet,Amy Levy and Emily Bronte.
 * Rossetti Songs (2005) for Soprano Vocal Trio. Text by Christina Rossetti.
 * Song of Amergin (2005) for chamber choir. Text anon.