Rebecca Rowe
“Amongst the new composers currently around, Rebecca Rowe is one of the most interesting”
KIRSTEN MCCUE, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
Rebecca Rowe is passionate about bringing contemporary music to new audiences in a way that is exciting, challenging, yet meaningful and accessible. She is interested in presenting music in new ways, and in new spaces, particularly interdisciplinary projects involving musicians, artists, film-makers and writers.
Rebecca has composed soundtracks for animated films and theatre productions, and she has worked collaboratively with directors and poets in setting their images and words to music.
Born in South Yorkshire in 1970, Rebecca's musical training began as a cellist and pianist; early inspiration and interest in harmony and composition came from her studies with Sybil Pentith. Formative orchestral experiences were important, during her time in Rotherham Youth Orchestra; then enjoying somewhat of a golden-age during the 1980s.
Rebecca studied at Hull University, gaining a BMus(Hons) specialising in composition and orchestration, where she studied with Alan Laing who proved to be another tremendous inspiration. It was at Hull that her first commissions and collaborative work in theatre and film began.
In 1992, Rebecca relocated to Edinburgh, studying at the University with Nigel Osborne, for a MMus in Composition. Having begun her studies on the viola da gamba in Hull with Alison Crum and Graham Sadler, Rebecca became a founder member of The Squair Mile Consort of Viols, and is a former Artistic Director and conductor of Edinburgh University Contemporary Music Ensemble.
Rebecca has received great acclaim for her orchestral, chamber and choral work, enjoying many commissions from artists as diverse as The Dunedin Consort, Cappella Nova, The Hilliard Ensemble, recorder virtuoso John Turner, contemporary music ensemble ONE VOICE, Northern College Aberdeen, singer Steven Griffin, The Allegri String Quartet and the innovative ensemble Chroma, to name but a few. Rebecca received an award from The English Poetry and Song Society, for the 1994 work No Sad Songs, a setting of a Christina Rossetti poem.
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