Anna Meredith: Composing Beyond Convention

At Loop 2016 composer, producer, and performer Anna Meredith joined Ableton’s Dennis DeSantis for a discussion on her innovative approaches to contemporary composition and recent forays into electronic music.

Revealing the creative processes behind her track ‘Shill’, Meredith walks us through her system of sketching shapes and annotations, before developing completed musical scores. 

Having already achieved widespread acclaim through her work froms, created for the 2008 BBC Last Night of the Proms, Meredith describes the contrasting experiences of making her own electronic music and touring with a band.

As an educator, Anna Meredith leaves us with thought-provoking insights around the pedagogical perspective of academic music and a need for students to bring more of a personal voice into their work. 

Find out more about Anna’s latest musical projects and dive deeper into her visual scores and dynamic sketches in our 2019 artist movie.

Bonus Track

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