Anna Meadors, composer & saxophonist 3626 Keswick Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211 ♦ 301-514-5154 ♦ [email protected]
Education Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2007-11 Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance ♦ 3.89/4.00 Grade Point Average ♦ Contemporary Classical Saxophone studies with Mr. Gary Louie ♦ Compositional studies with Dr. David Smooke ♦ Jazz Saxophone studies with Mr. Gary Thomas
Linganore High School, Frederick, MD 2004-07 High School Diploma ♦ 4.00/4.00 Grade Point Average
Awards Finalist in the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards for Third Crown (March 2012) The Peabody Career Development Grant (November 2011) The Peabody Scholarship (2007-11) The Baltimore Rotary Club Scholarship (2009) The Maryland State Senatorial Scholarship (2007-11)
Compositions Marimba Solo No. 1 (2012), for solo marimba Upcoming Premiere: Michelle Purdy (MM, SUNY Buffalo) solo recital, spring 2013 Untitled (2012), for soprano sax, string quartet, voice, marimba, guitar, bass guitar, drum set Upcoming Premiere: April 11, 2013. The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD Something’s Up (2012), for alto saxophone, marimba, bass guitar, drum set Upcoming Premiere: March 8, 2012. NOVO Festival, The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD Jaunt (2012), for Bb clarinet and bass clarinet Spider’s House Variation (2012), for saxophone quartet Landhorse (2011), for baritone saxophone, string quartet, bass guitar and drum set Premiere: March 9, 2012. NOVO Festival, The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD In the Right Light (2011), for alto saxophone, viola and cello Premiere: March 10, 2011. Senior Degree Recital, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD Third Crown (2010), for string quartet, alto saxophone, bass guitar and drum set Premiere: November 10, 2010. An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD Road Trance (2010), for string quartet, alto saxophone, bass guitar and drum set Premiere: November 10, 2010. An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD
Current Projects Three Red Crowns’ Second Album, If 3 Was 8 The Red Wave, composing and arranging music for saxophone quartet, bass-guitar and programmed beats Stop motion animation video accompanying In the Right Light Upcoming Premiere: April 11, 2013. The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD Rhymes With Opera Signature Piece Upcoming Premiere: July 2013 First Construction commission (NYC based ensemble, saxophone, violin, piano trio)
Anna Meadors, composer & saxophonist 3626 Keswick Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211 ♦ 301-514-5154 ♦ [email protected]
Discography Three Red Crowns: In This Light, 2012 Featuring Third Crown and In the Right Light SuperSharpShooter: Self-titled, 2012
Performances of Compositions (Upcoming) The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, April 11, 2013 (Upcoming) NOVO Festival, The Windup Space, March 8, 2013 (Upcoming) Café Nola, Frederick, MD, January 26, 2013 Mt. Vernon Music Space, October 5, 2012 Baltimore Book Festival, September 28, 2012 The Delancey, New York, NY, September 24, 2012 The Alchemist & Barrister, Princeton, NJ, September 23, 2012 The Windup Space, September 22, 2012 Artscape 2012, Station North Stage, July 21, 2012 The Windup Space, June 24, 2012 Wyman Park Dell, Summer Movies and Music Nights, June 19, 2012 NOVO Festival, The Windup Space, March 9, 2012 The Metro Gallery, October 2, 2011 Artscape 2011, MICA’s Brown Center auditorium Favley Hall, July 17, 2011 Wyman Park Dell, Summer Movies and Music Nights, June 7, 2011 2640 Space, May 25, 2011 An die Musik, May 11, 2011 Peabody Institute, Composition Departmental Recital, April 7, 2011 The Windup Space, March 31, 2011 Peabody Institute, Senior Degree Recital, March 10, 2011 The Windup Space, February 2, 2011 An Die Musik, November 10, 2010
Related Performances Scapescape, Windup Space, Ruby Fulton composition showcase, Famous Broken Line, August 2012 Artscape, High Zero Stage, Ruby Fulton composition showcase, July 2012 Premiere of Famous Broken Line for solo saxophone, part of consortium that commissioned Fulton (DMA, Peabody) Great Noise Ensemble, Atlas Theater, DC, May 2012 Premiere of David Smooke’s Nutshell Miniatures of Unexplained Death Digital Embrace Concert, January 2012 Peabody Wind Conducting Doctoral Recital of David Vickerman, featuring new wind ensemble music with electronics Member of the Out of Your Head improvisation collective, October 2011-present Peabody Composition Seminar, April 2011 Performed Tourmaline by Alexandra Gardner during her lecture Peabody Senior Saxophone Degree Recital, March 2011 Mobtown Modern Concert, Metro Gallery, December 2010 Ken Ueno’s Yellow 364 Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra, Ravel’s Bolero, March 2010 PJO Performance of Louis Andriessen’s Workers’ Union, December 2009
Anna Meadors, composer & saxophonist 3626 Keswick Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211 ♦ 301-514-5154 ♦ [email protected]
Related Performances Continued Theater Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University, June 2008 Soloist on premiere of original score by Kevin Clark (MM, Peabody) for Arabian Nights Peabody Wind Ensemble, led by Harlan Parker, 2007-11 Peabody Jazz Orchestra (PJO), led by Mike Formanek, 2007-11 Peabody Latin Jazz Ensemble, led by Tim Murphy, 2010-11 Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble (PIME), led by Gary Thomas, 2007-09
Related Work Experience New Music USA New Music Box Assistant, October 2012-present Duties include uploading new music tracks and data to Counterstream Radio, the online streaming radio.
Waldorf School of Baltimore Clarinet Teacher, September 2012-present Duties include teaching weekly music lessons with middle school aged clarinetists for additional work on their orchestral repertoire, technique and musicality.
Mobtown Modern Music Series Intern, October 2010-June 2011 Administrative Assistant, June 2011-May 2012 Duties included promoting concerts and events, preparing materials for concerts (programs, signs, posters, etc.), setting up stage and venue, cleaning up after concert, selling tickets at door, researching pieces and composers for the site’s blog, booking rehearsal time and space, contacting musicians for rehearsals and concerts.
Peabody Inn/Road Scholar Office Assistant, May 2009-April 2011 Program Coordinator, April-August 2011 Duties included preparing materials for weekly programs, creating documents using MS Word and Excel, data entry, answering phones, helping participants, copying, faxing, scanning, and other office tasks. Assisted with the preparation for the Marina Piccinini International Flute Master Class and Peabody Bassoon Week and prepared for and hosted post-concert events for both of these master class weeks as well as Road Scholar programs