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First name: Kelly-Marie
Last name: Murphy
Dates: 1964
Category: Quartet
Nationality: canadian
Opus name: Four degrees of freedom (1995)
Publisher: CMC
Peculiarities: See: http://www.musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=score.FA_dsp_details&bibliographyid=51201&dsp_page=8
Information: (http://www.kellymariemurphy.com/) Kelly-Marie Murphy was born on a NATO base in Sardegna, Italy and grew up on Armed Forces bases all across Canada. She began her studies in composition at the University of Calgary and later received a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Leeds in England. After living and working for many years in the Washington D.C. area where she was designated "an alien of extraordinary ability" by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, she is now based in Ottawa. Dr. Murphy's music has been performed in the UK, Japan, across Europe and North America by outstanding soloists and ensembles, and has had radio broadcasts in 22 countries. Her music has been interpreted by renowned conductors such as Sir Andrew Davis, David Brophy, and Mario Bernardi. She is the recipient of many commissions from the CBC and the Canada Council for the Arts, and has written for some of Canada's leading performers and ensembles such as the Winnipeg, Toronto, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, Shauna Rolston, James Campbell, the Gryphon Trio, Borealis String Quartet, Rivka Golani, Judy Loman, and James Sommerville. (For more information, please see the Canadian Who's Who, 1998- Find Works in the CMC Library Listen to 27 Archival Recording(s) Kelly-Marie Murphy Biography Sample Works Kelly-Marie Murphy was born in Sardinia, Italy and grew up on Armed Forces bases all across Canada. She began her studies in composition at the University of Calgary and later received a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Leeds in England. After living and working for many years in the Washington D.C. area, she is now based in Ottawa. In addition to many academic scholarships awarded in Canada and England, Dr. Murphy has also won prizes for her music. She was awarded first prize in the New Works Calgary Composer's Competition in 1992; was shortlisted for the Cornelius Cardew Composition Prize, and was awarded first prize in the Bradford Young Composer's Competition for Electro-Acoustic Music in Dance in 1993; won first prize and the People's Choice Award at the CBC Young Composer's Competition in 1994 (string quartet category); received 2 honorable mentions in the New Music Concerts Recordings for sale at CMC Find Works in the CMC Library Listen to 27 Archival Recording(s) Kelly-Marie Murphy Biography Sample Works Kelly-Marie Murphy was born in Sardinia, Italy and grew up on Armed Forces bases all across Canada. She began her studies in composition at the University of Calgary and later received a Ph.D. in composition from the University of Leeds in England. After living and working for many years in the Washington D.C. area, she is now based in Ottawa. In addition to many academic scholarships awarded in Canada and England, Dr. Murphy has also won prizes for her music. She was awarded first prize in the New Works Calgary Composer's Competition in 1992; was shortlisted for the Cornelius Cardew Composition Prize, and was awarded first prize in the Bradford Young Composer's Competition for Electro-Acoustic Music in Dance in 1993; won first prize and the People's Choice Award at the CBC Young Composer's Competition in 1994 (string quartet category).