Juliet Palmer
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2012}}
{{infobox musical artist
| birth_name = Juliet Kiri Palmer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|8|28}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| occupation = Composer
| genre = Contemporary, chamber, orchestral, opera
}}
Juliet Palmer is a contemporary composer living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Career
Juliet Kiri Palmer was born in New Zealand in 1967, where she completed a Masters of Music in performance, composition, and time-based art at the University of Auckland.{{cite web |title=Palmer, Juliet, 1967- |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22416508 |website=natlib.govt.nz |access-date=28 February 2025}} She moved to New York City in 1990 to work with interdisciplinary pioneer Meredith Monk and obtained her PhD at Princeton University in 1999. Now living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she is an active composer and interdisciplinary artist.{{cite web|url=http://musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction%3Dcomposer.FA_dsp_biography%26authpeopleid%3D13744%26by%3DP |title=Canadian Music Centre |accessdate=2010-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514213711/http://www.musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=composer.FA_dsp_biography&authpeopleid=13744&by=P |archivedate=14 May 2011 }}
Her compositions cover a wide range from chamber music and dance theatre to orchestral and opera. Palmer's music has been featured in festivals in US, UK, New Zealand, Netherlands, Japan, Italy, France, Austria and Canada. Her work has been broadcast widely, including radio networks in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, US, Canada and Japan.
A detailed catalogue of her work, including streaming audio and video samples may be found at both the Centre for New Zealand Music{{cite web|url=http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1076 |title=SOUNZ Juliet Palmer |publisher=Sounz.org.nz |date=2016-11-15 |accessdate=2020-01-18}} and the Canadian Music Centre websites.
Further reading
- Steenhuisen, Paul. "Interview with Juliet Palmer". In [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015151345/http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=687 Sonic Mosaics: Conversations with Composers]. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-88864-474-9}}
References
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External links
- SOUNZ (Centre for New Zealand Music) [http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1076]
- The Canadian Music Centre [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514213711/http://www.musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=composer.FA_dsp_biography&authpeopleid=13744&by=P]
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Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:20th-century New Zealand women composers
Category:20th-century New Zealand composers