Chamber music by Christine McCombe
Christine McCombe is a Melbourne-based composer, teacher and writer.
This CD contains four of her chamber works, all in world premiere recordings. It is also the first CD of her chamber works to be released.
After initial studies in composition at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts, Christine moved to the UK in 1997 to study with James MacMillan at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and later completed a PhD in composition at the University of Edinburgh.
Composition prizes and awards include the The Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Award and a Bundanon Artists Trust Residency.
Christine’s musical influences include Bach, Messiaen and PJ Harvey. She works in a range of forms from chamber music to electroacoustic composition and video.
CONTENTS
Christine McCombe:
Love into Stone (1997) for string quartet and piano
To the wider ocean (2015) for mezzo, violin, cello and piano
The art of placing stones (2010) for violin and piano
Three kinds of silence (2013) for piano trio
Christine McCombe is a Melbourne-based composer, teacher and writer.
This CD contains four of her chamber works, all in world premiere recordings. It is also the first CD of her chamber works to be released.
After initial studies in composition at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts, Christine moved to the UK in 1997 to study with James MacMillan at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and later completed a PhD in composition at the University of Edinburgh.
Composition prizes and awards include the The Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Award and a Bundanon Artists Trust Residency.
Christine’s musical influences include Bach, Messiaen and PJ Harvey. She works in a range of forms from chamber music to electroacoustic composition and video.
CONTENTS
Christine McCombe:
Love into Stone (1997) for string quartet and piano
To the wider ocean (2015) for mezzo, violin, cello and piano
The art of placing stones (2010) for violin and piano
Three kinds of silence (2013) for piano trio