Andrew Ford

Andrew Ford (born 1957 in Liverpool) is an English and Australian composer, writer and radio presenter.

He was Composer-in-residence with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (1992–94), held the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composer Fellowship from 1998 to 2000 and was awarded a two-year fellowship by the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts for 2005–2006.

Beyond composing, Ford has been an academic in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong (1983 – 95). He has written widely on music and published five books. He wrote, presented and co-produced the radio series "Illegal Harmonies", "Dots on the Landscape" and "Music and Fashion". Since 1995, he has presented "The Music Show" on ABC Radio National.

He studied at the Lancaster University with Edward Cowie and John Buller.

Works (selected)

Music theatre

*"Poe" (1983)
*"Whispers" for tenor and chamber orchestra (1990)
*"Casanova Confined" for baritone and backing track (1995)
*"Night and Dreams: The Death of Sigmund Freud" for tenor and backing track (1999)

Orchestral

*"Concerto for Orchestra" (1980)
*"The Big Parade" (1986)
*"Manhattan Epiphanies" for string orchestra (1999)
*"The Furry Dance" (1999)
*"Scenes from Bruegel" for chamber orchestra (2006)
*"Headlong" (2006)

Concertos

*"Piano Concerto: Imaginings" (1991)
*"The Great Memory" for cello and orchestra (1994)
*"The Unquiet Grave", for viola and chamber orchestra (1998)

Vocal/Choral

*"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" for tenor, horn and piano (1986)
*"Wassails and Lullabies" for SATB choir and percussion (1989)
*"Harbour" for tenor and string orchestra (1992)
*"Learning to Howl" for soprano, clarinet/sax, harp and percussion (2001)
*"Tales of the Supernatural" for folk singer and string quartet (2002)
*"An die Musik" for SATB choir (2005)

Ensemble

*"Chamber Concerto No 3: In Constant Flight" for solo violin and ensemble (1988)
*"Ringing the Changes" for piccolo, bass clarinet and piano (1990)
*"Pastoral" for string octet (1991)
*"Tattoo" for 12 timpani (6 players) and 4 pianos (1998)
*"Icarus drowning" (1998)
*"Chamber Concerto No 4" (2002)
*"Sad Jigs" for string quintet (2005)
*"A Reel, a Fling and a Ghostly Galliard (String Quartet No 2)" (2006)
*"Oma kodu" for clarinet and string quartet (2006)

Instrumental

*"Like Icarus ascending" for solo violin (1984)
*"Swansong" for solo viola (1987)
*"Spinning" for solo alto flute (1988)
*"The Waltz Book" (60 minute waltzes for solo piano, 2002)
*"War and Peace" for violin and percussion (2004)
*"Folly" for solo piano (2007)

Radiophonic

*"Deirdre of the Sorrows" (1989)
*"Elegy in a Country Graveyard" (2007)

Bibliography (Andrew Ford)

*"Composer to Composer: Conversations about Contemporary Music" (paperback 1993, ISBN 1-86373-443-0, hardback 1993, ISBN 0-7043-7061-1, 2nd edition paperback 1997, ISBN 0-86806-631-1)
*"Illegal Harmonies: Music in the 20th Century" (hardback 1997, ISBN 0-86806-635-4, 2nd edition paperback 2002, ISBN 0-7333-1130-X)
*"Undue Noise: Words about Music" (paperback 2002, ISBN 0-7333-1057-5)
*"Speaking in Tongues: The Songs of Van Morrison" by Martin Buzacott and Andrew Ford (paperback 2005, ISBN 0-7333-1297-7)
*"In Defence of Classical Music" (hardback 2005, ISBN 0-7333-1594-1, reprint, ISBN 0-7333-1594-7)

External links

* [http://www.andrewford.net.au/ Andrew Ford's homepage]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/default.htm The Music Show/ ABC Radio National]

References

* Joyce Morgan: "A Composer's Subterranean Half-century", "The Sydney Morning Herald", March 15, 2007
* [http://www.amcoz.com.au/opac/name.aspx?id=97 Australian Music Centre database] (work list, bibliography and discography)
*"The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music", 4th edition (1996). New York: Oxford University Press.