Roxanna Panufnik

Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968) is a British composer of Polish heritage. She is the daughter of the composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik.

Roxanna Panufnik studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She wrote and presented BBC Radio 3’s "Composer of the Week" on her father in November 1993.In 1995 and 1996, she was selected as the first-ever Composer-in-Residence of the Royal County of Berkshire. As part of that appointment, she taught composition to 300 school children. Other educational work she has done includes programs for the Royal College of Organists and the City of London Sinfonia, and a program for school children in Barbados built around her work "Inkle and Yarico".

She spent almost a year composing 25 minutes of music to accompany the special Mass celebrating the 75th birthday of the ailing (he died a year later from cancer) Basil Cardinal Hume in 1998.

elected works

* "Westminster Mass" (1997), commissioned for Cardinal Basil Hume’s 75th birthday, performed in May 1998 at Westminster Cathedral
* "Powers & Dominions" (2001), a concertino for harp and orchestra
* "Inkle and Yarico" (1996), a reconstruction of an anti-slavery play of the 18th century
* "The Music Programme" (1999), a chamber opera commissioned by Polish National Opera (based on a novel by Paul Micou)
* "Beastly Tales" (2001/2), for soprano and orchestra
* "I Dream’d", one of nine choral pieces forming "A Garland for Linda" in memory of Linda McCartney
* "The Upside Down Sailor", a collaboration with Richard Stilgoe
* "Spirit Moves", a quintet for the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
* "Private Joe", a work for baritone Nigel Cliffe and the Schidlof String Quartet
* "Odi et Amo", a ballet for London Musici and the Rambert Dance Company
* "Olivia", a string quartet for the Maggini Quartet, with optional children's choir
* "Love Abide" (2006), a piece for choir, mezzo-soprano, organ, harp and strings commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia for its 25th anniversary
* "Wild Ways" (2008), a piece for choir, and shakuhachi commissioned by the Nonsuch Singers and Kiku Day
* "So Strong Is His Love" (2008) a piece for choir and quartet commissioned by the Waltham Singers for the 25th Anniversary of their conductor: Andrew Fardell.

External links

* [http://www.roxannapanufnik.com Official website]
* [http://www.chambermusic2000.com/pieces?p_id=28 mp3 music example "Let Me B"]
* [http://composingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/04/panufnik.html Radio interview, WITF-FM]