Joanne Metcalf

Joanne Metcalf (born 1958) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Best known for her choral music, she has worked closely with the Hilliard Ensemble and Singer Pur, among other vocal ensembles.

Life and career

Joanne Metcalf was born in 1958 and studied music composition (BA, 1982) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was awarded first prize for the 1993 Search for New Music award from the International Alliance for Women in Music. While studying at Duke University with Stephen Jaffe and Scott Lindroth (MM, 1993), she met Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, then a guest at Duke. Inspired by "whatever it was that made [Andriessen's] music so fresh and energizing", Metcalf later studied with him for at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague through a Fulbright scholarship.

Recordings + Recordings of compositions by Joanne Metcalf Year Album Featured work(s) Performers Label 1996 Music for the Star of the Sea Hilliard Ensemble ECM Records 453 259-2 2004 Choral Works Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC354 2006 Ego dilecto meo Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC803 2010 Carmina Celtica Shining Light Canty Linn Records CKD378 2015 Mary Star of the Sea Music for The Star of the SeaIl nome del bel fior (Parts IV–V) Gothic Voices Linn Records CKD541 2017 Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC1869 2018 Lilith Darkening of the Light Lilith National Sawdust Tracks 2019 Horizons It Is Enough Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC1714 2021 Among Whirlwinds Among Dark WhirlwindsGold and Thorns, Fire and Ice Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC1723 2022 New Suns Variant 6 Open G Records 195269 164461 2024 Dreamspace Michael Mizrahi Sono Luminus DSL-92276