Curriculum Vitae

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Anne Katherine Hege
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Born in Oakland, CA, Anne Hege began her musical studies singing with the Piedmont Children’s Choir and the Oakland Youth Chorus’s touring ensemble, Vocal Motion. While performing in Vocal Motion, she was highly influenced by composer/performers Linda Tillery, Keith Terry and their work with folk and world music. In 1998, Hege received her Bachelor degree from Wesleyan University with honors in music and was awarded the Gwen Livingston Pekora Prize for music composition. Hege continued her composition studies at Mills College studying with Fred Frith, Chris Brown, and Pauline Oliveros. In 2003, she received her MA in Composition and was awarded the Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prize for excellence of graduate composition in music. Hege has composed for the Albany Community Chorus, Piedmont Children's Choir, Voce e Tempore, Niños y Jovenes Cantores de la Escuela Nacional de Música de la UNAM, Princeton Laptop Orchestra and the Flux Quartet. She regularly performs original works and art songs in her performance duo “Sidecar” and works with music and video in her band the "New Prosthetics." Anne currently studies music composition in Princeton University's doctoral program.

EDUCATION:

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Mills College, Oakland, CA

Master’s Thesis Concert: Composed, directed and produced “As Full as the Sea,” a fifty-minute spatialized outdoor concert with parts for five ensembles collaged together surrounding a campfire. Performed March 30th, 2003 as part of the Signal Flow Festival. Advised by composer Fred Frith and performance artist Moira Roth.

Written Master’s Thesis: "Composer's: The New Revolutionaries." A comparative essay exploring the works of Luigi Nono, Pauline Oliveros and Meredith Monk and the influence of their politics on their compositional style. Advised by faculty members David Bernstein, Chris Brown and Maggi Payne.

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Senior Thesis: “Ensemble Expressions.” Founded a vocal ensemble and worked through improvisation and various vocal exercises for one year to create an ensemble sound and identity. Performed original composition, “The Wisdom of the Heart,” settings of text by Henry Miller, April 1st, 1998. Advised by Neely Bruce and Melvin Strauss.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

AWARDS AND GRANTS:

COMPOSITION:

SELECTED PERFORMANCES:

2007 Maybe the Monolith will just calm down, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton, NJ. Second in a series of three (including Sea Odyssey) using poetry written by Colleen Plimier for 4 channel tape, soprano and live vocal processing.

2006 Grey and Spectral, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, NJ. Written for the Princeton Laptop Orchestra and SATB soloists,

2006 Shadow and Silver, Escuela de Musica de la UNAM, Mexico, DF, collaboration with pianist Heather Heise in performance duo, Sidecar, creating a cabaret/art song program made seamless with electronic interludes.

2004 Timepiece, Marsh Theater, SF, program created by Sidecar.

2003 Close, Hayward State, CA, collaboration with Mimi Hamman in the I-2 project facilitated by Pauline Oliveros. Worked using high speed internet to create a collaborative vocal piece.

2003 Mouth Masks, Mills Concert Hall, Mills College, live vocal processing piece amplifying the use of mouth retainers to shape specific vowel colors and palate placement.

2002 Sea Journey, Signal Flow Music Festival, Mills College, CA. Duet for spoken and sung voice accompanied by tape.

2001 Furusato: a home destroyed a guided improvisation for the Contemporary Performance Ensemble, Mills College.

2001 Mythologues, for SSAA, hour length program of original compositions for vocal ensemble accompanied by electric bass and computer soundtracks.

2000 Folk 3000, concert length selection of folksongs arranged for vocal ensemble, electric bass and computer soundtracks.

CONDUCTING:

2005-2006 Director of the Four Winds Vocal Quartet, Mexico City, Mexico
2000-2004 Founder and Director of the Albany Community Chorus, Albany, CA
2002-2004 Director for the Piedmont Children’s Choir training department, CA
2003-2004 Director of the Mill Valley Church of Our Saviour Choir School
1999-2002 Music Director at the Albany United Methodist Church
1997-1998 Teachers Assistant, Wesleyan University Chorus, Wesleyan University

TEACHING:

2005-2006 Musical Language,Diplomado Choral Directors Program, Mexico DF
2005-2006 Vocal Technician,Ninos y Jovenes Cantores de la Escuela Nacional de Musica de la UNAM, Mexico DF
2003-present private voice studio
2003-present private music theory instructor
2003-2004 Sight Reading for Singers summer course, CA
2003-2004 Choral Music Instructor at Stanley Middle School, Lafayette CA
2003-2004 Choral Music Instructor at the East Bay Waldorf School, CA
2001-2003 Instructor of Musicianship IV, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2001-2003 Teaching Assistant for Chromatic Harmony, Mills College, CA
1997-1998 Teachers Assistant for Tonal Theory, Wesleyan University, CT

VOCAL WORK:

SOLO:

ENSEMBLE:

ARTS ORGANIZING:

RECORDINGS:

2004 “Eye to Ear II” by Fred Frith. Vocalist; Tzadik records
2003 “Edgy not Antsy” by Jonathan Segel. Vocalist; Pitch-a-tent Records
1999 “Passages” recorded with Austin ProChorus and Nomad Records

FILM:

2006 "Shank," composed score for short film directed by Jenessa Joffe
2003 “Returning Home,” vocalist for soundtrack by Fred Frith for documentary directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson
2002 “Sojourn for Saroon,” composed score for short film by Joell Jones

REVIEWS:

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:

2004 “Shofar,”conducted Oakland Base 1 ensemble of the Piedmont Children’s Choir in a work by Alvin Curran performed in the Mills College Concert Hall.

2002 “Sounding the Margins,”conducted the Albany Community Chorus in a Festival celebrating the work of Pauline Oliveros at the Lorraine Hannsbury Theater in San Francisco.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES: