• Title
  Item 2: Anne Boyd interview by Vincent Plush, 12 April 2023
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  12 April 2023
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9675136
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (1 hr., 13 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Anne Boyd answers several questions related to her first interview and continues recounting her life in Hong Kong and the changing political and social situation after the Tiananmen Massacre, which led to her deciding to leave. She talks about her career at Sydney University, being appointed Professor of Music, in 1990; the amalgamation of the University of Music Department with the Sydney Conservatorium, and Robert Connolly's related documentary "Facing the music" (2001); and retiring as Professor Emerita in 2017.
  
  Boyd talks about her achievements including being awarded Membership in the Order of Australia,1996, and the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award, 2014. She discusses her composition work in many mediums, from small scale pieces for children, to instrumental combinations, many featuring her own instrument the flute, to opera, oratorio and orchestral works; and the spiritual, Japanese and Indonesian influences on her works.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 12 April 2023
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Boyd, Anne, 1946-
  
• Subject
  Boyd, Anne, 1946---Interviews.
  Expatriate composers--Hong Kong.
  Expatriate Australians--Hong Kong.
  Music--Study and teaching (Higher)
  Composition (Music)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20607380

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