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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Andra Patterson studied composition with Jack Body and David Farquhar at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. After winning composition prizes at university and an Emergent Composers’ Award for her Piece for Violin and Piano, Andra completed a number of commissioned works for festivals and events. These included Albatross for the opening of a sculpture on Wellington's waterfront, Sextet for the ‘Sonic Boom’ festival and Maju Terus for choir, gamelan and orchestra for the ‘Sonic Circus’ festival. Resident in London, Andra was a participant at the 2015 St Magnus Composers’ Course in Orkney during which her quintet Flourish, narrative, exit was performed at St Magnus Cathedral. Her chamber orchestra work The World Was All Before Them, commissioned for the 40th St Magnus International Festival, was performed by the Orkney Camerata in 2016. Andra returned to Orkney in June 2017, where her chamber piece Magnushymnen, winning entry in the St Magnus Composers' Competition, was performed by The Assembly Project. This work will be performed by members of the Orkney Camerata in Kirkwall on 3 December 2017.