Joanne Metcalf

Joanne Metcalf
Born1958 (age 66–67)
Occupation
  • Composer

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

External videos
It Is Enough performed by the Singer Pur
It Is Enough

Joanne Metcalf was born in 1958 and studied music composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara (BA, 1982).[1][‡ 1] While studying at Duke University with Stephen Jaffe and Scott Lindroth (MM, 1993), she met Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, then a guest at Duke.[1][‡ 2] Inspired by "whatever it was that made [Andriessen's] music so fresh and energizing", Metcalf studied with him for at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague through a Fulbright scholarship.[‡ 2] She received a PhD from Duke, before teaching composition at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from to 2001 to 2025.[1][‡ 1]

Her Il nome del bel fior (1998), based on the vision of Mary in Canto XXIII of Dante‘s Paradiso, was composed for, and recorded by, the Hilliard Ensemble and Singer Pur.[2]

Recordings

Recordings of compositions by Joanne Metcalf
Year Album Featured work(s) Performers Label
1996 A Hilliard Songbook Music for the Star of the Sea Hilliard Ensemble ECM Records 453 259-2[3]
2004 Choral Works Il nome del bel fior Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC354[4]
2006 Das Hohelied der Liebe Ego dilecto meo Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC803[5]
2010 Carmina Celtica Shining Light Canty Linn Records CKD378[6]
2015 Mary Star of the Sea Music for The Star of the Sea
Il nome del bel fior (Parts IV–V) 		Gothic Voices Linn Records CKD541[7]
2017 The Best of Singer Pur Il nome del bel fior Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC1869[8]
2018 Lilith Darkening of the Light Lilith National Sawdust Tracks[9]
2019 Horizons It Is Enough Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC1714[10]
2021 Among Whirlwinds Among Dark Whirlwinds
Gold and Thorns, Fire and Ice 		Singer Pur Oehms Classics OC1723[11]
2022 New Suns The Sea's Wash in the Hollow of the Heart Variant 6 Open G Records 195269 164461[12]
2024 Dreamspace The Undreaming Michael Mizrahi Sono Luminus DSL-92276[13]

References

Citations

Primary
  1. ^ a b "Joanne Metcalf". Lawrence University. Archived from the original on September 6, 2025. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Shrude, Marilyn; Metcalf, Joanne; James, Aikman; Beavers, Kevin; Bermel, Derek (May 1, 2002). "To What Degree: Teaching Musical Composition". New Music USA. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
Secondary
  1. ^ a b c ILWC Journal 1994.
  2. ^ Singer Pur featuring The Hilliard Ensemble: Rihm Sciarrino Moody Metcalf
  3. ^ Fitch, Fabrice (1997). "A Hilliard Songbook". Gramophone. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "Choral Works: Rihm, Sciarrino, Moody, Metcalf". Naxos. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "The Song of Songs". Naxos. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  6. ^ Kenyon, Nicholas (September 10, 2010). "Carmina Celticaa: Medieval and contemporary spiritual songs, Canty/Tavener, William Taylor (harp)". The Guardian. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  7. ^ Higginson, Gary (2015). "Mary, Star of the Sea". MusicWeb International. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  8. ^ "The Best of Singer Pur". Naxos. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "Lilith". WorldCat. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  10. ^ "Vocal Ensemble Music". Naxos. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  11. ^ "Vocal Ensemble Concert". Naxos. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  12. ^ Rosenberg, Donald (2022). "Variant 6: New Suns". Gramophone. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  13. ^ "Piano Recital: Mizrahi, Michael". Naxos. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

Sources

  • Goursaud, Christian (January 2020). "Playing with historical time". Early Music. 48 (1): 136–139. doi:10.1093/em/caaa014. (subscription required)
  • International League of Women Composers (1994). "1993 Awards Annouced". ILWC Journal (1): 32, 47. [32]: "First Prize: Joanne Metcalf is from Los Angeles. In 1993 she received an M.A. in composition from Duke University, where her teacher was Scott Lindroth. She studied with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Den Haag. She currently teaches composition at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin."
  • Rickards, Guy (January 1997). "Rautavaara … Metcalf: Music for the Star of the Sea. … Casken: Sharp Thorne by The Hilliard Ensemble, Barry Guy, Morton Feldman, Ivan Moody, Hellawell, Paul Robinson, Tormis, MacMillan, Liddle, Joanne Metcalf, Finnissy, Casken, Pärt". Tempo (199): 48–50. JSTOR 945541.
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