Ann Millikan
American composer
Ann E. Millikan (born June 10, 1963) is an American composer.
Life and career
Ann Millikan was born in San Diego County, California. She studied music at San José State University, where she graduated with a BA. She went on to graduate with a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts where she studied with Morton Subotnick, Mel Powell and Stephen Mosko. Afterward, she continued her studies in African music and classical voice.
Millikan composes in several genres, including orchestral, opera, choral and instrumental, and her works have been used for purposes such as installation, theatre and dance. Her compositions have been called "dynamic and diverse."
Millikan's works have been performed internationally and are widely available on recorded media. She currently resides in Minnesota.
Honors and awards
Millikan has received grants and awards from the following:
2011 MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative
2010 McKnight Composer Fellowship
California Arts Council
American Music Center
ASCAP awards
American Composers Forum
Meet The Composer
Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund
Jerome Foundation
Zellerbach Family Fund
Berkeley Civic Arts Program
Waging Peace Through Singing (Highest Honors)
Works
Selected works include:
Orchestra
Trilhas de Sombra
Ballad Nocturne
Landing Inside the Inside of an Animal
Red Migration for orchestra
Chamber
Thunder Woman
Kuiper Belt Wamfle
The Woodcarver & The Blacksmith
Cantando para a Onça
Choro do Zeitgeist
Red Migration
221B Baker Street
Trens Coloridos para Gabriela
Three Reflections
K'uei: A SYZYGY
Theater and dance
From The Bottom Drawer
The Color of Blood: Praising the Moon We Are, Part I
The Medicine of the Spiral
K'uei: A SYZYGY
Strings
From the Bottom Drawer
Choro do Miro
Metal Shop 302
Woodwinds
House of Mirrors I
House of Mirrors II
Calendula
Suite for Woodwinds Quartet
Vocal
Water From Your Spring
The Medicine of the Spiral II: Quartet Improvisations
My Island
Abstrações
Choral
grandmother walks, mist rises
Choro
Advent Music
O Sapientia – O Wisdom
The One Who Is Coming...
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