Anais Azul
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Composer, singer-songwriter, creative collaborator |
| Location | Boston, MA, United States |
| Introduction | Peruvian born and California grown composer Anaís Azul (1995) has been writing music since 2011 when she was a singer-songwriter and collaborator at BUMP Records in Oakland. In 2012 she became a part of the John Adams Young Composer's Program in Berkeley, where she delved into electroacoustic composition as well as chamber writing. Azul has a B.M in Music Composition and Theory at Boston University and spent a semester abroad studying at the Royal College of Music in London. While at BU, she received the undergraduate departmental award, has been commissioned by the Chamber Orchestra of Boston and as an arranger for singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero's "Waiting for Earthquakes" in collaboration with the San Francisco Awesome Orchestra. Azul has also been selected twice for the New England Score call by the Women Composers Festival of Hartford. The also sings in Boston based social justice choir Voices21c. Azul seeks to build bridges between all forms of music making through improvisation, poetry, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Anaís Azul believes music to be a tool for communication, empowerment, and for finding common ground in a time plagued by war and hate. |