Musicatlas
Music
Annotated List of Works
- Hero of Crossroads, Gardener of the Heart: Three Songs for Baritone and Large Chamber Ensemble (2009), settings of texts by American Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz. Scored for baritone, flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, string quartet and piano
- Change (2006) for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble. Winner of Helen L. Weiss Prize for best vocal composition at Penn, 2006
- October Funeral (2005) for electroacoustic media. Poetry by Linda Pastan
- Oconee Bells (2005) for solo piano
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (2004) for SSAA choir
- Caduceus (2004) for solo piano
- Shifting Towers, Dunes of Stars: Mirage for String Nonet (2003)
- Happiness (2002) for mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano. Poetry by Stephen Dunn
- Snacks for a Giant: Two Movements for String Quartet (2001)
- A Child’s Prayer (2001) for SATB chorus. Author unknown
- Annabel Lee (2001) for SATB chorus, poetry by Edgar Allen Poe
- Log Phase (May 2000) for solo piano
- Movements in Color (April 1999) for dancer and five solo instruments
- Art (April 1999) for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano. Poetry by Kevin Peckham
- Tapis (August 1998) for chamber orchestra
- Three for Sophia (1997) for string trio
Life
Dr. Emily Anna Bridges (1977), a native of New Hampshire, graduated in 2009 with a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded a William Penn Fellowship and the Helen Weiss Prize for Vocal Composition. Her teachers there included Jay Reise, James Primosch, Anna Weesner, and Ingrid Arauco. She has presented her work at Haverford College and West Chester University and participated in readings by Network for New Music and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. She studied with Yehudi Wyner during a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida in 2005. Anna holds a B.A. in Music from Colby College in Waterville, ME, where she studied composition with Jonathan Hallstrom, and was the winner of the Comparetti Music prize for composition. She later studied privately in Boston with composer and pianist John McDonald. During her time in New England, her pieces were performed in concert by ensembles such as the Colby Orchestra, the Arden String Quartet, and Musica Sacra. In addition to her performance life as a soprano in Early and 20th/21st Century styles, Anna teaches private composition, voice, and theory lessons. During her time as a doctoral candidate, she taught theory and musicianship courses at Penn. She has maintained her voice studio privately and as an instructor in the College House Program since she arrived in Philadelphia in 2002.