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Patricia Van Ness

Born: 1951, United States

Nationality: American

Patricia Van Ness is an American composer living in Saco, Maine, U.S.A. She is also the Staff Composer for First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Van Ness's work draws upon elements of medieval and Renaissance music. She primarily composes vocal music, and has received especial acclaim for her work for women's voices. Her works have been commissioned and performed around the world, including by The King's Singers (UK), the Heidelberg New Music Festival Ensemble, Renaissance Men, Chanticleer, and the Mannerquartett Schnittpunktvokal (Austria), in the Celebrity Series in Boston, at the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and by Peter Sykes, Coro Allegro, and the Harvard University Choir.

Van Ness has received numerous awards and grants, including the 2011 Daniel Pinkham Award from Coro Allegro.

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