Ann carr boyd biography of christopher

Ann Carr-Boyd has been involved in music and its many manifestations all her life. Born into a family of professional musicians, she studied piano from an early age with her father Norbert Wentzel and violin and viola with her Uncle, Charles Wentzel. She obtained the first Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Sydney, with 1st class honours, and followed this with a Master of Arts, presenting a thesis on the first hundred years of European musical development in Australia, to Her compositions cover a broad genre and in , her 70th birthday celebrations reflected this in a series of concerts and compact discs produced throughout the year.

Performances included the Romance for Flute and Orchestra as part of the Aurora Festival; performances with the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra of the Piano Concerto No 2, new chamber works composed for the Sydney Symphony Fellows performed in concerts at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith, in programs which also included her piano and vocal music.

Her piano music, vocal and chamber music, were also performed at concerts in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, and in Canberra and Goulburn.

Born into a family of professional

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