Sally who?
Jazz Pianist & (Film) Composer
PG-Dip Composition (RCM, London), BMus Jazz (ANU, Canberra), LRSM, PG-Dip Education (UC, Canberra)
Winner 2009 Canberra International Music Festival Young Composer Competition
Winner 2008 APRA/JMO National Big Band Composition Competition
Australian composer-pianist, Sally Greenaway, was recently awarded a post-graduate diploma for Composition for Film and Screen from London's prestigious Royal College of Music, where she held several scholarships.
She is experienced in composing music of all genres, from classical orchestral works to jazz big band to contemporary pop and dance music.
During her stint in London, apart from recording several film scores, she also played jazz piano at many memorable events, including the London Chopin Festival on Steinway's unique 'Ferari' grand piano, and for a private party on Liberace's rhinestone grand piano at the Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair.
Sally has won 2 significant composition competitions. In 2009 year she won the ‘Canberra International Music Festival 2009 Young Composer Award’, where she wrote for the world-class Finnish vocal group Rajaton.
In 2008 she won the 'Inaugural APRA/JMO National Big Band Composition Competition', with her piece 'Falling of Seasons'. As part of the competition, she conducted her piece for the Mothership Orchestra during a concert at the ABC's Eugene Goossens Hall in Sydney, which was also broadcast live on the ABC Classic FM show Jazztrack.
Apart from writing vocal group and big band works, Sally has written a number of classical and jazz chamber works. She has also collaborated with others to record and produce original commercial music, including pop, R&B and dance. She has toured and performed around Australia with her jazz ensemble, the ‘Sally Greenaway Project’, at sell-out concert events.
In 2007 Sally grouped up with two other musicians, forming 'Jealous 3' - recording original commercial music, including pop, R&B and dance.
In 2005 Sally was invited to compose the scores for two short animation films, which were screened around Australia in 2006. She also won 2 grants that year, creating 'Take it in Colour', which is a collection of pieces by young female jazz composers who were studying at the ANU School of Jazz.
Sally's composing and arranging draws on ideas from all over the world, including the Middle East, South America, Europe and Asia. She enjoys creating exotic characters, moods, textures and thick harmonies to transport listeners away from everyday life.
See images of her Shigeru Kawai grand.
Press images of Sally & the Sally Greenaway Project.
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