Annea Lockwood

Composer Annea Lockwood is an avant-garde experimenter who was a pioneer in the fields of sound sculpture and mixed-media composition. Many of her works are based on found natural sounds. Lockwood was born (as Anna Lockwood) in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 29, 1939. During her childhood, she was trained as a classical pianist but also spent much time hiking in rural New Zealand, where she developed an interest in the natural sound world. She earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and then went on to the Royal College of Musi...