Sally who?
Jazz Pianist & Composer
BMus, LRSM, Dip ABRSM (performance), Dip ABRSM (teaching)
Winner 2008 APRA/JMO National Big Band Composition Competition
Sally Greenaway graduated with a Bachelor of Music
(Jazz Piano) at the ANU School of Music as well as a
Licentiate Diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music, London, in classical piano in 2005. Sally
has also studied voice and composition. She teaches many
students, encompasing all styles of music, aural,
musicianship and composition.
Sally's influences include Jacky Terrasson, Stefon Harris,
Laurence Hobgood, Joshua Redman, Giovanni Mirabassi,
Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Debussy. Her 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.
Sally won 2 grants in 2005, creating ‘Take it in Colour’,
which is a collection of pieces by young female jazz
composers from the ANU School of Jazz. She was also
invited to compose the scores for two animation films,
which were screened around Australia in 2006.
In 2007 Sally grouped up with two other musicians,
forming ‘Jealous 3’ - recording original commercial
music, including pop, R&B and dance.
Her jazz group, the ‘Sally Greenaway Septet’ have
also been successfully performing at many sit-down
concert events, performing original compositions and
arrangements. Earlier this year her septet recorded
several new pieces, which will go towards a new album.
In May this year Sally won the ‘Inaugural 2008 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.
Sally has written a number of smaller compositions,
including a harp piece and a choral piece, and is
finishing a book of classical, jazzy and modern
compositions for piano students to enjoy.
As she develops her recording experience, Sally hopes to
work further in studios and become a professional producer,
arranger and composer. Next year she is moving to London
to study film composition at the Royal School of Music.
See images of her Shigeru Kawai grand.
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