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Anne LeBaron

Alice Anne LeBaron (born May 30, 1953) is an American composer, harpist, academic, and writer. LeBaron’s compositions combine formal complexity and structural rigor with an experimental approach, encompassing tonal and atonal techniques and drawing selectively on diverse musical traditions. Her work explores environmental, cultural, and philosophical subjects, frequently drawing upon theater and literature while employing distinctive approaches to timbre, notation, and instrumental technique. As an improvising harpist, LeBaron is known for her use and development of extended techniques such as preparing and bowing the harp, electronic enhancements, and unconventional notation for the instrument. Among other venues, LeBaron's work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Kennedy Center, by orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra. She is the recipient of an Alpert Award in the Arts, a Toulmin grant from Opera America, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a Fulbright Full Scholarship. She has been commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Library of Congress, among other organizations. She served as chair of the Board of the American Composers Forum from 2018 to 2020. LeBaron taught composition and interdisciplinary courses at the California Institute of the Arts for more than two decades and was appointed professor emerita upon her retirement in 2024.

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• ▸Güira
• ▸Atlantropa
• ▸Fitzwilliam Quartet

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