Bekah Simms

Bekah Simms (born 1990) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music.[1]

Bekah Simms, June 2019.

Education

Simms was born and raised in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, where she studied at the nearby Memorial University of Newfoundland with composer Andrew Staniland.[2] At Memorial University, she received a B.Mus. in music theory and composition in addition to a B.Mus.Ed in music education.[3] She also holds M.Mus. and D.M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto[4] where her teachers included Gary Kulesha, Christos Hatzis, and Norbert Palej.[3] Her thesis work, Foreverdark, was subsequently performed by Esprit Orchestra.[5] Additional studies with acousmatic composer Martin Bédard in Montreal were facilitated through the PIVOT mentorship program, jointly run by the Canadian Music Centre, Canadian League of Composers, and Continuum Contemporary Music.[6]

Career

Simms has received over 20 composition awards, prizes, and competitive selections.[1] This includes the 2019 Barlow Prize,[7] the 2017 Toronto Emerging Composer Award,[8] the 2018 Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music,[9] and the inclusion of her work in the official Canadian Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music's World Music Days in both 2016 and 2019[10]

Simms released her debut album, impurity chains, in September 2018 to positive reviews.[11][12] The composition Granitic was subsequently nominated for a 2019 JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the Year,[13] and her composition Everything Is... Distorted was nominated for a 2020 JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the year.[14]

References
  1. Canadienne, Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique. "Bekah Simms: Biography". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. Wall, Lukas (2019-02-02). "N.L. composer Bekah Simms nominated for classical Juno Award". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. "Bekah Simms, Composer". bekahsimms.com. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  4. "Mount Pearl native gains Juno nod | The Telegram". www.thetelegram.com. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  5. Esprit Orchestra (2019-03-29), The Musical Mind #25: Bekah Simms and Amahl Arulanandam, retrieved 2019-07-14
  6. "Continuum Contemporary Music | PIVOT". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  7. "Prize Recipients". Brigham Young University COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  8. Canadienne, Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique. "Bekah Simms wins the 2017 CMC Toronto Emerging Composer Award". www.musiccentre.ca (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  9. "Karen Kieser Prize Concert Programme" (PDF). University of Toronto Faculty of Music. January 22, 2019.
  10. "Simms, Bekah". ISCM Catalogue. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  11. "Bekah Simms Impurity Chains". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  12. "Bekah Simms. Impurity Chains. | Musicworks magazine". www.musicworks.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  13. "2019 CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR | Bekah Simms". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  14. "2020 JUNO Award Nominees (Full List)". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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