Vivienne Olive
Vivienne Olive is a British-German composer and music educator.Life
Vivienne Olive studied piano, harpsichord, organ and music theory at Trinity College of Music in London. After 1968, she continued her education at the University of York, where she graduated in composition in 1975. Her teachers included the composers Bernard Rands, Franco Donatoni, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and Klaus Huber. She received her Ph.D. in composition from the University of York in 1975. She was awarded composition grants from the Department of Education and Science and the German Academic Exchange Service.
In 1979 Vivienne Olive became a lecturer in music theory and composition at the Nuremberg Meistersinger Conservatory. In 1980 she co-founded the Days of New Music in Nuremberg. In 1995 she became a board member of the International Working Women and Music. In 1993–1995 she taught at the University of Ballarat and the James Cook University in Australia and in 2005 she became Composer in Residence at Bundanon, New South Wales.Honours
- 1993 Hameln Youth Music School Award
- 1998 1st Prize in the competition of Leni Neuenschwander GEDOK
- Award of the Stuttgart Bach Academy
- Stuttgart Composition Prize
Selected works
;Ensemble and orchestral
- Music for tuba and orchestra
- The River Runs across the Page for flute, clarinet, glockenspiel, xylophone and strings
;Chamber music
;Vocal
- At All, at All... for 3 mezzo-sopranos and 3 violas
- Ripples Of Rivers Unseen for counter-tenor and drums ; words by Walt Whitman
- Sun Love Came Quietly for female choir, ad libitum with accompaniment ; words by John Shaw Neilson
- Of Broken Wings and Artificial Flowers, 4 Songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ; words by Anna Nicholson Kerdijk
Students
Noted students include:
- Uwe Strübing
- Ralf R. Ollertz
- Jochen Stübenrath
