Alwynne Pritchard (b. Glasgow, 1968) works with vocal and physical performance, sound, video and text. She studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has a PhD from the University of Bristol. Alwynne's performances, compositions and installations have been presented around the world and her electro-acoustic composition Decoy, created at the Experimentalstudio des SWR in Freiburg for the Donaueschingen Musiktage, received the special prize given by the Foundation Ton Bruynèl, STEIM and the Foundation GAUDEAMUS. Residencies have included Norway (USF, Bergen), Germany (Villa Concordia, Bamberg), USA (Point B Worklodge, New York), Portugal (O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo) and The Philippines (PHSA, Los Baños). In 2016, Alwynne was awarded the commission to create a fanfare or ‘marker’ to celebrate the opening of the University of Bergen’s newly established Department of Art, Music and Design, for which she created the book of text scores, up without an insistent casting away. In 2015, she co-founded the music-theatre company Neither Nor. Alwynne’s professional life has also included stints as a writer and presenter for BBC Radio 3, a composition teacher at Trinity Laban in London and as Artistic Director of both the Borealis festival and BIT20 Ensemble.