Composer · b. 1954
Colette Mourey
Biography
Colette Mourey (born 1954) is a French composer, guitarist, pianist, musicologist and writer. Her studies included musicology at the Sorbonne and rigorous contrapuntal training with Julien Falk. Her work brings together composition, instrumental practice and research into musical language and education.
She has taught counterpoint, computer music, aesthetics and music education at the University of Franche-Comté, and has written books on musicology and teaching. Her compositional research includes the development of a system she calls hypertonality. Her works and arrangements have been published by Bergmann Edition, Marc Reift, Soldano and other publishers. Enantiosemie includes her Invitation for bass clarinet and guitar, a tribute to Harry Sparnaay.