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On music

"House concerts for art music: multiple stakeholders, audience development, and sustainability" presented at ACEI 2010, Copenhagen, 12 June 2010 (388kB PDF)

Bachelor thesis on sightreading piano, July 2008

Master's research paper on programming music for the elderly audience, June 2008

Articles and journal entries on music : choosing music, composing, performing, etc

Reviews of opera, concerts, and other events

Economics of free concerts, Concertblog, 15 September 2009

 

On career management

Life decisions that change your life
Le Bon Journal ezine, Volume 3 Issue 6 (6 page PDF)
edited by Anne Ku, 15 October 2004 - published 17 October 2004

Career change and second passions - announced in
Here is the City Careers site

A portfolio of second passions
by Anne Ku, extracted from Le Bon Journal e-zine Vol. 3 Issue 5,
Alumbo self-help super site, 23 July 2004

Career change and second passions
Le Bon Journal ezine, Volume 3 Issue 5 (8 page PDF)
edited by Anne Ku, 15 July 2004 - published 19 July 2004

Uprooters on the uprooting experience
edited by Anne Ku
Le Bon Journal ezine, Vol 3 issue 4 (6 page pdf)
15 April 2004

 

On decision making

Clearing up before you clean up
by Anne Ku
article linked from Cleaning.com, 3 March 2004

Decision making in clutter management by Anne Ku
Choose to be Clutter Free monthly ezine, 1 March 2004

Choosing and changing your web host by Anne Ku
Freepint Newsletter issue 152, 22 January 2004,
HTML version, PDF version

Getting UK immigration information and advice by Anne Ku
Freepint Newsletter issue 148, 6 November 2003
HTML version, PDF version

Buying a piano: a decision maker's guide, UK Piano Forum, 1 July 2004

 

On energy: electricity, risk management, environment

Risk and flexibility in electricity: introduction to fundamentals and techniques edited by Anne Ku
published by RiskBooks, hardcover, 241 pages,
November 2003, ISBN: 1904339115

"Modelling uncertainty in electricity capacity planning," PhD thesis, submitted February 1995, University of London, London Business School, 472-page PDF

More published work written and/or edited by Anne Ku at analyticalQ publication list and energy publications

Radio interviews with Anne Ku

31 Dec 2010
KUHF Houston Public Radio with Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo and preview of forthcoming CD

12 Nov 2010
KPFT Houston Pacifica Radio with Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo (mp3)

17 Dec 2007
KUHF Houston Public Radio with Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo, first USA tour

Discography

Piano solo CD: in pursuit of flexibility

Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo Discography:

  • Summer
  • Winter: Live at Duke 2010
  • Live at Makawao 2007

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Blogs

 

Risk and flexibility in electricity book edited by Anne Ku, 2003

Risk and flexibility in electricity: introduction to the fundamentals and techniques

Anne Ku, Consulting Editor

Published by RiskBooks, November 2003,
250 pages

Other anthologies and collected (commissioned) works edited by Anne Ku:

Le Bon Journal Newsletters and e-zines

feedback from readers:
1, 2

Premiered Compositions by Anne Ku

Ensemble works

Elegy for Ensemble, string quintet + saxophone quartet + harp + piano + conductor, premiered January 2008 Utrecht, recorded February in Vredenburg by Dennis Kerston; recorded 2 June 2008 by Gaston Matthijsse audio sample

All Tuned Out, 11-instrument ensemble, Vredenburg Utrecht and Dutch Radio 4, February 2007 audio sample

Echoes from the Past, 7 interlude pieces for Baroque violin and 2 recorders, Nicolaikerk, February 2007

Fantasy on Vibrating G Strings, for 14-instrument ensemble, Vredenburg Utrecht, February 2006 audio sample

Ostinatrio, for 3 recorders, Utrecht Conservatory Chapel, November 2005
audio sample

Sonata in G Minor, for 3 recorders and Baroque cello, Utrecht Conservatory Chapel, November 2005 audio sample

 

Vocal works

Ave Maria, alto and piano, premiered Rotterdam, 9 February 2008 audio sample

Culture Shock!, chamber opera for ensemble, solists, and choir, 2 June 2008

Culture Shock, chamber opera for alto, bass, soprano, piano and harp, Utrecht Conservatory, May 2007

The Jetsetter, chamber opera for mezzo soprano, harpsichord, recorders, Baroque violin, and Baroque cello, Utrecht and Slovakia 2006
audio sample

KYRIE, 4 part acapella choir, Utrecht Conservatory, November 2007, audio sample

 

Duo and duets

Merry Go Round, for oboe and piano,
10 June 2007

Patchwork Impromptu, for violin and guitar, Cortona Contemporary Music Festival, Italy, July 2006

Canon in the Wind for flute and viola, Utrecht Conservatory, November 2004 audio sample

Canon in the Wind for violin and cello, Utrecht Conservatory, November 2004 audio sample

Encounter (Ontmoeting) for violin and cello, Utrecht Conservatory, November 2004; recorded 2 June 2004 by Gaston Matthijsse, audio sample

 

Piano works

Three on One, for 3 pianists, US premiere in Honolulu: 6 August 2008

Five on One, for 5 pianists, Cortona Contemporary Music Festival, Italy, July 2007

Squeezing 8 Hands on one piano, for 5 pianists, Het Wilde Western Chamber Music Day, Utrecht, March 2007

Adieu to a Piano, using all 88 keys of the piano to say goodbye to my Gerhard Adam grand piano in London audio sample

Opus 13, full of riddles, audio sample

Toccata on an Elegy Theme, premiered by Elwin Hendrijanto, Utrecht, March 2005, audio sample

Interval Scherzo, premiered by Elwin Hendrijanto, Utrecht, March 2005
audio sample

Pre-2001 short solos on 80-minute CD “In Pursuit of Flexibility” released on CDBaby
in 2002

Numerous didactical works for piano students

* Audio samples created by John Scruggs

Anne Ku composing
Photo credit: Veronika Kovacsova,
Utrecht, January 2007

Concert programme notes

Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo Contemporary Programme 21st century works of Dutch composers

Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo 2010 1-hour programme

Muziek en Amuses concert programme, 17 April 2010

A Midsummer Tea Concert, 15 June 2008

Anne Ku Bachelor of Music in composition final exam concert programme booklet, 2 June 2008