…is a composer, performer, and educator living and working in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. His numerous compositions include works for a wide variety of media and audiences. Anthony’s special interests include choral and electro-acoustic music. In addition to several shorter choral works, his compositions include a setting of the Old English poem “The Seafarer” for soprano soloist, chorus, and small orchestra and a Latin mass for choir and Javanese gamelan. He has received particular success for his setting of the St. John Passion titled The Passion for Good Friday. Anthony’s works also include chamber music, electro-acoustic pieces based on field recordings of water and trains, several songs for solo voice and piano, and a concertino for flute and small orchestra titled Once Was Wood. Three of his choral compositions (Resonet in laudibus, O Radix Jesse, and Four Marian Antiphons) have been recognized by Project : Encore which bases its selections on artistic merit, insightful use of choral forces, and exceptional programmability. Anthony was also named as a 2017-2018 semi-finalist for the American Prize in composition for orchestra for his Concert Overture.
A native of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Anthony received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in composition from Temple University’s Esther Boyer College of Music where he studied composition with Maurice Wright, Matthew Greenbaum, and Richard Brodhead; and where he was active in the choral and early music ensembles. In 1995 he traveled to England where he later earned a Ph.D. in composition under the supervision of Fabrice Fitch at the University of Durham. While at Durham, in addition to being an active composer and performer, Anthony conducted the university’s new music group and directed the Durham University Chamber Choir for the 1997-1998 academic year which included a performance at York Minster and a concert tour of Poland.
Currently, Anthony is the Fine Arts Department Chair at Villa Maria Academy High School for girls in Malvern, Pennsylvania where he teaches courses in music theory, composition, music technology, ear training, music appreciation, and applied voice; and directs the Chorus, Madrigal Singers, and Handbell Choir. Anthony has also directed the Early Music Ensemble at Temple University, taught aural theory at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and performed as a tenor vocalist in Musica Humana, a Renaissance consort, based in West Chester, Pennsylvania.