Anna Murray is a mixed-media composer and artist from Ireland with a particular interest in language and text-based composition, as well as graphic and open scores combined with live electronics. Her current work revolves around an examination of music and meaning, particularly focussed on a study of Japanese Noh theatre. In 2019 she was awarded the Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship to attend Tokyo University of the Arts as a research student, where she is studied Noh with Takeda Takashi. Anna is also a writer and journalist, and is passionate about language and discourse in the arts, having worked for a number of years as Assistant Editor at The Journal of Music. She is an experienced arts manager focussed on project delivery and organisation development in an international context, working with Quiet Music Ensemble, the New Music Dublin NMDX international delegate programme, and now the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC).