Anna Appleby

Anna Appleby (born 1993, Newcastle Upon Tyne) is an English composer and songwriter of contemporary classical and experimental pop music, based in Manchester, UK. Her pop music is released under her moniker Norrisette. She is also a published short story author. Appleby composed an opera, Drought, for the BBC Philharmonic and singers from the Royal Northern College of Music, with words by poet Niall Campbell, which was premiered in October 2022 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in August 2023. Appleby was music fellow with the Rambert Dance Company in 2016/17.