Meredith was born in
Tufnell Park, north London, England, and moved to
South Queensferry, Scotland, at the age of two. She read for a degree in music at the
University of York, where she was awarded first-class honours, and gained her master's degree from the
Royal College of Music. She has since written another BBC Prom commission, her first opera (
Tarantula in Petrol Blue – with libretto by
Philip Ridley) and collaborated with the beatboxer
Shlomo, writing the
Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra. and won the 2010
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers. Meredith's pieces include
Four Tributes to 4am for orchestra, electronics and visuals by (her sister) Eleanor Meredith, and
HandsFree, a PRS NewMusic20x12 Commission for the National Youth Orchestra, which received warm reviews after being performed as part of the
2012 Cultural Olympiad in the
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Meredith has moved into electronic music, and a solo set at
La Carrière de Normandoux. In 2012 Meredith released her debut EP
Black Prince Fury, on
Moshi Moshi Records, which a reviewer compared favourably to the work of the avant-garde jazz composer
Moondog. In August 2013, Moshi Moshi Records and VF Editions released Meredith's second EP,
Jet Black Raider. In an interview with Pitchfork, Meredith noted that her second EP featured "clarinets, singing, glocks, drums, lots of cello," unlike
Black Prince Fury, which was entirely synthesised. She featured in the First Night of the 2018
Proms with a new collaboration,
Five Telegrams, with
59 Productions. Meredith produced the soundtrack for the 2018 film
Eighth Grade. She was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2019 Birthday Honours for services to music. ,
London, on 10 November 2021, performing in support of the album
Fibs. From left to right: Meredith (keys, electronics, percussion, clarinet), Tom Kelly (tuba), Sam Wilson (drums), Jack Ross (electric guitar) and Maddie Cutter (cello). Her second studio album,
Fibs, was released on 25 October 2019. The album was shortlisted for the
Mercury Prize 2020. With her band, she toured in support of the album in 2021. ==Discography==