List of Australian women composers

This is a list of Australian women composers of classical music, contemporary music and/or film soundtracks.

A

Tina Arena (born 1967)^[1]
Ella Airlie (1882–1959)

B

Betty Beath (born 1932)^[2]
Una Mabel Bourne (1882–1974)^[3]
Anne Boyd (born 1946)^[4]
May Brahe (née Mary Dickson 1884–1956)^[5]
Amanda Brown (born 1965)^[6]^[7]
Vera Buck (1903–1986)^[8]

C

Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)^[9]^[10]
Charlie Chan (born 1966)^[11]
Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1858–1914)^[12]^[13]
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (born 1964)^[14]
Judith Clingan (born 1945)^[15]
Kate Crawford (born 1974)^[16]
Leah Curtis^[17]^[18]^[19]

D

Ruby Claudia Davy (1883–1949)
Catherine Duc
Melissa Dunphy (born 1980)

E

Sandy Evans (born 1960)
Winsome Evans (born 1941)
Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

F

Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
Samantha Fonti (born 1973)
Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)

G

Lisa Gerrard (born 1961)
Helen Gifford (born 1935)
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
Sally Greenaway (born 1984)
Maria Grenfell (born 1969)

H

Edith Harrhy (1893–1969)
Fiona Joy Hawkins (born 1964)
Moya Henderson (born 1941)
Mirrie Hill (1892–1968)
Dulcie Holland (1913–2000)
Miriam Hyde (1913–2005)

I

Dami Im (born 1988)

K

Letty Katts (1919–2007)
Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
Linda Kouvaras (born 1960)

L

Liza Lim (born 1966)

M

Mona McBurney (1862–1932)
Kathleen McGuire (born 1965)
Mary Mageau (1934–2020)
Varney Monk (1892–1967)
Kate Moore (born 1979)

P

Katharine "Kitty" Parker (1886–1971)
Linda Phillips (1899–2002)

R

Esther Rofe (1904–2000)

S

Ariel Shearer (c. 1905–unknown)
Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
May Summerbelle (1867–1947)
Nardi Simpson (born 1975)

T

Penelope Thwaites (born 1944)
Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)

W

Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
Emmeline M. D. Woolley (1843–1908)^[20]
Sally Whitwell (born 1974)

Y

Yunyu^[21]

See also

List of Australian composers

References

^ "Tina Arena Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ..." AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ "Betty Beath". The Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Una Mabel Bourne (1882–1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Anne Boyd". The Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (1884–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Amanda Brown". Myspace. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "Amanda Brown > News and Events : Australian Institute of Music Sydney". Aim.edu.au. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ Binns, Georgina. "Vera Winifred Buck (1903–1986)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Music Australia – Carr-Boyd". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ "Ann Carr-Boyd : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ Lynden Barber (22 November 1993). "Those amazing adventures in Chan-land" (PDF). Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Charbonnet-Kellerman". Evening News. 27 October 1894 – via Trove.
^ "Charbonnet-Kellermann, Alice". Trove.
^ "Deborah Cheetham". Sunday Nights With John Cleary. 3 February 2001. Radio National.
^ "Judith Clingan : Represented Artist Profile". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ "Kate Crawford Dot Net". Katecrawford.net. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ "Composer". Leah Curtis. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ "Music Australia – Curtis, Leah". Nla.gov.au. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ "Leah Curtis : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ Rutledge, Martha. "Woolley, Emmeline Mary (1843–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ Ozren K. Glaser. "2015 Film Music Awards Winners - ISFMF". International Samobor Film Music Festival. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"Yunyu - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Australian Film Television and Radio School. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

External links

(2001.) "Resonating Voices: Australian Women Composers and Musicians in the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia." (Abstract.) (Entire document.) National Library of Australia Staff Papers.