List of Australian women composers

See also: List of Australian composers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

A

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

B

Betty Beath

• Alison Bauld (born 1944) ^[2]
• Betty Beath (born 1932) ^[3]
• Una Mabel Bourne (1882–1974) ^[4]
• Anne Boyd (born 1946) ^[5]
• May Brahe (née Mary Dickson 1884–1956) ^[6]
• Amanda Brown (born 1965) ^{[7] [8]}
• Vera Buck (1903–1986) ^[9]

C

• Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938) ^{[10] [11]}
• Charlie Chan (born 1966) ^[12]
• Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1858–1914) ^{[13] [14]}
• Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (born 1964) ^[15]
• Gina Ismene Chitty ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}
• Judith Clingan (born 1945) ^[20]
• Kate Crawford (born 1974) ^[21]
• Leah Curtis ^{[22] [23] [24]}

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) ^[25]
• Sally Whitwell (born 1974)

Y

• Yunyu ^[26]

See also

• List of Australian composers

References

1. "Tina Arena Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ..." AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
2. "Alison Bauld". The Feminine Musique. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
3. "Betty Beath". The Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
4. "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.
5. "Anne Boyd". The Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
6. "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.
7. "Amanda Brown". Myspace. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
8. "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.
9. 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.
10. "Music Australia – Carr-Boyd". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
11. "Ann Carr-Boyd : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
12. Lynden Barber (22 November 1993). "Those amazing adventures in Chan-land" (PDF). Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
13. "Charbonnet-Kellerman". Evening News. 27 October 1894 – via Trove.
14. "Charbonnet-Kellermann, Alice". Trove.
15. "Deborah Cheetham". Sunday Nights With John Cleary. 3 February 2001. Radio National.
16. "Interview with Gina Ismene Chitty: Multicultural Background Australian Composer and Artist". November 2023.
17. "Gina Ismene Chitty : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre".
18. "Pianist and Composer Dr Gina Ismene Chitty". Sounds Like Sydney. 24 February 2025.
19. "Gina Ismene Chitty". Wirripang.
20. "Judith Clingan : Represented Artist Profile". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
21. "Kate Crawford Dot Net". Katecrawford.net. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
22. "Composer". Leah Curtis. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
23. "Music Australia – Curtis, Leah". Nla.gov.au. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
24. "Leah Curtis : Represented Artist Profile". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
25. 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.
26. Ozren K. Glaser. "2015 Film Music Awards Winners - ISFMF". International Samobor Film Music Festival. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
    "Yunyu - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Australian Film Television and Radio School. 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.