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Rosalind Appleby (born 30 September 1979) is an Australian music journalist and author.
| This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject.(August 2014) |
Rosalind Appleby (born 30 September 1979) is an Australian music journalist and author.
Rosalind Appleby studied music at the University of Western Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Music Performance (clarinet) in 2002. [1] She is a music critic for The West Australian newspaper where her reviews and articles cover classical, jazz and world music. [2]
Her book, Women of Note; the Rise of Australian Women Composers [3] [4] (published by Fremantle Press in 2012), revealed that 25% of Australian composers are women, more than almost any other country in the world. [5] Women of Note documents the stories and music of twenty Australian women composers, spanning the twentieth century to present day.
Appleby has contributed to a variety of national and international publications including the Financial Times , Opera, The Australian , Scoop magazine, and The Opera Critic. [6]
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