Maria Grenfell

Maria Grenfell (b. 1969) was born in Malaysia and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she graduated from the University of Canterbury before completing further study at the Eastman School of Music and a doctorate at the University of Southern California. She is now Associate Professor and Coordinator of Composition at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music, having served as its Head in 2018-19. Her music draws on poetic, literary, visual and non-Western sources, and has been commissioned, performed or recorded by all the major Australian and New Zealand symphony orchestras and by ensembles including the Australia Ensemble, New Zealand Trio and members of eighth blackbird. She has twice won at the Australian Art Music Awards, for Ten Suns Ablaze (2013) and Spirals (2018). Recent works include the documentary score Living With Devils (2023) and Tempus Fugit (2025) for ANAM. Her works are available from Reed Music, the Australian Music Centre and SOUNZ.

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