Moya Henderson

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Moya Henderson (born in Quirindi, New South Wales, on 2 August 1941) is an Australian composer.

A graduate of the University of Queensland, she also studied in Germany with Karlheinz Stockhausen after which she became a lecturer at the University of Sydney. She was Resident Composer at Opera Australia during their first season at the Sydney Opera House. Her works include a work for organ and pre-recorded tape, Sacred Site (1983), The Dreaming written for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and an opera, Lindy (1997), based on the 1980 Lindy Chamberlain murder case (Sydney Opera House (2002).

[edit] External links

Biography: http://www.amcoz.com.au/composers/composer.asp?id=3400

Interview: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/s726689.htm