Harpist Will Nichols runs through his solo part in Olive Pink’s Garden with Professor Anne Boyd AM. Image supplied.
Respected Australian composer Anne Boyd AM, the first first female Professor of Music at the University of Sydney, has spoken out about entrenched gender bias in the classical music sector on the eve of a major new composition’s world premiere.
Boyd’s new orchestral work, Olive Pink’s Garden, premieres at Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music this Friday night and marks a rare opportunity for a female composer in a sector dominated by men.
