Australian Composer
Dr Peggy Polias (she/her) is a composer, music engraver, arts administrator and casual academic residing and working on Darug and Eora lands in Sydney. She graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney in 2022. Her creative research under the supervision of Professor Liza Lim has focused on themes of safety, secrecy, and journaling in sound and in the creative process. Polias was part of the Conservatorium’s Composing Women program of four participants in 2018–19.
As a composer, Polias has had works performed or recorded by artists including Claire Chase (USA), Bernadette Harvey, The Nano Symphony, Lamorna Nightingale, The Riot Ensemble (UK), and Sydney Chamber Opera. Recent works include Arachne (2023), for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 50 Fanfares project, which received its premiere in August 2023. Polias is an Associate Represented Artist with the Australian Music Centre and takes a keen interest in the possibilities for music in the online space.