Gillian Margaret Bibby is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 composer, pianist, writer and teacher. She was born in Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

, New Zealand, and studied at the University of Otago

University of Otago

The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...

 and Victoria University

Victoria University

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 with Douglas Lilburn

Douglas Lilburn

Douglas Gordon Lilburn ONZ FRCM was a New Zealand composer.-Early life:Lilburn was born in Wanganui. He attended Waitaki Boys' High School from 1930 to 1933, before moving to Christchurch to study journalism and music at Canterbury University College...

. She continued her studies in Berlin

Berlin

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 and Cologne

Cologne

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 with Aloys Kontarsky, Mauricio Kagel

Mauricio Kagel

Mauricio Kagel was a German-Argentine composer. He was notable for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance .-Biography:...

 and Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...

. After completing her studies, she worked as a pianist, composer, music teacher and university lecturer in New Zealand.

Bibby has been active in several music-related organizations, serving as president and chair, and founded the CHAMPS Trust to offer opportunities for youth in music. She was awarded the Philip Neill prize in composition, the Kranichsteiner prize in composition and the Darmstadt

Darmstadt

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prize for new music.

Works

Selected works include:

• 11 Characters in Search of a Composer for orchestra or military band
• Aie! A Conversation Piece for tape
• Musik für drei Hörer (Music for 3 Listeners) for clavichord, voice, and percussion
• Sanctuary of Spirits, children's opera
• The Beasts, song cycle of 6 songs and 5 snatches
• You can't kiss the Tummy of a Caged Lion: Pavane pour un genre defunt for voices and chamber ensemble

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Life, Love and Death
• The Songs of the Morning: a story of music in early Antarctica
• Douglas Lilburn: Salutes to Poet