Biddy Connor : Associate Artist
Photo: Bryony Jackson
Biddy Connor, (composer/performer/arranger) 2016 finalist in The
Melbourne Music Prize Outstanding Musicians Award, is the
Artistic Director for The Letter String Quartet, an innovative
ensemble who push the sonic possibilities of the string quartet
into new realms. She has performed at / presented work at the
Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Dark MOFO,
Queenscliff Music Festival, Womadelaide, Supersense Festival,
Castlemaine State Festival, Darebin Arts Speakeasy, Ten Days on
the Island and Melbourne Jazz Festival.
Biddy has worked with Richard Frankland, Van Diemens Band, The
Breeders (USA), Mick Harvey, Winged Victory for The Sullen (USA),
Jherek Bischoff (USA), Jen Cloher, Thelma Plum, Holy Holy, John
Cale, Liz Stringer, Angie Hart.
In 2024 Biddy performed at the Aranya Theatre Festival, China
with 'Love's Universe is Inside You' (Vahideh Essai) and composed
the music for the Flying Fruit Fly Circus's show 'Big Sky', which
had a season at the Sydney Opera House in September.
In 2025 she is working on music for The World Came Flooding In, a
VR project by Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerine and will be
premiering a new work at the Now or Never Festival in August.
Biddy works as the Special Projects Producer for Speak
Percussion.
Biddy was Chamber Made's 2021 Orange House by the Sea Resident
Artist. She also featured with Steph O'Hara and Lizzy Welsh in
the 2019 Little Operations.
Biography provided by the composer — current to August 2025