Maddy Briggs is a composer and sound designer who works across the fields of theatre, screen composition, chamber music and fixed media works. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, her practice centres upon the digital elaboration and explosion of acoustic instruments, weaved together into highly textural soundscapes. Her work has been presented at VIVID Sydney, MUSLAB’s 2024 International Electroacoustic Music Festival and Phoenix Central Park’s venue The Church, and has been aired on SBS On Demand, BBC Music 6 and FBi Radio.

Maddy Briggs

Maddy Briggs is a composer and sound designer who works across the fields of theatre, screen composition, chamber music and fixed media works. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, her practice centres upon the digital elaboration and explosion of acoustic instruments, weaved together into highly textural soundscapes. Her work has been presented at VIVID Sydney, MUSLAB’s 2024 International Electroacoustic Music Festival and Phoenix Central Park’s venue The Church, and has been aired on SBS On Demand, BBC Music 6 and FBi Radio.

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Maddy Briggs is a composer and sound designer who works across the fields of theatre, screen composition, chamber music and fixed media works.

A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, her practice centres upon the digital elaboration and explosion of acoustic instruments, weaved together into highly textural soundscapes.

Her work has been presented at VIVID Sydney, MUSLAB’s 2024 International Electroacoustic Music Festival and Phoenix Central Park’s venue The Church, and has been aired on SBS On Demand, BBC Music 6 and FBi Radio.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Tutor at The University of Sydney
January 1, 2023 - November 25, 2025
Tutor, mark and assist with syllabus development for Master’s class Sound Design for New Media. Areas of study include psychoacoustics, mixing, Foley, sound synthesis and Wise implementation.
Sound Designer / Immersive Soundscape Designer at Legs on the Wall
January 1, 2025 - November 25, 2025
Created an immersive 50-minute soundscape combining Foley, environmental and digital design for a large-scale physical theatre installation work at VIVID Sydney 2025. Helped earn the production a five-star ArtsHub review.
Sound Designer / Original Score Composer at Ground Floor Theatre Company
January 1, 2025 - November 25, 2025
Designed and implemented the complete sound environment for the company’s debut production.
Sound Designer / Composer at Bipolar Express, Sydney Fringe Festival
January 1, 2025 - November 25, 2025
Designed sound and composed original score for a new Australian dance-theatre work.
Performer / Live Artist at HiberNATION Festival
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Presented solo and collaborative live streams across two seasons; the second was longlisted for a 2021 Classical:NEXT Innovation Award. Built an original virtual sound installation implemented within Minecraft.
Composer at Konzer Projekt / The City of Sydney
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
August Underflow (2022): commissioned by Konzer Projekt / The City of Sydney.
Composer at SCALP Ensemble / Phoenix Central Park
January 1, 2025 - November 25, 2025
First Dog in Space (2025): commissioned by SCALP Ensemble and Phoenix Central Park.

Education

Bachelor of Music Studies (Composition) / Bachelor of Arts (English) at The University of Sydney / Sydney Conservatorium of Music
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2022

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services