JENNY McLEOD

Jenny McLeod was born in Wellington in 1941. She graduated BMus (Hons) from Victoria University in 1964. In 1964 a New Zealand government bursary allowed her two years' full-time study in Europe with Messiaen, Stockhausen and Berio. In 1965, while studying with Messiaen, she won second prize at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1967 she became a lecturer in music at Victoria University, being made Professor of Music in 1971, a position she held until 1976. Since 1982 she has lived at Pukerua Bay near Wellington, working as a freelance composer, and more recently as a music theorist.

In June 1997 she received membership of the NZ Order of Merit for her services to music.