Leonie Holmes

Leonie Joyce Holmes (born 1962) is a New Zealand composer and lecturer at the University of Auckland with an interest in music education. Early life and education Holmes was born in Auckland in 1962. She began learning piano at age six and attended Pakuranga College. She studied at the University of Auckland from 1981 to 1985, graduating with MMus in composition. She has been Composer-in-Residence with the Auckland Philharmonia in 1997 and with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra in 2005. Holmes’s Piano Concerto was commissioned by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra who performed its first public premiere in October 2023. It had been recorded earlier by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. As at 2021 she is a senior lecturer in composition at the University of Auckland. Selected works * Nonette for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quartet (1984) * Fantasia II for piano (1986) * Four epigrams: for mandolin ensemble (1987) * Recitative II for viola and percussion (1991) * The estuary: for SSA choir and piano (1993) – words: A.R.D. Fairburn * Colloquium: two flutes and guitar (1993) * Seconds: for string orchestra (1994) * Three songs for baritone and piano (1997) * Chorale