Rosalind Appleby (born 30 September 1979) is an Australian music journalist and author.
Biography
Rosalind Appleby studied music at the University of Western Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Music Performance (clarinet) in 2002. She is a music critic for The West Australian newspaper where her reviews and articles cover classical, jazz and world music.
Her book, Women of Note; the Rise of Australian Women Composers (published by Fremantle Press in 2012), revealed that 25% of Australian composers are women, more than almost any other country in the world. Women of Note documents the stories and music of twenty Australian women composers, spanning the twentieth century to present day.
Rosalind Appleby has contributed to a variety of national and international publications including London’s Financial Times, Opera Magazine(UK), The Australian, Scoop Magazine, and The Opera Critic.