Maddy Parkins-Craig

Maddy Parkins-Craig is a composer, songwriter, performer and producer based in Dunedin. Originally from Australia, she completed her Bachelor of Music (Hons) and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Otago. After finishing study, she taught at multiple tertiary education facilities in Aotearoa, before settling back at Otago as a Lecturer of Music in the School of Performing Arts, where she specialises in song writing and composition.

Maddy regularly performs as a drummer, bassist, or vocalist, in styles and ensembles including alt-rock, disco, pop, musical theatre and orchestral. Previously, her work has been focussed in the area of contemporary song writing, however she will debut two orchestral works in Dunedin in 2022 for the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, and one string quartet entitled Twenty Nineteen.