Dr. Jeanell Carrigan A.M.
Dr. Jeanell Carrigan is currently an Associate Professor in the Collaborative Piano Unit at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. She has performed throughout Australia and Europe as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborative duo partner. Her area of research is Australian solo piano repertoire and more recently in the piano music composed by early 20th Century Australian women composers. In February 2025, she released her thirty-fifth CD of solo Australian piano and chamber works. Her publications include several books: Post-1970 Australian Piano Music (1997); Australian Piano Music of the last Twenty-Five Years (2006); Composing against the Tide (2016); A Musical Missionary. The Life and Music of Dulcie Holland (2020), (co-authored with Dr. Rita Crews OAM) Australian Piano Music 1850-1950 (2021); The Music of Meta Overman. Queen of colour and Fantasy (2021), Amayzing May. The Life and Work of May Howlett (2024); A National Treasure. Celebrating the Life and Achievements of Larry Sitsky (co-authored with Dr. Rita Crews OAM) (2024) and over eighty critical editions of piano and chamber music written by Australian women.