Dr Felicity Wilcox is an award-winning Australian composer, whose compositions are performed and broadcast in Australia and internationally. She has received commissions for many leading artists and ensembles, was composer and Assistant Music Director for the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, and has composed the soundtracks for over 60 screen productions (as Felicity Fox). Her recent solo albums have received critical acclaim: her chamber opera Threading the Light (Move 2022) received 5-stars from Fine Music Sydney and her collection of chamber works, Uncovered Ground (Move 2021) received two 5-star reviews and was named ‘Pick of the week’ by music critics at the Sydney Morning Herald.

In Australia, Felicity’s works have been selected for international arts festivals including: Sydney Festival, Vivid Sydney, Canberra International Music Festival, and Sydney Mardi Gras Festival; and have been performed in iconic venues such as Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre, and Belvoir St Theatre. 

Internationally her music has been programmed by arts organisations such as: Bang on a Can Festival (NYC), Philadelphia Orchestra, New Music Network (USA), The Night With… (Scotland), TurnUP Festival (USA), Sadari Theatre (Seoul), Claire Merviel Productions (Paris), Royal College of Music (London), Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester), Pantopia Festival (Berlin), and Balderin Sali (Helsinki), and has featured in international film festivals including Venice, Paris, Toronto, Berlin, Tokyo and others. Her film music has been shortlisted for three AFI/AACTA Awards, and an ARIA Award, as well as winning APRA/AGSC Screen Music Awards and a FIFREC Award (France) for Best Music for Film.

Felicity is an Adjunct Research Fellow at University of Technology Sydney, and the recipient of a prestigious Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Government, awarded to conduct research on gender in opera, and to compose a new contemporary chamber opera titled Emergenc/y with acclaimed librettist Alana Valentine. She lives between Paris and unceded Darug Country in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.