![The NYU Contemporary Music ensemble featuring strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion perform live music synchronized with a film projected on a large screen](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_500_x_281/public/2022-11/Concert3.jpeg?h=aef70387&itok=erm6M7Ze)
![Gemma Peacocke](/sites/default/files/styles/nyu_profile_image/public/2022-02/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-04%20at%201.33.14%20PM.png?h=242e622a&itok=eu7KiV3D)
Gemma Peacocke is an Aotearoa, New Zealand-born, Brooklyn-based composer. She has a particular interest in cross-art form and multimedia projects. Her first album, Waves & Lines, which features poems by Afghan women, was released in New Amsterdam in March 2019. Gemma is co-founder of the Kinds of Kings composer collective which is focused on amplifying and advocating for under-heard voices in classical music. Gemma has been commissioned by the Auckland Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Third Coast Percussion, PUBLIQuartet, Bang on a Can, Rubiks Collective, Stroma, and Alarm Will Sound.
Currently teaching:
MPATC-UE 1088 / MPATC-GE 2088 Orchestration I