Biddy Connor is a composer, arranger, performer and Artistic Director of the Letter String Quartet (TLSQ). Biddy’s diverse, cross-genre projects include working across film, television, theatre, large-scale community events and games.
As director and violist of TLSQ, Biddy pushes the sonic possibilities of the string quartet into new realms. From collaborating with Australian and international composers, poets and visual artists, to generating transcendental improvised performances, TLSQ create music that shimmers with complexity, depth and great beauty.
As a violist, singer and musical saw player, Biddy has worked with Spirtualized, Winged Victory for The Sullen (USA), Jherek Bischoff (USA), Jen Cloher, Darren Sylvester, Richard J Frankland, John Cale, Sophie Koh, Goon Sax, Mick Harvey, Grand Salvo, Laura Jean, Jon Rose, Gang of Youths and Evelyn Ida Morris.
In 2016 Biddy was a finalist for the Melbourne Music Prize’s Outstanding Musician Award. In 2021 she was the recipient of Chamber Made’s highly competitive Orange House by the Sea Artist Residency.
Recent Composition Highlights
2019: TLSQ x ASMR
An exploration of the phenomenon of ASMR through an intimate performance that both audience and performers experience through headphones. Live sounds of instruments and performers are amplified through close microphones and a central binaural microphone.

2020: All the Stories
A moving song cycle for TLSQ and singer Marita Dyson, lyrics by poet Maria Zajkowski. Responding to the historic Abbotsford Convent site.

2022: No More Sugar, No More Tea
Original folk opera exploring experiences of the First World War, told through letters from First Nations women to their husbands and sons on the front lines. Co-composed with the show’s director, Gunditjmara playwright and musician Richard J Frankland.

2022: All that you hear is all that is heard
An experiment in sound and storytelling set within Melbourne’s iconic Nicholas Building. Playing with audio and musical illusions and allusions, this site-specific work presents interwoven stories and recordings collected from tenants of the building, past and present.

2022: Lunar; The Moon: Seven Moons
Qanun, String Quartet, Four Female Voices, and Electronics. Composed by Biddy Connor and Lizzy Welsh in collaboration with Vahideh Eisaei and The Letter String Quartet based on an Iranian composition, Didi ey Mah by Mohammadreza Shajarian

Photo credit Darren Sylvester