Christopher Sainsbury

Christopher Sainsbury
In an ANU video in 2022
Born1963 (age 6162)
EducationNorthern Rivers College of Advanced Education
Occupation(s)Composer, performer, music teacher
AwardsAPRA Award (2020)

Christopher Sainsbury (born 1963) is a composer, performer and teacher of music. As of 2022 he is an associate professor at the ANU School of Music, Canberra, where he lectures in composition, songwriting, and contemporary Australian Indigenous music. He is descended from the Dharug Aboriginal people, and is the founder and artistic director of the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program.