Moya Patricia [Moya] Henderson (02/08/1941), a female Australian composer.

Moya Henderson (02/08/1941), a female Australian composer; born in Quirindi, New South Wales. A graduate of the University of Queensland, Henderson also studied in Germany with Karlheinz Stockhausen after which she became a lecturer at the University of Sydney. She was Resident Composer at Opera Australia during their first season at the Sydney Opera House. Henderson's works include a work for organ and pre-recorded tape, Sacred Site (1983), The Dreaming written for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and an opera, Lindy (1997), with Judith Rodriguez, based on the 1980 Lindy Chamberlain murder case (Sydney Opera House (2002). Henderson has said she values music theatre over any other type of music.