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Alice Chance is a sought-after composer, conductor, singer, artist, arranger, writer, educator and content creator. She is fortunate enough to work with all kinds of musicians and artists both in Australia and internationally, spanning contemporary classical music, choral music, musical theatre, theatre, electronic music and music for screens. Her music often has a playful twist, and it’s very important to her that listeners and performers feel welcome within it. She also runs a popular Instagram page that encourages people to find magical aspects in everyday situations and has documented her journey to French fluency on YouTube.

She won the 2024 APRA Art Music Award Work of the Year Large Ensemble for her piece Through Changing Landscape commissioned as part of the Sydney Symphony’s 50 Fanfares project, conducted by David Robertson, and has been three-time finalist in the category of Work of the Year Choral. She was a recipient of funding from both Create NSW the Art Music Fund in 2021 for her work Heirloom with Melbourne’s Rubiks Collective. Alice is also the original vocal arranger and music director of the musical FANGIRLS, which has run seasons in Sydney (Belvoir, Opera House, Seymour Centre), Melbourne (Arts Centre) and London (Lyric Hammersmith). You may have spotted her in the Netflix documentary Wide Open Sky, or heard her vocal arrangements in the Amazon Prime series Deadloch. She has recently returned from three years living and working in Paris, where she completed a masters in composition with Régis Campo at l’École Normale de Musique de Paris–Alfred Cortot and l’Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin.

Organisations and ensembles Alice has worked with include Symphony Orchestra, Omega Ensemble Ensemble Offspring, Gondwana Choirs, Gondwana National Indigenous Children’s Choir, Gerib Sik Torres Strait Islanders Corporation, the Australian String Quartet, The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, The Enigma Quartet, The Acacia Quartet, The Song Company, Musica Viva, Ella Hooper (Killing Heidi), Moorambilla Voices, Sydney Youth Orchestras, Adelaide Chamber Singers, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Willoughby Symphony and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority.

Before studying in Paris, Alice graduated with First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she studied with Dr Paul Stanhope, Dr Anne Boyd, and Dr Daniel Yeadon.

Alice is now based in Sydney and continues to collaborate with local and international ensembles. Upcoming projects include collaborations with the UK’s COMA: Contemporary Music for All, Germany’s Sjaella, Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Youth Orchestra’s 2025 International tour. She took up the position of Head of Composition at MLC School, Burwood in 2024.