Alyx Dennison is a singer, composer, songwriter and sound designer living and working on Wangal and Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia). Known for her genre-defying work across experimental pop, contemporary composition and performance art, her practice spans music, theatre, dance, contemporary art and film.
She first rose to prominence as one half of the acclaimed duo kyü (alongside Freya Berkhout), releasing two LPs to critical acclaim and being invited to perform at festivals such as SXSW (US), The Great Escape (UK), Sydney Festival, Meredith Music Festival, and Mona Foma. The duo received several accolades, including the Triple J Unearthed Award, Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, and a longlist nomination for the Australian Music Prize.
She has played as a regular touring member (voice, synths, percussion) for several bands including Parades (with Jon Boulet), Richard In Your Mind, Bonniesongs, Pheno and Laura Jean — and has been a live musical guest for acts such as Pleasure, Art vs Science, Rat vs Possum, and Paul Mac.
In 2013, she joined Nick Wales’ live music ensemble for Shaun Parker’s Am I as a lead vocalist (alongside Jessica O’Donoghue and Jess Green) and multi-instrumentalist (alongside Nick Wales, Jason Noble, Bree van Reyk and Tunji Beier) — performing a combination of classical, art and world music and furthering her study of extended and folk vocal techniques, including Armenian song. The production debuted at Sydney Festival and toured for several years across Australia, Europe, and Asia, leading to a slew of lifelong friendships and collaborative relationships in the rest of the cast, crew and ensemble.
In 2015, Alyx released her self-titled debut solo album (Popfrenzy/Caroline) to widespread acclaim — praised for its rich vocal layers, experimental textures, and striking melodic command — as well as her ability “to take pain to the loom and spin it to light” (music journalist Kate Hennessy). She has since toured and collaborated with Australian artists such as Sarah Blasko, Laura Jean, and Jack Colwell, and supported international acts including Juana Molina (ARG), Xiu Xiu (US), Lamb (UK), Tenniscoats (JPN), and Warpaint (US).
Alongside her solo work, Alyx has built a respected career as a composer and sound designer, creating original scores for Belvoir St Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Dance Company, Karul Projects, Performing Lines and the Australasian Dance Collective — as well as a number of independent productions.
She has collaborated with many of Australia’s most celebrated creatives, including directors Eamon Flack (Artistic Director, Belvoir), Leticia Cáceres, and Hannah Goodwin; choreographers Charmene Yap, Cass Mortimer Eipper, Thomas E.S. Kelly, and Sara Black; and contemporary artists such as Agatha Gothe-Snape, Lauren Brincat, Patricia Piccinini and Oliver Beer (UK).
Her recent composition and sound design highlights include a revival of Tommy Murphy’s Holding The Man (dir. Eamon Flack, Belvoir), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (dir. Hannah Goodwin, Belvoir), original music for SBS’s anthology series Erotic Stories, and scoring and performing in Lauren Brincat’s large-scale “living sculpture” Tutti Presto fff, performed by a flock of drummers on the steps of the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney. She also collaborated with multidisciplinary artist ADHOC on the immersive sound and film work (i don’t dream, i float), commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company and Vivid Sydney.
As a singer, performer and collaborator, Alyx has worked with composers Nick Wales, Bree van Reyk, Jess Green, Steve Francis and Megan Alice Clune; and has sung alongside celebrated vocalists such as Joan La Barbara (Agatha Gothe-Snape’s Rehtorical Chorus), Jessica O’Donoghue (Shaun Parker’s Am I), and Sonya Holowell (Composition for Mouths (Songs My Mother Taught Me) by Oliver Beer), which has been exhibited internationally, including at the Opéra National de Paris.
In 2021, she released Keep a Day Free — a ten-minute choral work described as a “surreal, erotic requiem” — marking her first solo release since her debut and cementing her place as an enduring voice across genre and form.
She has also established a reputation for singular, one-off performances in strange, unexpected and beautiful venues — most recently performing at Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks Hammock Room as part of the Sonic Spaces concert series.
Alyx recently previewed her highly anticipated sophomore album, Fine. Good. Great. Super., at Phoenix Central Park, alongside her beloved band: Marcus Whale, Jason Noble, and Bonnie Stewart (Bonniesongs). The album is set for release in 2026.
Alyx Dennison CV 2025
Discography
2026 FINE. GOOD. GREAT. SUPER., Alyx Dennison LP (Independent)
2021 KEEP A DAY FREE, Alyx Dennison EP (Independent)
2015 ALYX DENNISON, Alyx Dennison LP (Popfrenzy/Caroline)
2012 KYÜ 2, kyü LP, (Popfrenzy/Inertia)
2010 KYÜ, kyü LP, (Popfrenzy/Inertia)
Composition/Sound Design
2025 (I DON’T DREAM, I FLOAT), Sydney Theatre Company + Vivid Sydney
2025
2025 HYDE PARK BARRACKS, HAMMOCK ROOM COMMISSION - sound installation/performance
2025 SHUWASHUWA, sound installation with Jess Green, National Gallery Victoria
2024 CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME, written by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens and dir. by Hannah Goodwin for Belvoir
2024 LOVE ARENA, by Jasmin Luna and Remy Rochester, Sydney Fringe Festival at SDC
2024 HOLDING THE MAN, written by Tim Conigrave, adapted by by Tommy Murphy and dir. by Eamon Flack for Belvoir
2024 NEVER CLOSER, written by Grace Chapple and dir. by Hannah Goodwin for Belvoir (rework)
2023 IMPERFECT PAW PAW, EP#6 of anthology television series EROTIC STORIES, dir. by Leticia Cáceres for Lingo Pictures and SBS
2023 CYMATICS, Charmene Yap Contemporary Dance Project, Sydney Dance Company
2023 TUTTI PRESTO fff by Lauren Brincat, Sydney Opera House, presented by Vivid Sydney and The MCA
2023 THREE MARYS, Opera by Andree Greenwell (sound design only), Sydney Opera House
2023 LIVE AT PHOENIX CENTRAL PARK, live concert and album recording
2023 BLESSED UNION dir. by Hannah Goodwin for Belvoir
2022 DRUNK TANK PINK, dir. by Charmene Yap for Sydney Dance Company
2022 NEVER CLOSER, dir. by Hannah Goodwin for Belvoir 25a
2022 TELL ME I’M HERE, dir. by Leticia Cáceras for Belvoir
2022 WAYSIDE BRIDE, dir. by Hannah Goodwin & Eamon Flack for Belvoir
2022 LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, dir. by Hannah Goodwin & Eamon Flack for Belvoir
2022 LIMBIC, contemporary dance work by Cass Eipper for Australasian Dance Collective
2021 DOUBLE BEAT, feature dance work by Sara Black, Form Dance Projects, Riverside Theatre
2022 GREY RHINO, feature dance work by Charmene Yap & Cass Eipper for Sydney Festival
2021 NADAPTEDI, Dance film by Yolanda Yowatta (Bangarra Dance Theatre) for Art_Apart
2021 BORN OF A LIGHTBULB IT SEEMED, solo theatre work by Sarah Easterman for Brand X
2021 THE MOTHER PROJECT (in development), new work by four composers; alongside Bree van Reyk, Jane Sheldon and Jessica O’Donoghue dir. by Clemence Williams
2021 New Solo LP, (in development)
2020 LIMINAL, film by Cass Eipper for Australasian Dance Collective
2020 SUPERHEROES, a play by Mark Rogers, Directed by Shari Sebbens for Griffin Theatre Company
2020 THE OUTCOME IS CERTAIN, feature length sound art piece with Agatha Gothe-Snape for the Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne online exhibition
2020 WET MATTER, immersive sound piece with Agatha Gothe-Snape for MOMA, Melbourne
2020 ID, film by Cass Eipper for Transit Dance Company
2019 Original choral work commissioned by Inner West Voices (to premier in 2020)
2019 SPLINTER, a play by Hilary Bell, Directed by Lee Lewis for Griffin Theatre (Syd) and Hothouse Theatre (VIC)
2019 CO_EX_EN, feature dance work by Thomas E.S. Kelly for Dance Massive (Melbourne, 2019) and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (2020)
2018 Untitled, dance work by Sara Black for Dirty Feet
2018 Mi:Wi, feature dance work by Taree Sansbury for Next Wave Festival (Melbourne, 2018), Murray Bridge Town Hall (S.A, 2019), Vitalstatistics (S.A, 2019), QPAC (2020)
2017 D I R E C T I O N S, collaboration with Working Cloth - Blank_Space Gallery, Surry Hills
2017 Wallinga (Cave Hill) songlines video for SEVEN SISTERS exhibition, Canberra
2017 WE BELONG EVERYWHERE ON EARTH, animated short by Sandra May and unnamed Student - (a Liverpool Girls’ Highschool Refugee Art Project initiative)
2017 MY PRIVILEGE IS YOUR RIGHT, short film by Olivia Rousset and unnamed Student - (a Liverpool Girls’ Highschool Refugee Art Project initiative)
2017 WOLLUMBIN // WARNING, dance work by Thomas E.S Kelly shown at Critical Path (Sydney)
2017 Outbreak Generation, short film written & directed by Brooke Goldfinch, Sydney Film Festival, MIFF, Flickerfest Short Film Festival
2017 STORY CLUB SOLO by Zoë Norton-Lodge, Sydney Opera house (2017), Bondi Pavillion (2018) and Giant Dwarf (2019)
2017 CHILD’S PLAY group exhibition at Fairfield Museums & Galleries, Fairfield
2016 ALL THE BEST, features for radio/podcast (including Faux Feminists, Cuckoo’s Calling, and Walks Home)
Record Production/Arrangement
2026 Fine. Good. Great. Super, Alyx Dennison LP (unreleased)
2025 Strangest Feeling, Bonniesongs LP, Impressed Recordings
2023 Lullay My Heart, Jessica O’Donoghue, Art As Catharsis Records
2022 Rise Up, Jessica O’Donoghue LP, Art As Catharsis Records 2020/21 Skywhalepapa commissioned music by Pheno for Patricia Piccinini + National Gallery of Aus
2019 Energetic Mind, Bonniesongs LP - Smallpond Records (UK)
2017 Dragon Year, Pheno EP - Electric Ear Records 2015 Alyx Dennison, Alyx Dennison LP - (Popfrenzy/Caroline)
2012 kyü 2, kyü LP (independent) 2010 kyü, kyü LP (Popfrenzy/Inertia)
Vocalist (v), Instrumentalist (i)
2025 (v, i) (I don’t dream, I float) - Sydney Theatre Company/Vivid Sydney
2021 (v, i) Laura Jean, Amateurs LP - live band for new album
2021 (v, i) A Miracle Constantly Repeating, by Patricia Piccinini for Rising Festival
2020 (v, i) Skywhalepapa project with Jess Green (aka Pheno) for Patricia Piccinini and National Art Gallery of Australia
2020 (v, i) Untitled, Jessica O’Donoghue LP (unreleased)
2020 (v) Wet Matter by Agatha Gothe-Snape and score by Evelyn Ida Morris, MUMA (Melbourne)
2019 (v, i) Under the Milky Way with Nick Wales and Inner West Voices, Liveworks Festival (Sydney)
2019 (i) Other Tempo by Lauren Brincat, Carriageworks and Liveworks Festival
2019 (v, i) SKATE by Bighart, Barangaroo (Sydney)
2019 (v, i) Bonniesongs, Energetic Mind LP (Small Pond UK)
2019 (v, i) Commissioned performance for Art at Night, First Draft Gallery
2018 (v, i) Invisible, As Music by Bree van Reyk, Liveworks Festival (Sydney)
2018 (v, i) Bravi, Brava, Brave by Lauren Brincat, Carriageworks and Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2018 (v) Composition for Mouths by OLIVER BEER (UK), Biennale of Sydney and The Art Gallery of NSW
2017 (v) Rhetorical Chorus by Agatha Gothe-Snape and score by Megan Alice Clune, Liveworks Festival (alongside Joan La Barbara)
2017 (v, i) Pheno, Dragon Year EP and national tour (Electric Ear Records)
2017 (v, i) Story Club SOLO by Zoë Norton-Lodge, Sydney Opera house (2017), Bondi Pavillion (2018) and Giant Dwarf (2019)
2016 (v) Mark Bradshaw’s Original Soundtrack for The Daughter by Simon Stone
2015 (v, i) Alyx Dennison, Alyx Dennison LP and National Tour (Popfrenzy/Caroline)
2014 (v, i) Am I by Shaun Parker Company and score by Nick Wales, Sydney Festival; Melbourne Festival; Adelaide Festival; Georgetown Festival (Penang, Malaysia); Movimentos Festival (Wolfsburg, Germany), Theatre Pfalzbau (Ludwigshafen, Germany) Dansens Hus (Stockholm, Sweden), Les Theatres de la Ville (Luxembourg)
2014 (v, i) Ponderosa, Richard In Your Mind LP and national tour (Rice Is Nice Records)
2012 (v, i) kyü 2, kyü LP (independent)
2011 (v, i) Build A Fire w/ Jonathan Boulet EP, Lamb (UK) (Strata Music)
2010 (v, i) Foreign Tapes, Parades LP (Dew Process)
2010 (v, i) kyü, kyü LP and national/international tours (Popfrenzy/Inertia)
Educator
2022 NIDA composition and sound design tutoring and mentorship
2018 Campbelltown Arts Centre experimental voice workshops (various highschools)
2016 - 2018 Pheno Music Workshops for children living in rural (remote) areas of Australia
2016 - 2018 Wandering Books music workshops for newly arrived refugee children, various schools in Western Sydney (in partnership with Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre)
2016 - 2018 Lost In Books music, sound and science workshops for children, Fairfield
2017 CHILD’S PLAY group exhibition (sound installation in collaboration with local children over a number of workshops) at Fairfield Museums & Galleries, Fairfield
2017 Liverpool Girl’s Highschool Refugee Transition Program (film, music and sound design)
2016 Young Music Society workshops for Children (Canberra)
2015 Bree van Reyk’s Massive Band (community art project/giant rockband for girls and women), Campbelltown Arts Centre