HAWCRIDGE, Winifred

Winifred Hawcridge came from a family whose life was filled with music. Her mother, Jeanette, frequently performed as a solo soprano in Dunedin, and her father Robert (Director of the Dunedin School of Arts) also performed at a number of charity concerts. She learned music at St Dominic’s and went on to study under J. C. Bradshaw and attained a B.Mus from the University of New Zealand. As well as teaching music in Dunedin she performed regularly, often with her sister Phyllis on violin, and occasionally lead a small orchestra. She composed a little, one work of which was performed at the 1918 Christchurch Festival of New Zealand Music, and another which was written for the Dunedin Choral Society. After her marriage to Frank Leslie Hunt she was not involved in music professionally but continued her interest.

Compositions include Autumn Winds: Four-part sketch for chorus. (Unpublished, 1918), and Women’s Mission, for chorus and orchestra. (Unpublished, 1919)