Composer and Lyricist Maria Alfonsine provides an intriguing place for her audience to escape across genres such as jazz, folk-pop, film music, orchestral, musical theatre and experimental contemporary styles. Her starting point and focus is always "It's all about the story", no matter what medium or style she is working in.

Trained in Sweden at Ingesund’s Music School and Wendelsberg’s Theatre School, Maria then obtained a Bachelor of Music (Composition and Music Production) from The Australian Institute of Music in 2015, and an Honours in Composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2019.

In 2017, Maria received her third Best Composer Award (Sydney Film School). She was also the recipient of the Screen NSW/AGSC/Church Street Studios/Clandestine Beyond composer's attachment with Guy Gross, and located to Church Street Studios, Sydney. Recent work include composing for the ABC series "Black Comedy", composition and sound design for Hilary Bell’s adaptations of Shakespeare’s “Take Two: Comedy of Errors” at Riverside Theatre and Molière’s "The Hypochondriac" at Darlinghurst Theatre Co., and composer and songwriter on the Australian feature film “Akoni” (One Love Films). Maria’s work as a songwriter has featured in the ABC drama series "Pulse", in the musicals "The Song of A Princess" and "Dr McCarb's Independent Surgical Hospital On The Hill", as well as numerous short films and web series. Other credits include dance performance piece "Mens Rea: A Shifter's Intent" (Raghav Handa), Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger's installation “Deception”, and vocalist and music editor on Stephan Elliott’s (The Adventure of Priscilla - Queen of the Desert) feature film “Swinging Safari”.