Brenda Gifford

**Brenda  Gifford** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1968) mawaki ce ta gargajiya ta Yuin, saxophonist kuma pianist. Ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Australiya Mixed Relations  kuma mai adana bayanai ne a cikin reshen 'yan asalin ƙasar na National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). 

## Ayyuka
An haifi Gifford a shekara ta 1968 kuma ya girma a Sydney da Wreck Bay, kusa da Jervis Bay, New South Wales . 

Da farko a ƙarshen 1980s Gifford ya buga saxophone da piano a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar Mixed Relations tare da Bart Willoughby .  A cikin shekarun 1990s ta ba da gudummawa ga kundin Kev Carmody na 1991 Eulogy (For A Black Person),  kuma ta koyar da kiɗa a Kwalejin Eora a Redfern, New South Wales . Ta bar aikinta na koyarwa don mayar da hankali ga ƙungiyar yayin da ta zama sananne.

Mixed Relations ta zagaya duniya kuma ya sami nasarar cikin gida lokacin da Aboriginal Woman ta kai # 89 a kan Triple J's Hottest 100 a 1993.  Kungiyar ta rushe a ƙarshen shekarun 1990, kuma bayan hutu na shekaru da yawa, Gifford ya fara sabon aiki a matsayin mawaƙa.

A cikin 2016, Gifford ta shiga cikin shirin matukin jirgi na AMPlify Indigenous Composer Initiative, wanda ke da niyyar tallafawa kirkirar sabon aiki ta Aboriginal da Torres Strait Islander composers. Daga nan ne Ensemble Offspring suka yi ayyukan a cikin kide-kide tsakanin 2017 da 2018. Wannan ya haifar da Gifford da Canberra International Music Festival ta ba da izini don ƙirƙirar gidan *Gambambarawaraga*. Sashe na tara, wanda ya ɗauki sunansa daga kalmar don yanayi a cikin Harshen Dhurgha, an yi shi a bikin a cikin 2018 .  Waƙoƙi daga ɗakin daga baya an haɗa su a cikin kundin Music for the Dreaming wanda aka zaba don Kyautar ARIA don Mafi kyawun Kayan Yara a cikin 2019.  Kundin ya ƙunshi sabbin nau'ikan daga Gifford's *Gambambarawaraga* suite da Ensemble Offspring ya yi tare da Kamil Ellis.

Gifford ta shiga cikin Shirin Mata na 2018 tare da Sydney Conservatorium of Music inda Claire Chase ta yi aiki tare da Gifford da wasu mawaƙa huɗu na Australiya wajen ƙirƙirar sabbin ayyuka. Daga nan ne mawaƙa biyar suka yi tafiya zuwa New York inda aka yi aikinsu tare da Chase. Gifford's *Mungala* (Clouds) ya nuna Chase a kan sarewa tare da sandunan clap na gargajiya da aka buga ta hanyar Bree van Reyk .  An kuma haɗa Gifford a cikin shirin 2020-2021 kuma ya haɓaka sabon aikin tare da Kamfanin Dance na Sydney. A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta ta zira kwallaye na mai rawa Joel Bray's Wagan (Wiradjuri for 'Raven') wanda aka yi a shekarar 2020. 

A cikin 2020, Gifford ta sake aiki tare da Ensemble Offspring lokacin da ta zama Mawallafin Kasashen Farko a Gidan zama. A cikin wannan shekarar an kuma ba ta izinin ƙirƙirar sabon aikin *Djiribawal* don buɗe bikin kiɗa na kasa da kasa na Canberra 2020. Daga baya aka sake tunanin aikin don yin aiki tare da ƙarin kayan kida da sauti na lantarki a cikin 2021 da 2022.

Dukkanin kide-kide da Sydney Chamber Choir suka yi a cikin 2021 sun buɗe tare da wasan kwaikwayon Gifford's Mother Earth / Minga Bagan, amincewa da kasar da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta ba da umarni.

A cikin aikinta a National Film and Sound Archive ta tsara bayanan rubutu da shafukan yanar gizo don gidan yanar gizon NFSA,  kuma an yi amfani da aikinta azaman Bayanan layi don sake fitar da kundin Vic Simms The Loner. 

A cikin 2023, Gifford ya kasance mai karɓar Hukumar Kiɗa ta Merlyn Myer . 

An ba ta lambar yabo ta First Nations Fellowship, a 2024 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards .  

## Ayyukan da aka zaɓa
2021 - *Dharawa Miriwa (sama da dare) * - PLEXUS ta ba da izini 

2021 - *Minga bagan*

2020 - *Djiribawal* 

2020 - *Wagan*

2018 - *Mungala* (Clouds)

2018 - *Gambambarawaraga*

## Manazarta