Bryony Marks completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Music Composition for Film and Television with first class honours from the University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music. In 2001 she attended the inaugural Australian National Academy of Music Composers’ Program, taking classes with professor Simon Bainbridge, Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London; and Karen Tanaka, formerly of IRCAM, Paris.

In addition to several scores for theatre, Bryony Marks has received numerous commissions for chamber orchestra, including three string quartets, a quintet and a sextet, an opera excerpt and a one-hour chamber opera entitled Crossing Live, which was premiered by Chamber Made in 2007. In 2004 she was invited to participate in the Song Company and the Australian Music Centre’s MODART05.