Esther Rofe

Esther Rofe (14 March 1904[1] – 26 February 2000[2]) was an Australian musician and composer.

She studied piano with Harold C. Smith and Ada Freeman and violin with Alberto Zelman, Jr., Fritz Hart and A.E.

She entered the Royal College of Music in London and studied with Gordon Jacob, Ralph Vaughan Williams and R.O.

[3] During World War II Rofe worked at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), and the Colgate-Palmolive Radio Unit in Sydney where she began arranging and composing music.

[5] The Esther Rofe Award was established in her honor at the University of Melbourne in Australia.