Glenda Ruth Keam MNZM (born 1960) is a New Zealand composer, music scholar, and educator.

Keam completed a PhD titled Exploring notions of national style: New Zealand orchestral music in the late twentieth century at the University of Auckland in 2006.

Keam was Head of Music at the University of Canterbury until her retirement.

[5] Keam was director of the society's 2022 World New Music Days, which were a series of concerts held in Auckland and Christchurch.

[8][9][10] She was president of the Composers Association of New Zealand for ten years, until 2017.