Monique Buzzarté (born 1960 in San Pedro, California, United States on August 26, 1960) is a composer, trombonist, and activist was a key part of an international protest on behalf of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) against discrimination based on gender by the Vienna Philharmonic.

Lelkes had been playing with the orchestra for twenty years but she had been denied membership due to her gender.

[1] Buzzarté's research interests include finding compositions for brass instruments by women composers.

[2] Buzzarté studied with Stuart Dempster and Ned Meredith, and is certified to teach Pauline Oliveros's deep listening practices.

Monique Buzzarté was the editor (with Tom Bickley) of the Anthology of Essays on Deep Listening published in 2012.