Angelique Mouyis is a South African-born, Greek-Cypriot composer based in the New York tri-state area. Her work reflects a deep love of storytelling and a fascination with the intersections of culture, history, and personal experience. Drawing on her South African roots, Greek heritage, and American life, Angelique creates music that bridges genres, from opera and musical theatre to choral and instrumental works.

 

Her compositions have been performed around the world, including Australia, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States. Highlights include her opera Family (with Gabe Caruso), which premiered at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in collaboration with the American Opera Project, and her earlier opera Bessie: The Blue-Eyed Xhosa (with Mkhululi Mabija), produced by Cape Town Opera and the UCT Opera School at the Artscape Theatre in 2015. Other works include Forget this City (Enthuse Theatre, New York) and The Boy Who Never Grows Up (Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York).

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In 2025, her song cycle The Trees Speak (with David Bottomley) premiered at the Eco-Arts Festival on Governor’s Island, and her a cappella choral piece A Song to Heal (Ho‘oponopono prayer) was performed by the Western Colorado Concert Choir. She also composed Hide and Seek, a one-act musical with words by Alan Gordon and part of the anthology Crime Scenes, which had a private reading in New York this year.

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Angelique holds a Ph.D. in Music from Rutgers University, an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and a Master’s in Music Composition from Wits University. She is the author of Mikis Theodorakis: Finding Greece in His Music and has presented her research internationally. A recipient of the SAMRO Post-Graduate Studies Scholarship and the Ernest Oppenheimer Overseas Scholarship, she continues to compose for a wide variety of ensembles, always guided by curiosity, collaboration, and a love for the theatre.