Tertiary study - Including Bachelor Arts (Contemporary music) partial completion.
Gordon Institute of TAFE - Cert IV/Diploma/Advanced Diploma of Music performance (Jazz)
11 Years music teaching experience in Infants, Primary, High School, and District creative Arts camp.
Class lessons, group ensembles, individual music tuition, bands, singing groups / choirs, workshops.
High school Brass tuition - Trumpets, trombones, euphoniums (Grovedale College, Victoria) 2004 - 2008...
Trumpets - Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College (Geelong Victoria) 2005, 2006, 2007
Director/Conductor MFGSC Senior Symphonic Wind Band 2005, 2006
Infant and Primary class music specialist (Barwon Heads Primary School, Geelong East Primary School)
- Conducting bands
- Active professional development
- Organised lunchtime interest groups
- Purchasing and acquiring resources
- Forming instrumental ensembles
- In-servicing/ training staff
- Liasing with Principals to establish medium/long term planning of music prgrams within the school
- Education activities to inform community of contemporary developments in music education
- supporting students and local music events
Perfect for unblocking 'composer's block' !!
improvising!!
Sydney Opera House - trumpet solo (with piano accompaniment)
Tasmania - Hills Music Academy - National A grade Champions (trumpet)
Indonesia - Drum kit
Dublin - Guitar and choir
Lismore - "Malversation" - My first Rock band
Canada - Improvised trumpet solo - Jazz quintet
"Riverside" - Improv trio - Guitrar/percussion/brass/miscellaneous
Harmonica solo with Dennis Aubrey's band.
Piano, trombone, trumpet, drums, guitar, Eb Horn, harmonica, tinwhistle, clarinet, ukelele...
My great thanks to all my bandmates in each group I've played in...
Turramurra Primary School concert band - trombone, trumpet.
Hornsby Concert Band training group - trumpet
Barker College Brass band - trumpet, flugel horn
Barker College Brass Ensemble - trumpet, flugel horn
Barker College Cadet Unit band - cornet, trumpet, flugel horn
Barker College Concert band - trumpet
Barker College Orchestra for the musical Oliver - trumpet
The Hills Music Academy (National A grade Champions) - trumpet
Charles Sturt University - Mitchell Concert Band - trumpet
Choir Master CSUniversity - Indonesian Practicum tour
"Circus Yeo" Band - Director, conductor, trumpet, percussion
Orange City Big Band - trumpet
Guitarist and Assistant Choir Master - EF Language Italian Choir, Dublin.
Assistant choir master - Yeoval Central School - Primary and Infants choirs
Founding member of "Malversation" Rock group, Lismore
University of Lethbridge Wind Orchestra - trumpet
U of L Jazz Ensemble - trumpet, flugel horn
Western Lake Macquarie Concert band training group - clarinet
"Symphomania" (The MFGS College Symphonic Wind Band). - Conductor
The MFGS College Big Band - led by Peter de Visser
The MFGS College Junior Concert Band - led by Fay Silva
"Gigantor" (co-founder) - trumpet.
The MFGS College Brass ensemble (co-founder ) - Euphonium/trumpet
Grovedale College Brass Ensemble - Euphonium/trumpet
Grovedale College stage band - Trumpet
'The full Cat-astrophe' Big Band - trumpet.
'Upbeat' Jazz Quintet - trumpet
The Fidel Monk Orchestra - Jazz quartet/quintet - Percussion/trumpet
Greg Waugh's jazz ensemble - trumpet
Rob Gador's jazz ensemble - trumpet
The Gordon Institute of TAFE Large Ensemble Big Band.- trumpet
The Geelong Community Orchestra - trumpet
'"Whaling" Timmy Smyth's jazz Harpoons'. trumpet
My great appreciation and thanks to my major music educators of influence
Piano lessons by Jane Holmes-a-Court, and Alister Spence
Trumpet lessons (and conducted) by Peter Walmsley OMA
Drum lessons by Peter Nixon, and Chris Quinlan (Chn 31 TV)
Classroom elective music lessons by Ralph Wilcox.
Guitar lessons (and music theory) Gus Auszguscak, Charles Sturt University Mitchell, Bathurst.
Self taught - clarinet, tinwhistle, harmonica, tenor horn, euphonium, saxophone, ukelele...
Intro to Jazz studies (and music theory) with Dr Kurt Ellenberger, University of Lethbridge, Canada.
Introduction to Composition with Peter Martin, Southern Cross University, NSW.
Music Theory (and contemporary history) Jon Fitzgerald, Southern Cross University, NSW.
World Music, Dr Michael Hannan, Southern Cross University, NSW.
Aural skills (and theory) - Dr Jan Koblowski , University of Lethbridge, Canada, and Nadine Joy, Gordon Insititute of TAFE, Geelong, Victoria.
Jazz History - Dave Parsons, Gordon Insititute of TAFE, Geelong, Victoria.
Jazz Arranging - Peter de Visser, Gordon Insititute of TAFE, Geelong, Victoria.
Jazz Theory, analysis, composition, and Latin percussion - Greg Waugh, Gordon Insititute of TAFE, Geelong, Victoria.
Computer notation & keyboard 2nd study - Tim Neal ,Gordon Insititute of TAFE, Geelong, Victoria.
Other Conductors of influence - Squadron Leader (Ret) Michael Butcher, AOM, LRAM, ARCM, LGSM, Roland Auszguscak, Linda Pimentel, Vondis Miller, Victor Grieves, Peter de Visser, GregWaugh..
Workshops - Bob Brozman(Guitar), Kevin Simmonds (Drum brushing), Hilton Winiecki (Congas), Chris Wilson (Song writing), Ross Lipson & Rick McClean (Creative Music Educators).
Advanced Trumpet tips - Nick Buchner, Reg Walsh, Andrew Dunlop..
Harmonica - 1
Guitar - 9
Trumpet - 2
Piano - 9
Jazz tunes - 4
- A punny poem for guitarist!
than a drummer could poke a stick at ...
