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My bio:
Pianist/Keyboards/Composer/Arranger/Accompanist/Teacher/Musical Director/Sessions
Email: contact@briadmusic.com
Qualifications: Bachelor of Music degree (B. Mus) Melbourne University; Dip. Media Composition (London);
Member of Teachers Association of Queensland (QMTA - Prof): qmta.org.au
DANCE COMPANY WORK, THEATRE AND EDUCATION
2010-2023 Stage Whispers Magazine reviewer: stagewhispers.com.au
2005-2020 Accompanist/Repetiteur for the Queensland Ballet, Queensland University of Technology, RAD and QDSE
2001-2004 Elmhurst Performing Arts School, UK. F/T musician for classical/contemporary/jazz/tap/musical theatre repertoire. Arranger for theatre productions (backing tracks and live music) 1999-2000 Freelance pianist at Rambert Dance Company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, Royal Ballet School, London Contemporary Dance School, Central School of Ballet, Laban Centre, Danceworks etc
1996-1999 Company pianist (class and rehearsal) for the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki and the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ballet Company 1986-1996 Full-time staff pianist at the Australian Ballet School for classical, contemporary, repertoire and character SOLO/HOUSEBAND MUSICIAN IN LIVE VENUES
2007-2013 Marcato Agency pianist/accompanist/keyboards for a variety of gigs and functions, reading/improvisation
1980's Musical Director/keyboard player for entertainment package on Chandris Line cruiseship ‘Amerikanis’
- Cocktail/Bar pianist at the Hotel EuropaischerHof, Hamburg, Germany
- Toured the Middle East and Scandinavia with the international showband ‘Smile’
- Keyboard player with resident group at the Tiberio Restaurant in Mayfair, London. Was a popular meeting place for famous visiting American stars in those days. It was a pleasure to play in the presence of Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Liberace, Raymond Burr etc. .
- Keyboard player at 'Chaplins' nightclub in London's West End
- Pianist for the Manning Jones Trio, resident houseband at 'Bienvenu' Reception House, Melbourne, Australia
THEATRE MUSICIAN
1988-1996 Resident Musical Director, arranger and keyboard player (combining click-track material and live music) for each annual production at ‘Hunchbax’ Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia
- Rehearsal pianist and keyboard player for ‘Cats’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne
- Other shows include ‘Pippin’, starring John Farnham, ‘Irene’, ‘Irma la Douce’ (MD), 'Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolour Dreamcoat' (MD), 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'Irene', 'Caroline' (MD), 'The Telephone' (Menotti)
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS and ARRANGEMENTS (in reverse chronological order)
- Books 1&2 Original Dance Class Music (in a variety of styles); 52 compositions (more pending)
- Music, lyrics and arrangements for an original musical ‘Doubled Up’ (incomplete)
- Music, lyrics and arrangements for the show ‘The Prophecies and Stunts of Nostradamus’ for Hunchbax Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia
- Piano solo arrangement for the ballet ‘Cinderella’ adapted from the orchestral score of Rossini’s opera
- Composed the music for the contemporary ballet ‘The Gospel According to Crow’ inspired by the poetry of Ted Hughes and choreographed by Scott Ambler
- Musical score for an original musical written in collaboration with Ray Lee, ‘Povorello’
- Composed, orchestrated and conducted ‘The Prodigal Son’, a rock-opera starring Australian stage and recording star John Farnham (thesis for final year at university). Lyrics by Ray Lee. See attached excerpts from a live performance (hence limited sound quality)
Original score for the documentary film ‘Six Wheels North’
- Composed a set of melodic rock music for modem church services at St Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne
- Selection of arranged and recorded media music, piano compositions, songs and dance class music RECORDINGS AND FILM
- Piano/keyboards on the original cast recordings of shows ‘Pippin’, ‘Caroline’ and ‘Fetch Me a Figleaf’
- Pianist in scenes from the Australian movie ‘Bushfire Moon’, starring Bill Kerr
-Yemenite musician in ‘King David’, a biblical epic starring Richard Gere ACADEMIC AWARDS and QUALIFICATIONS
- Victorian Exhibition in music theory (highest mark)
- Bachelor of Music Degree
- Diploma in Media Composition (‘Music for the Media’, London)
- Member of the Queensland Music Teachers' Association (Prof) Website: qmta.org.au
Three excerpts from a live performance of original composition
The Prodigal Son with John Farnham and Kerry Lee
