Biography - Career Highlights
Introduction | Education | Career Narrative | Curriculum Vitae

" I am passionate about the creation and performance of music, both self-composed and composed by others, with a substantial publication list of arrangements and compositions in a variety of fields including music for theatre, film and television.  I am committed to achieving excellence in both live and recorded music."

2021

• Appointed Conductor Linlithgow String Orchestra

2020

• Appointed Conductor Abbottsford String Ensemble for Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2017

• Conductor Lothian Festival Orchestra for performance of 'The Snowman'
• Commission to compose Trio for Viola, Baritone Sax and Piano by Hindemth Trio, Parma, Italy

2016

• Commission to compose film score for Ruaridh M Turner’s award winning short thriller The Beast in the Storm

2015

• Arranger, Conductor, Engineer for Glenfiddich 21yo Whisky ad campaign
• Pianist for Tonight Productions show Tonight at the West End at the a Usher Hall
• Chorister in performances of Handel's Messiah and Bach's B Minor Mass

2014

• Commissioned by The Orchestra of the Canongait (Conductor:  Robert Dick) to compose full scale Symphony in 4 movements
• Commissioned by Sick Kids Friends Foundation to compose music score for their documentary video
• Part time lecturer at The University of Edinburgh in Composition and postgraduate Orchestration

2013

• Composer of one act opera, Medea for Edinburgh Festival Fringe, premiered at Edinburgh Jazz Bar
• Commissioned by Edinburgh University & Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to compose Waltz for Edinburgh Festival Fringe ballet, Colours

2012

• Commissioned by Edinburgh University to compose String Quartet for Professor Raymond Monelle Memorial Conference
• Arranger, orchestrator - Caroline O'Connor official opening of Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Australia

2011

• Commissioned by Artisan Trio (Edinburgh) to compose Quintet for Piano, Violin, Cello, Clarinet and Horn, funded by Edinburgh University Roberts Fund
• Commissioned by Seiras Piano Quintet to compose a new quintet for performance in Rome at the Sala Accademica di Santa Cecilia
• Commissioned by Glenn Wood Tap to compose music for complete adult syllabus
  

2007-2010

• Commissioned to score arrangement for Caroline O'Connor for performance at The Showgirl Within, Garrick Theatre, London
• Première performance of Fortune & Men's Eyes for Piano, String Quartet, Clarinet & Bass at Kings Place Theatre, London, recorded by BBC for broadcast
• Composing a full-scale opera, Wilde, scenes from which have been workshopped at The University of Edinburgh by the professional touring opera company, Opera Circus, and selected scenes independently recorded at the university
• Pianist, arranger and big band musical director for Sinatra interpreter Frank Holden’s live and recorded performances

2009

• Record producer and participant composer for the recording of an Edinburgh University funded CD Encounters of string quartets with guest soloists featuring PhD student compositions performed by The Edinburgh Quartet and guests

2007-09

• String Quartet Caledonian Quartet premiered by The Edinburgh Quartet, and included in a CD of student compositions for commercial release supported by Edinburgh University Roberts Fund; published by Europa Edition

2008

• Répétiteur for Edinburgh Grand Opera’s semi-professional production of Gounod’s Faust at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre and offstage conductor for the live performances
• Répétiteur for the inaugural season of Opera Shorts at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

2007

• Scoring a large scale arrangement for Caroline O’Connor for 650 voice choir and jazz orchestra performed at the Night of 1,000 Voices concert at the Royal Albert Hall
• Musical director and conductor for the Edinburgh University Savoy Group’s revival of the musical Salad Days

1985-2010

• Orchestrator, conductor, musical director and record producer for leading international figures including Sir Robert Helpmann, Sir Howard Morrison and English National Opera star Caroline O’Connor
• Numerous orchestrations and compositions performed at diverse venues including the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall as well as in many television documentaries, mini-series and films including the Oscar winning Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Aria award nominee album Cash Landing for EMI Music and the platinum award winning Australian Broadcasting Corporation WWII jazz album Come in Spinner

1983-2001

• Conducting studio orchestras performing my orchestrations for many film scores and commercial albums including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the film Frauds starring Phil Collins

1985, 1995

• Performing as pianist and keyboardist in live theatre including over 400 performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s show Cats at Sydney’s Theatre Royal, Australia, revived at Queens Theatre

1972-3

• Winning the Professor Hollinrake Memorial Scholarship and Senior Scholarship for Best Student (First) at the Auckland University Conservatorium of Music

1972

• World tour as chorister with the Auckland University Festival Choir conducted by Professor Peter Godfrey CBE