| Composition: |
| 2006: |
Lion Foundation Auckland Philharmonia Composers' Workshop - had orchestral work Wake Road In The Rain workshopped and recorded |
| 2006: |
commissioned by Peter Thomas to write when day is gone, for concert band |
| 2006: |
saxophone quartet bulletproof petals shortlisted for performance at the ACL Asia Pacific Music Festival, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| 2005: |
Lion Foundation Auckland Philharmonia Composers’
Workshop – had orchestral work Mangatangi workshopped
and recorded |
| 2003: |
175 East microscore ‘yippee!’
(recorded 1999) chosen for inclusion on the CD ‘Sounzfine’
vol. 5, for the Centre for New Zealand Music |
| 2001: |
took composition workshops at Wanganui High
School as an Artist in Residence |
| 1997 – 2000/2002: |
attended CANZ Composers’ Workshops
in Nelson and Martinborough; had works performed |
| Classical performance: |
| 2007: |
Auckland Philharmonia: casual contract player (saxophone) |
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| 2004/2005: |
New Zealand Opera: offstage
banda for Rigoletto and La Traviata
(clarinet) |
| 2005/2006: |
Waitakere City Orchestra (clarinet) |
| 2004: |
soloist with Auckland Wind Orchestra, in
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Concerto for Clarinet and Military
Band |
| 1998/1999: |
Auckland Youth Orchestra (clarinet; bass
clarinet; alto saxophone; percussion) |
| 1998/1999; 2005: |
Auckland University Orchestra (clarinet;
saxophone) |
| 1994 – 1997; 1999; 2003: |
Auckland Wind Orchestra (B flat clarinet;
contralto clarinet) |
| 1996 – 1998: |
Campus Cantoris (Auckland University choir) |
| Jazz/pop/free improvisation performance: |
| 2007: |
jazz combo The Jam Donuts (for the Auckland Philharmonia's APOPS education programme) |
| 2006/2007: |
backing band for performance poet Murray Haddow (clarinet, saxophone, recorder, whistle, vocals) |
| 2006/2007: |
progressive folk band George and Queen (saxophone) |
| 2006: |
jazz trio Mr Jelly Roll (clarinet) |
| 2005/2006: |
Darktown Strutters Dixie Trio
(clarinet) |
| 2004/2005: |
Vitamin S free improvisation sessions (clarinet,
saxophones, vocals) |
| 2005: |
10 Acre Bloc free improvisation orchestra
(saxophone) |
| 2004/2005: |
vintage jazz duo Bootleg Hooch (clarinet/vocals) |
| 2004/2005: |
occasional deputy player for Prohibition
Big Band (saxophone/clarinet) |
| 2004/2005: |
The Frank E. Evans Band (clarinet/vocals) |
| 2000 – 2002: |
Victoria University Big Band (alto saxophone) |
| 1995 – 1998; 2001; 2003 - 2005: |
Brett’s New Internationals, a 1920s
dance band
(clarinet; saxophone; vocals) |
| 1999: |
read through material with (and by) Goldenhorse
(clarinet) |
| Military band performance: |
| 2003/4: |
Clarinetist, saxophonist, occasional vocalist,
arranger with the Royal New Zealand Navy Band (full time) |
| 2001/2002: |
Band of the Wellington and Hawkes Bay Regiment
(clarinet; saxophone; arranging) |
| Theatrical and film performance: |
| 2005: |
played clarinet on the soundtrack
of the Toa Fraser feature film No. 2, music by Don
McGlashan |
| 2005: |
shows: Guys and Dolls (Selwyn Community
Arts Theatre) and The Boyfriend (Pukekohe Light Operatic
Club) |
| 2003: |
played on the soundtracks of New Zealand
short films Strings Attached by Rachael Walker -
joint winner of the 2003 TV2 Awards, and Recreating Realms:
a documentary by Pip Lovell-Smith (clarinet; saxophone;
recorder) |
| 2001: |
part of the band for Porirua Little Theatre’s
production of Aladdin (clarinet; saxophone; recorder;
whistle) |
| 2001: |
incidental ‘minstrel’ for the
Wellington Medieval Guild production of Sir Orfeo
(clarinet; saxophone; recorder; whistle; percussion) |
| 2000: |
participated in the cast and musicians of
Epiphany Locks, a Roadworks production |
| 2000: |
composed, performed and directed the music
for As Any Spirit Free, a musical theatre piece at
the Adam Art Gallery, featuring dance by Kilda Northcott |
| 1999: |
played on the soundtrack of Accidents,
a New Zealand short film by Paul Swadel (clarinet) |
| 1999: |
cast and music for Auckland University Summer
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| Folk/world music performance: |
| 2005-2007: |
predominantly original folk instrumental trio Doris |
| 2005 |
sat in on gigs with singer-songwriter
Otis Mace (clarinet) |
| 2004/2005: |
duo work with guitarist John Davy (clarinet/vocals/recorders/whistles) |
| 2001/2002: |
Bog Standards, a folk/Irish band (whistle;
recorder; vocals) |
| 2000: |
had lessons on the Sundanese suling (bamboo
flute) with visiting artist Agus Supriawan; played in an ensemble
of Sundanese instruments |
| 1997/1999: |
Auckland University Ethnomusicology Society |
| 1996/2002: |
attended Recorder Week conferences in Wellington
and Christchurch |
| since 1998: |
private instrumental tutor |
| 2007: |
Composition tutor at Glenfield College; clarinet and composition tutor at Carmel College; clarinet and saxophone tutor at Diocesan School; saxophone tutor at Rangitoto College |
| 2006/2007: |
clarinet and saxophone tutor at Glenfield College and Baradene after hours Music Academy; saxophone tutor at King's College; clarinet tutor at Birkdale North Music Centre |
| 2006: |
clarinet tutor at Pakuranga College; clarinet and saxophone tutor at Te Atatu Intermediate |
| 2003 - 2006: |
Recorder tutor at Glenfield
Music Centre
Contact: Helen Rimmer |
| 2004: |
Itinerant composition tutor at Kelston Girls’
High School
Contact: Marion Buckland (deputy principal) |
| 2005: |
saxophone tutor for TV series Shortland
Street |
| 2004: |
Itinerant clarinet and flute tutor at St
Dominic’s College |
| 2004: |
Pre-Christmas entertainer on clarinet at
Pakuranga Shopping Centre and Meadowlands Shopping Centre |
| 2002: |
clarinet tutor of Year 7 students at Chilton
St James School |
| 2001/2002: |
Clarinet and saxophone tutor at St Mary’s
College, Thorndon |
| 2002: |
Clarinet and saxophone tutor; orchestral
co-director at Raroa Music School |
| 2002: |
Clarinet tutor at St Bernard’s College |
| 2002: |
Clarinet, saxophone and recorder tutor at
Queen Margaret College |
| 2001/2002: |
Clarinet, saxophone and recorder tutor at
Karori Normal School |
| 2001: |
Recorder tutor at St Teresa’s School,
Karori |
| 2001: |
Tutor in Stage 1 composition at Victoria
University of Wellington |
| 1999: |
clarinet tutor at Corran School
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| OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 2005: |
Pre-Christmas entertainer on solo clarinet at Shore City Shopping Centre, Hunters Plaza, Pakuranga Plaza |
| 2000/2001: |
Pre-Christmas entertainer on solo clarinet at
North City Shopping Centre, Porirua |
| 2000: |
Research assistant for blind music student
Karen Plimmer, at Victoria University |
| 1999: |
record librarian at Auckland University
School of Music |
| 1999 (summer): |
assistant at Auckland University Music and
General Libraries |
| 1998/99: |
Entertainer on solo clarinet at Royal Oak Mall;
Café Extreme |
| 2004: |
Glenfield Music Centre: awarded
John Rimmer Composition Trophy for Swimming With the Dinosaurs (recorder ensemble) |
| 2001: |
awarded Graduate Scholarship from the New
Zealand Federation of University Women (Wellington Branch) |
| 1999: |
awarded Llewellyn Jones Prize in music for
piano |
| 1998: |
awarded second place in the Sky City Community
Trust Auckland Wind Orchestra Composers’ Competition,
for Urban New Zealand Lullaby |
| 1997: |
awarded Bishop Senior Composition Scholarship |
| 1996: |
awarded Bishop Junior Composition Scholarship |
| 1996 – 1999: |
awarded prizes in Auckland University Composition
Prize Concert (composition and performance) |
John Psathas (former Masters supervisor, Victoria
University of Wellington)
Peter
Thomas (former conductor, Auckland Wind Orchestra)
Hamish Arthur (itinerant brass tutor)
For further composition information, see 
May 2006: awarded Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary). Provisionally registered with the New Zealand Teachers' Council. 
