I am a pianist, composer/arranger, and teacher based in the Great Southern of Western Australia.
I began my studies with jazz pianist/composer/arranger Will Upson at high school, and later with composer Roger Smalley and pianist Anna Sleptsova at the University of Western Australia in Perth, WA.
I completed my university study in Piano Performance and Composition under the mentorship of Em. Prof. Larry Sitsky and Geoffrey Lancaster at the Australian National University.
During this time, I studied in France with Emeritus Professor of the University of Ottawa, Jean-Paul Sevilla, and completed my Diplôme d'études musicales to jury unanimity.
I immediately began professional work in 2011 as the resident accompanist for the ANU, working with all instrument and voice types in the classical and jazz/contemporary idioms. I also began private teaching, and performing as a classical, chamber and jazz pianist, receiving several contracts as a composer and arranger.
I completed my Honours degree in 2012, giving the world première of Sitsky's Sonata No. 2, in three movements, composed for me.
Upon leaving Canberra and moving to Melbourne, I was employed by the Australian Children’s Choir as the Principal Accompanist, a role which involved both national and international touring, performing in many major European cities and venues. I was also employed as a Piano Teacher / Accompanist at Westbourne Grammar School, becoming involved in many performances, while also engaging in student-specific arrangements of popular repertoire.
In late 2020, I returned to my hometown in the Great Southern of WA, where I currently conduct both Albany Choral Society and Denmark Baroque Inc. I am also running a private teaching studio, and perform regularly as a conductor, as well as classical, jazz and popular piano/keyboards.
The Monotremes were my multigenre band while I lived in both Canberra and Melbourne. The Monotremes were a six-piece band that used extended compositional forms based in jazz harmony, experimenting with colourful orchestration & sudden shifts in style, genre and colour. These tunes are influenced mainly by Zappa, Bach, Shostakovich, Ravel, Monk, Beck, gorillaz, Hendrix, etc. The Monotremes’ first release, Phantasmagorganism EP, is available for free streaming here, and purchase here.
In 2012, I was awarded the biennial Michael Kieran Harvey Scholarship, given to postgraduate piano students to help them further their career overseas. With this money I traveled to Paris in order to study composition and improvisation with several established Parisian pianists, and complete a Monotremes-related arrangement project of Maurice Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales.
I am currently based in Denmark, Western Australia, enjoying both freelance and contract work.
I am currently accepting queries regarding:
Arrangement
Composition
Transcription/editing
Accompaniment (classical/jazz)
For any queries, please contact me using the online contact form here.
Enjoy your visit to my website and stay informed about my latest on my YouTube, soundcloud and bandcamp pages.
Adam