Paul Jarman

Composer

Performer

Educator

Musical Director

“Paul Jarman is a musician of tremendous vitality and infectious enthusiasm”

(Lyn Williams OAM – Director, Sydney Children’s Choir & Gondwana Voices)

Sirocco Music

• 1996 – present

Current performer and composer including festivals, events, international and national tours for Department Foreign Affairs & Trade, Musica Viva Countrywide and schools, Austrade

Special Events

• 2010 Gondwana Voices 21^st Anniversary – Guest artist/composer
• 2010 Kia Ora Music Festival – Scone. Composer in Residence
• 2009 Gala Performance for President Barak Obama at the White House – ‘Thankyou Martin Luther King’ performed by the Boston City Singers, commissioned in 2008
• 2009 The Q150 Songbridge Composer in residence Townsville, Mackay, Yeppoon, Sandgate
• 2009/08/07 Composer/conductor/artist in residence Festival of Voices Hobart
• 2008 The Works Festival, Tasmania Composer in residence, Musical Director and community facilitator
• 2007 FINA World Championships Melbourne

Composer in residence Young Voices of Melbourne, Federation Square Concert Series

• 2006 Composer in Residence Australian National Choral Festival Hobart
• 2006 The 100^th Anniversary of Coffs Harbour Council

Composed, co-ordinated and conducted commissioned work. Finalist in Australian Classical Music Awards 2007

• 2005 MLC School Burwood Annual Concert Coordinator and musical director World Music Spectacular
• 2004 The Bicentenary of the Battle of Vinegar Hill Composed music and co/coordinated massed choirs
• 2003 The Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony

Composed and performed ‘The Will to Climb’ Sydney Symphony Orchestra and World Choir

• 2003 The Deadly Awards – National Indigenous Culture and Sports Awards

Musical Director/Conductor/Performer and coordinator Indigenous overture/Troy Cassar-Daley, Jimmy Little

• 2003 National Kodaly Convention Melbourne Composer in Residence
  • 2003 Australia Day Canberra/Legacy Day Canberra – Sing Australia
  • 2002 United Nations International Year of the Mountain

Assistant events co-ordinator, co/composer and performer Sirocco, Mt Wellington Festival, Hobart

• 2002 Australian Rivers Forum Canberra Composed and performed for Land & Water Australia
• 1999/2001/2002 Australia Day Sydney

Composed, recorded and performed music Darling Harbour Fireworks Finale – Accolade Events

• 2001 Centenary of Federations Sydney

Composed, recorded and performed ‘Journey’s’ Centennial Park Event/Australian Youth Orchestra

• 2000 Australia Day Newcastle

Co/Composer/Coordinator massed school choir, Newcastle Army Band and regional Bagpipe Bands

• 2000 Olympic Arts Festival Composer Aerial Arts Circus

International Touring

• 2010 – England, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic Composer/Artist in residence Birralee Voices
• 2009 – Canada Composer in residence Rafiki Youth Choir
• 2008 – India Sirocco collaboration with Manganiyar folk performers, Rajasthan Festival
• 2007 – Canada Composer in residence SING NSW, Coastal Sounds Choral Festival Vancouver
• 2007 – New Zealand Composer in residence Boston City Singers
• 2007 – France, Belgium Composer in residence Hunter Singers – Western Front/Somme
  • 2006 – The Philippines Sirocco with David Hudson (Didgeridoo) & Phil Geia (Torres Strait)
  • 2005/06 – France, The Netherlands, Norway, Reunion Island, Singapore, Belgium

Composer/performer William Yang’s ‘Objects for Meditation’ Arts Festivals/Performing Lines

• 2005 – Fiji, Samoa, Tonga – Director of Platypus Ensemble featuring Albert David (Torres Strait),

Bernadette Walong (T/I, Murri), Adam Hill (Koori) and Colin Offord. Music Viva/DFAT

• 2005 – USA Composer in residence Boston City Singers
• 2004 – Malaysia Sirocco concerts Kuala Lumpur and Penang for DFAT/Musica VIva
• 2004 – Vietnam Platypus Ensemble for DFAT Musica Viva
• 2004 – France, England Composer in residence – Sing NSW 60^th Anniversary of D’DAY, WWII
• 2003 – Vietnam Duo with Adam Hill (Koori artist and performer), Concerts in universities. Aus Consulate,

Aus Council for the Arts tour of remote communities and all major cities.

• 2003 – Vietnam, Laos

Sirocco, Musica Viva/Department Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) – 30 years relations Aus/Vietnam

• 2002 – France, England, Belgium, Italy & Switzerland

Composer in residence – Sydney Children’s Choir, Special composition Geneva Convention

• 2001 – Singapore Sirocco Musica Viva in Schools
• 1998 – Taiwan Sirocco with Chai Chang Ning (Chinese master flautist)
• 1998 – The Philippines Sirocco concerts and diplomatic functions Musica Viva/DFAT
• 1997 – Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal Sirocco events, concerts, workshops MVA/DFAT
• 1996 – India Sirocco Austrade exhibition, collaborations, concerts DFAT/AUS/India Council

National Touring

Major Festivals

Woodford (Qld), Port Fairy (Vic), Victor Harbour (SA), the National (ACT), Yagubi (Qld), Lismore (NSW), Kapunda (SA), Manly Jazz (NSW), Nannup (WA), Illawarra (NSW), Cooktown (Qld), Cue (WA), Festival of Voices (TAS), Choralfest (TAS), Bellingen (NSW), Rockhampton Multicultural (QLD), Acoustica (NSW), Curry Fest (NSW)

Musica Viva Countrywide and Musica Viva in Schools

• 1996 – present 150 – 200 concerts in schools and regional Australia per year in every state
• 2004 – present Composer in the Classroom Australia wide

Commissions

• 2010 – The Song Company, Harvest of Endurance – Encounters

Sydney Region Choir inaugural series II

The Kia Ora Music Festival Scone

Arts North Sydney Opera House Choral Series

St Joseph’s Mundingburra

Brisbane Boys Grammar Chamber Choir and Orchestra

The Southport School Choir and String Ensemble

Pemulwuy! Male Voice Festival II Brisbane

Sydney Grammar Chamber Choir Edgecliffe

• 2009 – Australian Boys Choir 40^th Anniversary

Woden Valley Youth Choir 40^th Anniversary

Queensland 150^th, Song Bridge, Townsville, Mackay, Yeppoon, Gold Coast (four pieces)

Sisters of St Joseph QLD, 100^th Anniversary death of Mary MacKillop

Rafiki Youth Choir, Thunder Bay Canada, a tribute to Terry Fox

Sydney Region Choir, inaugural concert series I

Sandgate Celebration for Q150th

Tarremah Steiner 25^th Anniversary

Tacking Point Primary

St John’s Richmond, TAS

St Cuthbert’s, TAS

• 2008 – Chatswood High School Wind Band

Boston City Singers 40^th Anniversary Death of Martin Luther King Jr

PLC College Croydon 125^th Anniversary

The Works Festival, River Traffic Hobart (five pieces)

The Pemulwuy! Male Voice Festival Brisbane (two pieces)

Three Choirs Festival

• 2007 – The Mitchelton 150^th Birralee Voices (two pieces)

The Friends School 120^th Anniversary

Sydney Children’s Choir, Resonance (five pieces)

The Hunter Singers, Great War project

South Australia Festival of Music, Southern Sky (three pieces)

Traralgon Music Generator (five pieces)

• 2006 – Coffs Harbour Council 100^th and Regional Conservatorium (three pieces)

National Choral Fest Tasmania (two pieces)

Arts North Choirs, Yennibu People and Place (three pieces)

• 2005 – Leichardt Espresso Singers Coonamble and Narrabri Suite (two pieces)

Woden Valley Youth Choir, Pemulwuy

Caulfield Grammar 125^th Anniversary

South Wood Boys College inaugural school anthem

Barker College 120^th Anniversary

Boston City Singers tribute to Paul Revere

Sing NSW Young Voices of Achievement ABC Classics (three pieces)

• 2004 – Gondwana Voices Tribute to Thor Heyerdahl

The Bicentenary of the Battle of Vinegar Hill (three pieces)

Opera House Primary Choral Series, Island Heroes (three pieces)

Sing NSW Young Voices of Achievement ABC Classics (four pieces)

Caulfield Grammar, Song Cycle (five pieces)

• 2003 – Year of the Outback Leichardt Espresso Chorus (four pieces)

Gondwana Voices 10^th Anniversary

• 2002 – Sydney Children’s Choir 15^th Anniversary

Ogilvie Girls School Hobart

• 2001 – Sydney Children’s Choir, Song Cycle (five pieces)

Composer in Residence (Schools)

Caulfield Grammar, Barker College, The Southport School, Newcastle Grammar, Sydney Boys Grammar, PLC Croydon, The Emmanuel School, Brisbane Grammar, MLC Burwood, St Hilda’s, Tarremah Steiner, Southwood Boys, The Friends School, Scots College, St Laurence’s, Scotch College, John Purchase, Cathedral School, Chatswood High, Five Dock, Figtree Heights, Tacking Point, Maroubra, Clovelly, St Paul’s Grammar, Sandgate, Hunter Performing Arts, Maroubra Primary, St Joseph’s Mundingburra, St Joseph’s Oberon, Arranounbai School

Film Scores as Composer

• 2009 – A Little Bit Mongolian Directed by Mike Dillon, Produced by David Paradice (Best Film – Banff)
• 2007 – The Will To Climb Directed by Mike Dillon, Produced by Richard Harris

Film & Television Scores as Performer

• 2009 – My Place Music by Roger Mason
• 2008 – The Black Balloon Music by Mike Yezerski
• 2007 – Wire Across the Desert Music by John Gray
• 2006 – Kokoda Music by John Gray
• 2006 – The Bet Music by John Gray
• 2005 – The December Boys Music by Carlo Giacco
• 2004 – Tourism NSW Music by Chris Gordon & Karl Jenkins
• 2001 – Equus Imax Music by Roger Mason

Theatre and Dance Composer/Performer

• 2009/10 – Am I?, Shaun Parker, Marguerite Pepper Productions
• 2008 – The Works Festival Tasmania
• 2007 – Transience, Colin Offord and the Great Bowing Company
• 2006 – Resonance, Sydney Children’s Choir
• 2005/6 – William Yang Objects for Meditation
• 2002 – Angel City, Sam Shepard, Deborah Kennedy Tamarama Rock Surfers
• 2002 – ID Dance, Chunky Move Dance Theatre

Albums Composer

Gondwana Voices – New Light New Hope (ABC Classics)

Sing NSW/Sirocco – Young Australian’s Voices of Achievement (ABC Classics)

Sirocco – Falling Leaf (ABC Classics – nominated for Aria award 1999)

Sirocco – Under the Southern Sky and Essential Elements

The Voices of Vinegar Hill – (NSW ministries for the Arts)

ABC Choir of the Year 2006 – Pemulwuy, Birralee Blokes (ABC Classics)

Young Voices of Melbourne – Journeys

Woden Valley Youth Choir – Ancient Cries (Songs from Australia)

Voices of Birralee – A world Full of Colour

Paul Jarman

Web www.pauljarman.com

Email jarms@idx.com.au

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