CV Paul Jarman

“Paul Jarman is a musician of tremendous vitality and infectious enthusiasm” Lyn Williams OAM – Director Sydney Children’s Choir & Gondwana Voices

Special Events

2023 World Premiere Cave of the Sleeping Lady Symphony
2023 SING Out Festival Mackay Guest Conductor
2023 Festival of Voices Guest Conductor, Song Writing, and MC/MD
2023 Sister’s Festival Canberra Grammar Guest Conductor & Composer
2023 Melbourne International Singers Festival Guest Conductor
2023 Madd Festival China Guest composer & conductor (Online)
2022 New England Sings Guest Conductor
2022 Festival of Voices Guest Conductor, Song Writing, and MC/MD
2022 Watu Choral Festival Adelaide Guest Conductor & Composer
2022 Eric Bogle Celebration Concert Orange Male Voice Choir
2021 Big Sing Mackay Guest Conductor
2021 St Mary’s Bishop Riley Memorial Concert Guest Conductor
2021 Centenary Concert for Tasmanian Public Education Guest composer & conductor
2021 Festival of Voices Guest Conductor, Song Writing, and MC/MD
2021 SEISA Music Festival Victoria Guest Conductor
2020 Festival of Voices Guest Conductor, Song Writing, and MC/MD
2020 Guest Conductor Hillcrest Choirs Annual Choral Camp
2020 Gondwana National Choral School Conductor
2019 Gondwana National Choral School Conductor
2019 National Orff Conference Guest Presenter
2019 Gunnedah Eisteddfod Adjudicator
2019 Mt Isa Eistedfodd Adjudicator
2019 Combined Anglican Schools Choral Festival Perth Guest Condcutor
2019 Moriah College Music Festival Guest Conductor
2019 Festival of Voices Guest Conductor and MC/MD
2019 Gondwana World Choral Festival Guest Conductor
2019 Mackay Big Sing guest Conductor
2019 Eric Bogle Tribute with Orange Male Voice Choir Guest Conductor
2018 Brisbane SingFest Conductor
2018 HICES Music Festival Conductor
2018 Festival of Voices Hobart Artist in residence
2018 Victorian Schools Music Festival Adjudicator
Mackay Big Sing Conductor
2018 World Premiere Conductor, MADD Festival Beijing
2018 Gondwana Voices Conductor
2017 Mackay and Dubbo Big Sing Conductor
2017 Festival of Voices Hobart Composer & Conductor in residence
2016 Gondwana Voices Conductor
2016 The Shenzhen Bay International Choral Festival Conductor
2016 Festival Of Voices Hobart Composer & Conductor in residence
2016 Mackay BIG SING Conductor
2016 Dubbo Choral Festival Conductor
2016 Centenary of the Battle of Fromelles Composer Hunter Singers
2016 New England Sings Composer & Conductor in Residence
2016 The Western Australian Anglican Schools Commission Concert Conductor
2016 The Orange Male Choir 90th Anniversary Guest Conductor
2015 Gondwana Voices Conductor
2015 New England Conservatorium HSC Music Gala Conductor/composer
2015 Mackay KMEIA Choral Festival Conductor
2015 Devonport Coastal Choral Festival Conductor
2015 Hobart TAS SINGS Conductor
2015 Mackay BIG SING Condcutor
2015 Dubbo Choral Festival Conductor
2015 Men of Song Male Voice Festival Conductor
2014 Gondwana Voices Conductor
2014 Rockhampton Choral Festival Composer/Conductor
2014 KMEIA National Conference Guest Composer
2014 Mackay Big Sing Composer/Conductor
2014 Pemulwuy Male Voice Festival Guest Conductor
2014 St Peter’s Sing Out Festival Guest Conductor
2013 Rockhampton Choral Festival Composer/Conductor
2013 Geelong Summer Music Camp Composer/Conductor
2013 Zoo Tunes Taronga Western Plains Zoo Composer/conductor
2012 London Olympics performance of ‘Pemulwuy’ Royal Festival Hall
2012/11/10 Kia Ora Music Festival Scone Composer/conductor
2012 Voice Fusion Gold Coast Arts Cntr with QLD Opera Composer/conductor
2012 The Townsville State Schools Music Festival Composer/Conductor
2011 One year Composer in Residence The Southport School
2011 The Tasmanian Northern Region Choral Festival Composer/Conductor
2011 The Song Room/Allan’s Music Key Note Speaker National Conferences
2010 Gondwana Voices 21^st Anniversary Guest artist/composer
2009 Gala Performance for President Barak Obama at the White House ‘Thank you Martin Luther King’ performed by the Boston City Singers, commissioned in 2008
2009 The Q150 Songbridge Composer in residence Townsville, Mackay, Yeppoon, Sandgate
2009/10/08/07 Composer/conductor/artist in residence Festival of Voices Hobart
2008 The Works Festival, Tasmania Composer, Musical Director
2007 FINA World Championships Melbourne Composer in residence
2006 Composer in Residence Australian National Choral Festival Hobart
2006 The 100^th Anniversary of Coffs Harbour Council Composed, co-coordinated & conducted commissioned work. Australian Classical Music Awards 2007
2005 MLC School Burwood Annual Concert Coordinator and musical director
2004 The Bicentenary of the Battle of Vinegar Hill Composer, co/coordinator
2003 The Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony Composed and performed ‘The Will to Climb’ Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Rugby World Choir
2003 The Deadly Awards – National Indigenous Culture and Sports Awards Musical Director/Conductor/Performer 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 Co-ordinator, co/composer and performer Sirocco, Mt Wellington Festival, Hobart
2002 Australian Rivers Forum Canberra Co/composer/performer
1999/2001/2002 Australia Day Sydney Composer and performer
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/performer Aerial Arts Circus

International Touring

2024 – China Composer in residence Dehong International School
2024 – China Composer in residence the International School of Beijing
2019 – China Composer in residence Dulwich College International
2018 – China Conductor/composer in residence and commissioned work international premiere Dulwich College, Beijing
2017 – China, Myanmar, South Korea & Singapore Artist in residence for the Diversity Festival Dulwich College International
2016 – China Conductor in residence, Shenzhen Bay Choral Festival
2016 – France Composer in residence, Hunter Singers, France, Centenary Battle Fromelles
2015 – China Composer in residence, Dulwich College Suzhou
2015 – France Composer research Fromelles commission, Hunter Singers
2014 – China Composer in residence, Dulwich College Suzhou
2012 – China Artist in residence the Southport School Cultural Sojourn Beijing
2010 – England, Germany, Austria & the Czech Republic Composer in residence Birralee Voices
2009 – Canada Composer in residence Rafiki Youth Choir
2008 – India Sirocco, Rajasthan Festival, DFAT
2007 – Canada Composer in residence SING NSW, Coastal Sounds Choral Festival Vancouver
2007 – New Zealand Composer in residence Boston City Singers tour
2007 – France & Belgium Composer in residence Hunter Singers – Western Front/Somme
2006 – The Philippines Sirocco with David Hudson (Didgeridoo) & Phil Geia (Torres Strait)
2006 – Singapore, Reunion Island & Norway Composer/performer William Yang Objects for Meditation
2005 – France, The Netherlands & Belgium William Yang Objects for Meditation
2005 – Fiji, Samoa & Tonga – Director, Platypus Ensemble feat. Albert David (Torres Strait), Bernadette Walong (T/I, Murri), Adam Hill (Koori) & Colin Offord. Music Viva/DFAT
2005 – USA Composer in residence Boston City Singers
2004 – Malaysia Sirocco Kuala Lumpur and Penang, DFAT/Musica VIva
2004 – Vietnam, Laos & Thailand Director, Platypus Ensemble, DFAT/Musica Viva
2004 – France & England Composer in residence Sing NSW 60^th Anniversary of D’DAY
2003 – Vietnam Duo with Adam Hill (Dunghatti artist & performer), Concerts in universities. Aus Consulate, Aus Council for the Arts
2003 – Vietnam & Laos Sirocco, Musica Viva/DFAT, 30 years relations Aus/Vietnam
2002 – France, England, Belgium, Italy & Switzerland Composer in residence Sydney Children’s Choir. Special performance 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 & Nepal Sirocco events, concerts, workshops MVA/DFAT
1996 – India Sirocco Austrade exhibition, collaborations, concerts DFAT/AUS/India Council

Sirocco Music

1996 – 2012 Performer & composer. Festivals, events, international/national tours, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Musica Viva, Austrade.

National Touring

Major Festivals

Sydney Fest 2005, Melbourne Arts Fest 2006 Brisbane River Fest 2001, Newcastle Millennium 2000, Brisbane Arts Fest 2006, Rahasjthan Festival India, Woodford (Qld) 97-2003, Port Fairy (Vic), Victor Harbour (SA), the National (ACT) 98 – 02, 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) ANCA (TAS, SA, QLD) KMIEA (NSW, VIC, SA) and events around the world.

Musica Viva Countrywide and Musica Viva in Schools

1996 – 2011 150 – 200 concerts in schools per year Australia wide
2004 – present Composer in the Classroom Australia wide

Commissions

2024

The International School of Beijing School Anthem
St Andrew’s Cathedral School Massed Finale work Speech Night
International Grammar School Sydney, School Anthem
Bendigo Youth Choir 40th Anniversary Work
Festival of Voices Tas Sings with TYO combined work
Orange Anglican Grammar School Anthem
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School Anthem
Wagga Rugby Choir Anthem
St Joseph’s Cloncurry School Anthem
The Beat Festival – three pieces

2023

The Moriah War Memorial College 80th Anniversary Anthem
Roseville College Tribute to Music Staff Concert work
The South Australian Primary School’s Music Festival song cycle – four pieces
The Madd Festival China, Dulwich College massed finale work
The Cave of the Sleeping Lady Choral Symphony commissioned by Sydney Grammar, St Mary’s Anglican Girls School & The Hale School
The Western Australian Massed Choral Festival, Finale Work
Good Samaritan College QLD School anthem
Kingswood College VIC, Inaugural Choral Series Finale Work
Festival of Voices Tas Sings with TYO combined work
The Beat Festival – three pieces

2022

QLD Eye Institute, Last Seen – A concert for sight, two pieces
Faith in the Future – Finale Work Centenary of Tasmanian Education
Sister’s Festival Canberra Girls Grammar Finale Work
The Hunter Singers Reverie
The Watu Choral Festival Adelaide – Finale Work
St Catherine’s Waverley Finale Work – new Arts and Innovation Centre
The Madd Festival Shanghai, China massed finale work
The QLD Anglican Schools Music Festival Massed Finale work
William Dean State School Anthem
Good Samaritan College QLD, School Anthem
The Beat Festival (three pieces)

2021

St Mary’s Anglican Girls School 125th Anthem Work
The King’s School PYP finale work
The Beat festival – three pieces

2020

Bunbury Men of Song end of year concert work
The Beat Festival Darwin – three pieces
Festival of Voices for TAS SINGS Finale Work

2019

The King’s School – PYP Choral work
Festival of Voices new Festival Anthem
Santa Sabina College 125th Anniversary concert work
Ivanhoe Girl’s Grammar – Speech Night Finale work
Sydney Grammar – Speech Night Finale work
Presbyterian Ladies’ College Croydon choral/orchestral work
The Beat Festival Darwin – three pieces
The Orange Male Voice Choir Eric Bogle Celebration Concerts

2018

The Cranbrook School Centenary – two choral works
St Monica’s College Cairns School anthem
Presbyterian Ladies’ College Croydon orchestral work
Brisbane Boy’s Grammar Anzac tour choral work
Dulwich College Beijing Madd Festival commissioned – symphony orchestra & choir
The Voices of Birralee choral work for Poppies and Poems
Gondwana Voices massed choral work for 2019 National Choral School & the 30th Anniversary
Western Australia Massed Choir Festival
The Beat Festival Darwin – four pieces

2017

The Cathedral School Townsville School Anthem
Dulwich College Suzhou choral work
Melbourne Singers of Gospel choral work
Newcastle Grammar School Anthem
The Collegiate School Hobart School Anthem
The Orange Male Choir Anthem
The Armidale School Anzac Anthem
Trinity College Perth choral work
The Beat Festival Darwin
Presbyterian Ladies’ College Croydon choral work

2016

Festival of Voices 150th Anniversary Hobart Town Hall
Crescendo Choir of Devonport – The Mountain Song Cycle final piece
St Kieran’s Mt Isa School Anthem
Bellingen Music Festival Finale
St Catherine’s Toorak Junior School Anthem
Ascham School anthem for new Science and Community Cntr
Xavier College Melbourne
Wesley College Melbourne 150th Anniversary Anthem
PLC Croydon IPSHA Conference
PLC Croydon Combined Chamber Orchestra
Dulwich College Suzhou Anniversary Song
MLC School Burwood Finale Anthem
New England Conservatorium New England Sings
Radford College Canberra new Anthem
Albert Park College School Anthem
The Kings School Anthem for PYP
The Beat Festival Darwin – three pieces

2015

St Andrews 130th Anniversary – Recognise Campaign
Sceggs Darlinghurst 120th Anniversary
Oxford University Press, 400th Anniversary Death of William Shakespeare
Victoria Welsh Male Choir
PLC Perth Centenary Anthem
Forth Primary School Anthem
Mount View High School Anthem
The Hunter Singers Centenary Fromelles
PLC Croydon – 2 pieces
Western Australia Primary Choral Festival
Santa Sabina College Dominican History
The Beat Festival Darwin – 4 pieces

2014

The South Australian Public Primary Schools Festival of Music – 4 pieces
Arts North NSW Department Education
The Aurora Festival
Crescendo Choir of Devonport – 4 pieces
Lowther Hall School for Girls
PLC Croydon
The King’s School Sydney
The Kodaly Music Educators Institute of Australia
Waitara School Anthem
International Grammar School Sydney – 3 pieces
The Beat Festival Darwin – 3 pieces

2013

Trinity Grammar Perth – 2 pieces
Sydney Grammar
St Marks School Anthem
Somerville House School anthem
Crescendo Choir Devonport
The Beat Festival Darwin – 6 pieces
The South Australian Public Primary Music Festival – 4 pieces
The Bunbury Men of Song
Taronga Western Plains Zoo – Zoo Tunes
The Bluebird Foundation Geelong
Presbyterian Ladies College Perth

2012

The Ascham School – 2 pieces
Caulfield Grammar Eureka Song Cycle – 3 pieces
The Geelong College Sesquicentenary School Anthem
Woden Valley Youth Choir
Melbourne High School
Sydney Grammar Chamber Choir
Hillcrest Christian College
The Beat Festival Darwin – 6 pieces
Emanuel School – 5 pieces

2011

Brisbane Girls Grammar
The Pemulwuy Male Voice Festival
Geelong College Sesquicentenary Teller of Stories – 3 piece Song Cycle
The town of Warren NSW Sesquicentenary town song
The Hunter Singers – 3 pieces
Combined Dubbo Schools Anthems

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
Sydney Grammar Chamber Choir
Aranda Primary, ACT

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

Leichhardt 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 Leichhardt 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)
Australia Day Darling Harbour Spectacular
The Centenary of Federations Sydney – 5 pieces

2000

Australia Day Darling Harbour Spectacular

Composer in Residence (Schools)

Sydney Grammar, Caulfield Grammar, Melbourne High School, Ascham School, Barker College, The Southport School, Dulwich College International, Newcastle Grammar, Ascham School, PLC Croydon, MLC Sydney, Wesley College, Barker College, Collegiate Hobart, The Emanuel School, Brisbane Grammar, Sydney Grammar, The Armidale School, St Marks Perth, MLC Burwood, Meriden School, Moriah, St Monica’s Cairns, Geelong College, St Hilda’s, MLC Melbourne, PLC Perth, All Saints Perth, Frenchville QLD, Citipoint College, Somerville House, St Virgil’s Hobart, Lowther Hall, King’s School, International Grammar School Sydney, Shen Wai International School Shenzhen, Tarremah Steiner, Southwood Boys, The Friends School, Scots College, St Laurence’s, Scotch College, St Kieran’s Mt Isa, Bellingen High, 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, All Saints Perth, St Stephens Duncraig, Redeemer Baptist, Queenwood Girls, Aranda, Hillcrest College, Trinity Perth, Dubbo West/South/High, Waitara School, Mount View High School, Xavier College Melbourne, Radford Canberra, Merewhether High School, St Catherine’s Toorak, Santa Sabina College, Albert Park College, Tintern Grammar.

Film Scores Composer

2024 – The Great White Whale Directed by Mike Dillon
2019 – Ocean to Sky Directed by Mike Dillon, Produced by Mike Dillon (for the Centenary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s birth)
2009 – A Little Bit Mongolian Directed by Mike Dillon, Produced by David Paradice (Best Film – Banff)
2007 – Everest, the Boy Who Dared Directed by Mike Dillon, Produced by Richard Harris

Film & Television Scores Performer

2016 – The Opposition Music by John Gray
2009/10/11 – 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

20012/13 – Samsara – Bluebird Foundation Artistic Director/composer
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
2000 – Olympic Arts Festival Ariel Art

Albums Composer

Birralee Blokes – Towards Infinity (ABC Classics)
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
Hunter Singers – Morning Tide
Men of Song – Men of Song

Paul Jarman

Sing the Journey