EDUCATION
Doctor of Music - University of Melbourne, 1989
Composition

Master of Music - Memphis State University, USA 1980
Composition, Theory, Film Music, Conducting, Electronic Music.
Principal Teacher - Donald Freund

Bachelor of Arts - Monash University, Melbourne 1976
History, Politics, Music, Economics

Postgraduate Diploma in Music Composition - University of Sydney 1981
Composition, Electronic Music, Theory. Composition - Peter Sculthorpe
Theory -
Electronic Music- Martin Wesley-Smith

Associate in Music (AMusTCL) - Trinity College, London 1981
Teacher's diploma - Theory, History, Teaching Music

VISITING FELLOW/PROFESSOR
1993 (January-May) - Visiting Fellow, Australia-New Zealand Studies Center, Pennsylvania State University, USA
1998 - Visiting Fellow - Civitella Ranieri Center, Italy (September)
Visiting Fellow - Rockefeller Center, Bellagio, Italy (November-December)

1999 - Visiting Professor - Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, USA (Spring Semester)
Visiting Composer - Huddersfield University School of Music (May)
2005 - Visiting Fellow - Ligurian Studies Center, Bogliasco, Italy (December)


COMMITTEES
1990-92 - Member, Composition Committee, Australia Council
1990-2006 - Member, Maggs Award Committee
1993-96 - Member of the ABC National Reading Panel
1994 - Member of the APRA Classical Music Advisory Committee
1994-97 - Elected Director, Australian Music Centre
1994-95 - Director, Chamber Made Opera
2001 - Chair, Judging Panel, Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize
2006 - Member MUDFEST Arts Festival Committee
2006-7 - Member Vic Arts Development Panel
2008 - Member Vic Arts Creation Panel

ADJUDICATOR
2001 - Royal South Street Eisteddfod (B & D Grade Brass Bands), Ballarat
2002
A Grade Adjudicator - Australian National Band Championships, Geelong;
Royal South Street Eisteddfod (Woodwind, Small Groups, Stage Bands, Concert Bands, Orchestras)
2004
Royal South Street Eisteddfod (Instrumental Duets, Small Instrumental Groups and Ensembles, School Orchestras);
Blue Lake Brass Band Festival (A & D Grades), Mt Gambier
2005 - Senior Adjudicator, Instrumental Section, Royal South Street Eisteddfod
2006 - Royal South Street Eisteddfod (Stage Bands, Concert Bands)
2007 - Adjudicator, Junior Trombone and Horn Solos, Australian National Band Championships, Melbourne
2008 -
May - Judge, Shakuhachi Chamber Music International Composition Competition
June - Adjudicator, Composition Section, Armidale Eisteddfod, NSW
September - Adjudicator, Royal South Street Eisteddfod (Woodwind, Small Groups, Stage Bands, Concert Bands, Orchestras)
2009
Adjudicator, Mildura Eisteddfod
Adjudicator, Musical Society of Victoria Composition Competition (April)
Member Arts Victoria Creation Panel (April)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
1984-88 Artistic Director of the New Audience Concerts, University of Melbourne. Responsible for all aspects of this contemporary music series.

COMPOSITION PROGRAMS
1994 - Tutor at National Orchestral Composers School, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Hobart
1998 - Coordinator of the Composition Program, Australian National Academy of Music
2002 - Tutor at Australian Composers Orchestral Forum, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Perth. Composers: Damian Barbeler, Freeman McGrath, Toby Wren, Mark Zadro, Chris Watson (NZ)
2003 - Tutor at Australian Composers Orchestral Forum, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Hobart. Composers: David Chisholm, Alicia Grant, Padma Newsome, Andrian Pertout, Daniel Salecich, jane Stanley
2004 - Tutor at Australian Composers Orchestral Forum, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Hobart. Composers: David Chisholm, Alicia Grant, Andrian Pertout, Adeline Wong (Malaysia), Anthony Young (NZ)
2007 - Head Mentor Cybec 21 Program, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Composers: Nicole Murphy, Paul Castles, James Rushford, Robert Dahm.
2008 - Head Mentor Cybec 21 Program, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Composers: Lorenzo Alvaro, Elias Constantopedos, Ben McDonald, Mark Wolf

CONDUCTORS OF MY MUSIC (include):
Okko Kamu, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Janos Furst, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yuzo Toyama, Jorge Mester, Evelino Pido, Carlo Rizzi, Oliver Knussen, Nicholas Braithwaite, John Hopkins, Patrick Thomas, Vanco Cavdarski, Richard Mills, Muhai Tang, Nicholas Cleobury, Vladimir Verbitsky, Vernon Handley, Nicolette Fraillon, Kevin Purcell, David Porceljn, David Miller, William Southgate, Yakov Kriesberg, John Nelson, Andrew Wheeler, Barrie Webb, Douglas Lawrence, Markus Stenz, Gerald Gentry, Benjamin Northey, Roland Peelman