Curriculum Vitae

GLYN LEHMANN Composer - Songwriter - Musician www.glynlehmann.com [email protected]

Keyboard player, arranger and songwriter on new album by Australian band Sun Theory (2011)

Music producer, arranger and web design for Cool Rule...for writers a company that develops innovative workshops, apps and video resources for education and business. (2010 – present)

Vocal arranger for the production Little Green Tractor (2011)

Composer of ‘Heroes’ a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2010) - composing, arranging and recording songs for children’s choir and orchestra for the Primary Schools’ Festival of Music.

Sound Designer/Composer for State Theatre Company of South Australia production of Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy and Anna Goldsworthy, directed by Martin Laud Gray (Feb/March 2009) - composing, performing and producing a recording of music/soundscape for performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre

Composer/songwriter/audio production for a DVD promoting the Ethnic Schools of South Australia - composing, recording and syncing a song and background music(2008)

Songwriter for a Splash Theatre Company production The Beginner’s Guide To Pirates (2008)

Musician (keyboards) with the band Cow/Sun Theory (2006 – present) - performing live around Australia including the Apollo Bay Music Festival and on 3 studio recordings released on CD - more info on COW MySpace http://www.myspace.com/cowsounds

Composer/Arranger of songs commissioned for both the Western Australian School’s Choral Festival and the SA Primary School’s Music Festival. (2008)

Composer of ‘Have A Go’ a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2007) - composing, arranging and recording songs for children’s choir and orchestra based on the theme of sport.

Composer/Musical Director for Windmill Performing Arts production Cat, (2007-8) - composing songs and a soundscape for a live theatre production for children aged 12 months to 3 years.

Music Producer/Arranger for the documentary ‘Little Artists Big Dreams’ (2006) - arranging, editing and mixing music for a documentary to be screened at the Little Big Shots International Children’s Film Festival ( season)

Composer of ‘A Boy Called Wolfie’ a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2006) - composing, arranging and recording songs for children’s choir and orchestra to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.

Composer for the documentary ‘I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (2005) - composing, arranging and recording music for the film and television versions - World Premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival, produced by Hatchling Productions, directed by Cathy Henkel

Composer for ABC TV series Behind The News, For The Juniors, Count Us In, Music Moves, Take On Technology, Food For Thought, Being Me and Like It Is (1999-present). - writing songs, theme and incidental music for educational television - synchronizing music to video and providing a master recording to the producer for audio post production.

Composer/Sound Designer for Windmill Performing Arts production Afternoon of the Elves, directed by Linda Hartzel from the Seattle Children’s Theatre (2004) - composing and recording music and soundscape for live theatre performance in Adelaide and Seattle, USA.

Composer of ‘Dance Crazy!’ a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2004/5) - composing, arranging and recording songs for children’s choir and orchestra for the Primary Schools’ Festival of Music

Composer for ABC Asia/Pacific TV programs English Bites, Gallery/Museum Pieces and Living English (2001- present) - composing, performing and producing title music and underscore for international satellite broadcast. 2

Composer for State Theatre Company of South Australia production of Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker, directed by Kim Durban (Sept/Oct 2002) - composing, performing and producing a recording of music/soundscape for performances at The Dunstan Playhouse.

Arranger/Musical Director for World Shine On – A Global Odyssey a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society (2002) - co-ordinating and instructing songwriters from diverse cultural backgrounds - arranging songs into a song-cycle for children’s choir and orchestra.

Composer/Musical Director for The World Congress on Information Technology (2002) - writing, arranging and producing a song commissioned for the Opening Ceremony , performed for Bill Clinton and 2000 delegates and featuring Aboriginal performers, 250-voice Children’s Choir and members of the ASO. - composing a 10 minute dance piece performed by Leigh Warren and Dancers at the Gala Dinner.

Composer for ABC TV documentary series Salinity - Australia’s Silent Flood (2001) -composing, recording and producing title music and underscore for a 4-part series screened nationally in 2002.

Composer for State Theatre Company (SA) production of Art, written Yasmina Reza, directed by Chris Drummond (2001) - composing, performing and producing a recording of music/soundscape for performances at The Space

Musical Director, arranger and co-composer for a song-cycle commissioned by The SA Public Primary Schools Music Society and Patch Theatre Company - A Centenary of Federation funded project (2001) - co-ordinating and instructing songwriters from diverse cultural backgrounds - arranging songs into a song-cycle for children’s choir and orchestra, composing the title song We Are Home Here

Producer/arranger for an interactive CD-ROM entitled Cool English by Cool Rules Pty Ltd (2000) - arranging, transcribing and recording songs written specifically for the project - the CD-ROM has won a prestigious AIMIA (Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Award) as best export product.

Composer for ABC Radio production of Monologues For An Apocalypse (2000) - composing a musical soundscape for a nationally broadcast radio drama produced by Chris Williams.

Producer, arranger and music programmer for virtual reality cyber-band juju eyeballs (1997-present) - winners of radio TripleJ’s Unearthed Competition and featured at Womadelaide’s Wozone and The Big Day Out.

Composer for Patch Theatre Company production, A Giant Sleeps.(1998-1999). - composing and recording a soundscape for a puppetry production written and directed by Gilly McGinnes and Ken Evans.

Composer, orchestrator and producer for The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. (1997, 1998) - composer and orchestrator of ‘The Gift’ and ‘Australia’s Christmas Day’ for a recording by The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with The Borderers. - orchestrating, scoring and co-producing a recording and live performance of ‘Mars’, adapted from Holst’s The Planets by Michael Darren and performed by the A.S.O. - co-producer of a recording of the original Mars score conducted by David Stanhope and performed by the A.S.O.

Composer for Shout! Youth Theatre dance production Theif, Come Out 1997. - a collaboration with director Neil Scales and choreographer Jeanette Scales to produce a soundtrack of original youth- oriented music.

Songwriter, arranger and performer with Celtic band, The Borderers. (1994-1999) - arranger and composer of songs for three studio albums. - performances at Womadelaide 95 and 97, The Melbourne Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival and in Glasgow, Scotland.

Best Keyboard Player nominee at the South Australian Music Industry (SAMI) Awards. (1995,1997,1998)

Composer of Kookookachoo, a rock opera commissioned by Patch Theatre Company. (1995) - composer of songs and music in the style of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper era in collaboration with lyricist Dave Brown.

Founding member and multi-instrumentalist with rock band Seven Stories. (1985-1993) - two albums recorded for Sony Music, Judges and Bagmen (1990) and Everything You Want (1993) - promotional tour to Europe and North America. - extensive touring throughout Australia with Midnight Oil, INXS, The Black Sorrows, Deacon Blue and Hothouse Flowers.

Freelance French Horn player (1982-1989) - for Centre productions of Evita, The Sound of Music and The Sadlers Wells Ballet. - with The D.W. Waldorf Swing Orchestra, jazz big band.

B.A. (Performing Arts) - Music, Adelaide College of the Arts and Education. (1979)

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