30/7/2024
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM AEST

Join us as Graham Lloyd provides us an insight to his approach to arranging for brass band and the techniques and considerations he applies when arranging.
Graham will also shows some recent scores and there will be a Q & A session at the end. 

Date: Tuesday 30th July
Tim: 7.30pm AEST
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About Graham Lloyd

Graham Lloyd’s early music interests saw him learning violin and cello at Secondary School after which he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1972 (at 15 years of age) as an Apprentice Musician studying the clarinet. His first arrangement was for the string quartet he played in. In his own words: “the arrangement was rubbish, but I had no idea why.” His 2^nd arrangement was the Theme from Hogan’s Heroes for concert band. The one and only time it was performed he was absent and so never heard it but was told it was great. The learning for him following this incident, was to listen to what you write at all costs.
 
Upon graduation from the Australian Army School of Music he received the Boosey and Hawkes prize for instrumental proficiency. Over the next few years postings as a performer followed to Army bands in Adelaide and Wagga Wagga, and two postings to the Army School of Music as a clarinet and theory instructor. During these postings he spent much time developing his writing skills for Concert Band given he had a professional ensemble at his disposal on a daily basis.
 
In 1982, he began his three-year Student Bandmaster Course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham, London. Among the prizes he received on completion of the course were: The Besson Cup and Medal for gaining the highest marks on the course; The Somerville Prize for best concert band arrangement; and the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians Trophy and Silver Medal for the best overall student of the course. He returned to Australia in Dec 1985 and was posted as the Second in Command of the Army Band in Perth followed by another posting to the now Australian Defence Force School of Music as the Senior Instructor teaching advanced Arranging, Harmony and Conducting to various higher-level promotion courses held at the School.
 
In 1989, a posting as the Second in Command of the 3rd Military District Band in Melbourne was soon followed by an interservice transfer to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as Director of Music, and Commanding Officer of RAAF Central Band. During this time, he arranged some 200 works for RAAF Central Band across many genres and completed his master’s in music composition at Melbourne University. In Feb 2004, he accepted the position of Officer Commanding/Chief Instructor at the Defence Force School of Music and subsequently transferred back to the Army. In this position he was again responsible for teaching Army and Navy musicians advanced music subjects including Arranging, Harmony and Conducting.
 
Since retiring from the Defence Force in 2010 Graham spends his time composing and arranging music for ensembles across Australia and overseas. He’s been fortunate to arrange numerous charts for the Melb Aussie Pops Orchestra and nearly 100 arrangements/selections for the Queensland Pops Orchestra and choir. Added to this list are numerous arrangements for Orchestra, Concert Bands, Brass Bands and even Show Bands. Graham is still teaching advanced arranging at the Defence Force School of Music (a fun job that he’s held since retiring over 14 years ago).
 
As a composer, major highlights include the honour of composing a major work, Circumnavigation, for the Royal Australian Navy’s 110 Anniversary Concert. The 15-minute composition was written for large Concert Band and Choir. His Fanfare for Freedom opened the 2001 Bells and Brass concert. He was also the first Australian Composer to have written the test pieces for every Concert Band section (A Grade through D Grade in both Open and Junior sections-eight works in all) in the 2012 Australian National Band Contest held in Melbourne that year. Additionally, he has composed numerous works for concert and brass bands across Australia. His major composition for Symphonic Wind Band, Through a Soldier’s Eyes, won 2^nd place in the inaugural Singapore Wind Band Composition competition in 2018.
 
In his spare time, and, with his wife, Angie, he assists in looking after their two properties along with numerous horses, cows, and chickens in the Yarra Valley and Flowerdale, Victoria. Time permitting, he constructs plastic models…just for fun.
 


 

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