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• Person Tilsed, Allyne

  Allyne Tilsed, known always as Lyn, studied at the Sydney Conservatorium as a pianist with Lindley Evans and Nancy Salas, and as a flautist with Victor McMahon, becoming…

• Person James, Stephanie

  Stephanie St Clair James was born in 1913 in Northam to Cuthbert Roper and Elsie James. 1935 Finalists In Musical Festival Sections Further preliminaries in the eleventh Western…

• Person Post, Joseph

  Joseph Mozart Post (1906-1972), musician, was born on 10 April 1906 at Erskineville, Sydney, eldest child of native-born parents John Anthony Joseph Post, law clerk, and his wife…

• Person Dornan, Stephen

  Stephen Lloyd George Dornan was born in Perth in 1916.  He died on 25th April 2012 aged 95. 1933 The Resident Secretary of the Associated Board of the…

• Person Fiedler, Arthur

  Arthur Fiedler (born December 17, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died July 10, 1979, Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American conductor who was maestro of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 50…

• Person Meyer, John

  John Meyer is Allan Meyer's cousin and the editor of Marcia Harrison's book West Australian Symphony Orchestra Celebrating 75 Years, (WASO Holdings Pty Ltd, 2003). John Meyer graduated…

• Person Pope, Joan

  Dr Joan Pope, OAM.   West Australian Joan studied music, specialising in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, mime, dance, speech, drama, gaining BA, Dip Ed, (UWA): B Ed, M Ed (ECU) and…

• Person Black, Alec

  Alexander “Alec” Carl Black was born in January 1912 in Northam and had a brother Edward and sister Hilda who were both prominent pianists in Perth’s music scene.…

• Person Smalley, Roger

  A prominent and versatile figure in contemporary music, Roger Smalley AM was born near Manchester, England in 1943. He studied piano with Antony Hopkins and composition with Peter…

• Person Gosper, Chris

    1945 TONIGHT 7th DECEMBER at Fremantle R.S.L. Hall, South Terrace. Dancing 8 p.m. till 1 a.m. Supper Provided. Items by such well-known artists as Arthur Murray, ace…

• Person Grandage, Iain

  Iain Grandage composed Blackwood. Iain Grandage composes, conducts and performs. He has received the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, and the Ian Potter Emerging Composer Fellowship, and been…

• Person Roberts, Alex

  Alex is an Australian clarinettist based in the UK. He is currently Sub-Principal Clarinet with the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, and has worked with the most of the…

• Person Caporn, Sylvia

    1936 Dance In Honor Of Young Couple SOME 60 friends of Miss Phyllis Joyce and Mr. Robert Hagan gathered at the Carlton Club last Thursday evening to…

• Person Gosper, Ken

  Ken Gosper was an ex-Katanning lad.   1938 COMMUNITY CONCERT - FIRST OF 1938 SEASON. The first community concert of the season took place on Thursday night in…

• Person Chayter, Henry William “Rollo”

  "Rollo" Chayter was the father of Marcia Chayter, father-in-law of Jack Harrison and grandfather of Jody Harrison. CHAYTER from Cater = English - occupational name for the buyer…

• Person Clowes, Billy

  Blind from birth, much admired jazz pianist and piano accordion player, Billy Clowes, was born in 1930. Billy worked a great deal with Jack Harrison and was great…

• Person Riley, Jimmy

  Suburban Theatres Tonight - Ritz Mt Hawthorn – Reserves B7697 - A Night of Fun, Pep and Harmony MONSTER BIRTHDAY GALA NIGHT. On the stage: Jack Samuels (The…

• Person Beeson, Jimmy

  Jimmy Beeson was a jazz pianist who worked with both Ray and Jack Harrison. In 1950 Marcia Chayter took piano lessons with him. Jimmy Beeson also worked at…

• Person Harrison, Jay

  Jay Raymond Harrison was the first child of Jack and Marcia Harrison. The name Jay was inspired by the Alan Jay Lerner of the composition team Lerner and…

• Person Bluck, Harry

  Harry Bluck (1915–1991) by David J. Hough This article was published: in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 19 , 2021 online in 2015 Harry Bluck (1915-1991), musician,…