Strengths
and Personal qualities
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- Demonstrated
high-level ability to provide effective leadership;
utilise entrepreneurial skills;
and
achieve
outcomes to realise vision.
- A record of
substantial managerial, administrative and
project-management experience including in a tertiary
context.
- Demonstrated
high-level expertise in tertiary music teaching; research
and music composition; and community music.
- An ability to
relate well to colleagues and a willingness to foster
collaborative and cross-disciplinary
activities.
Specific
abilities:
- In tertiary,
vocational and community music
sectors&endash;particular expertise in tertiary and
vocational and education training (VET) course
development, articulation and
implementation.
- As
distinguished composer with international
standing.
- In industrial
relations and workplace agreements in a musical
setting.
- Demonstrated
in broad musical sympathies that encompass vigorous
championing of tertiary, vocational and community
music education and training.
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- Personal
qualities:
- Dynamic,
creative and resourceful Big Picture
management style.
- Creative
thinker and outstanding analytical and problem-solving
skills.
- Outward
personality and exceptional communication, negotiation
and interpersonal skills.
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Employment
History
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1998-;
University of Wollongong (UOW) and Wollongong
Conservatorium of Music Ltd (WCM), Australia.
1987-;97
University of New England, Australia.
1979-;87
Various freelance and casual.
1966-;79
Postmaster General's Department (PMG)/Telecom Australia,
Adelaide, Australia.
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Education
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1994-;9
Faculty of Creative Arts, UOW
- Enrolled as
Doctor of Creative Arts candidate.
Suspended.
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1985 Postgraduate
Corsi di perfezionamento in Composition,
Italy
- Città
di Castello, with Salvatore Sciarrino; Accademia
Musicale Pescarese, Pescara, with Franco
Donatoni.
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1983 The Elder
Conservatorium of Music, The University of
Adelaide
- Bachelor of
Music, majoring in Composition.
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1982 Federation
of Australian Music Teachers Association (FAMTA).
- Accredited
Private Music Teacher.
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1980 Department
of Further Education SA (DFE)
- Member of
Institute of Music Teachers (MIMT) and Certificate in
Music (Instrumental Teaching).
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1971 Postmaster
Generals Department (PMG), Adelaide,
Australia
- Telecommunication
Technician Certificate.
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1965 Gilles
Plains High School, Adelaide, SA.
- Intermediate
Certificate.
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Professional
experience (selection)
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1998-;
University of Wollongong (UOW) and Wollongong
Conservatorium of Music Ltd (WCM), Australia
- Associate
Professor at UOW and Director/CEO of WCM responsible
for: (1) comprehensive executive & administrative
duties, industrial relations, and financial control of
company; (2) pedagogic and artistic leadership to
staff (approximately 60 part-time teachers and 10
administrative staff); (3) development of strategic
planning, funding initiatives, internal reviews, media
communications, community and political
representation; (4) negotiations/collaborations with
external bodies including senior executives of
Regional and State Government agencies; and (5)
development, implementation and programming of
Information Technology and Management Information
systems.
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1995-;7
University of New England, Australia
- Head of Music
Department: supervised eight full-time academic, up to
15 part-time academic and four general staff; 40
internal undergraduate and 120 external undergraduate
students, and approximately 20 postgraduate
students.
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1987-;97
University of New England, Australia
- Senior
Lecturer/Lecturer: joint-coordinator of undergraduate
Composition, including BMus(Hons); supervision of a
range of postgraduate degree students including MLitt,
MMus (Hons) and PhD; commissioned by national and
international ensembles/musicians; departmental
administrative duties; active in university and
professional fora including role as Sub-Dean of Music
and being a strong advocate of creative arts as
research.
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1979-;87
Various
- Casual
Lecturer/Tutor, Arts Project Officer, Music Copyist,
Event Curator, Music Teacher.
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1965-;79
Lead guitarist with various leading Adelaide bands
including Coloured Rain, Brass Buckle and
Gamble.
- 2nd
place in Hoadleys Battle of the Sounds
(1969); interstate tours; appeared in state and
national TV pop shows, including Melbourne ATVOs
Up-Tight and
NSW-9s
Move; frequent reviews/interviews in national
magazine Go-Set; and released three
singles on SUNSHINE and PEPPER labels.
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1966-;79
Postmaster Generals Department (PMG)/Telecom
Australia, Adelaide, Australia
- Telecommunications
Technical Officer & Technician: responsible for
team upgrading ARX Crossbar Country Exchanges and
fault-finding; and maintenance of Telecom
communications equipment including Step-by-Step,
Rotary and ARF Crossbar Telephone Exchanges in
metropolitan Adelaide, involving establishing
independent initiatives for maintenance schedules and
fault-finding.
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Awards
& Honorifics (selection)
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1999 Hon John
Aquilina Acknowledgment of Service to Public Education in
NSW, NSW Department of Education and Training
(DET).
1994 Composer
Profile, one-hour interview/profile by Charles
Southwood broadcast on national radio,
ABC-FM.
1994 Doppio
Teatro (Adelaide multi-cultural theatre company)
jointly awarded the Sidney Myers Performing Arts
prize, specifically in recognition of La Madonna
Emigrante&endash;music composed by
Pompili.
1993 La
Madonna Emigrante selected as finalist in the Drama
Section, New York International Radio
Festival.
1990 Adolf
Spivakovsky Scholarship for the Composition of
Music.
1990 New Music
Series' Composer Portrait Concert in my honour,
Toronto, Canada.
1989 Polymnia
Triptych: Elegia (1981-;6) selected by the
Australian Jury of the International Society for
Contemporary Music as a submission for the 1990 World
Music Days.
1989 Finalist in
the International Composition Competition (Miami,
Florida).
1988 Awarded full
representation at the Australian Music
Centre.
1984 Italian
Government Scholarship to study with Franco Donatoni and
Salvatore Sciarrino.
1983 The Alex
Burnard Scholarship (Composition), The University of
Adelaide.
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Selected
Creative Works and publications (selection)
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Six most influential
publications are (see CV for details and complete listing
including research activities):
2000 The Last
Child
flight of the swallows
(2000)mixed-media/electro-acoustic opera. Duration c.53'.
Premiered and critically-acclaimed at 2000 Telstra
Adelaide Festival and 11th Sydney Spring
Festival.
1994 Ah, amore
che se n'andò nell'aria! (1991-;4)
for clarinet/bass clarinet (Bb), viola and
violoncello. Duration c.24'.
1992
Zeitfluß (Teuflischer Kontrapunkt)
(1985-;92) for wind quintet. Duration
c.18'.
1992 La
Madonna Emigrante (1987-;1992) a
musico-dramatic composition that exists in a number of
formats. Duration c.60'.
1991 Citlalin
Tlamina (1985-;86; rev 1991) for flute,
clarinet, violin and violoncello. Duration
c.13'.
1990 Lo spazio
stellato si riflette in suoni
(1990) for
baroque flute and percussion. Duration c.26'.
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Additional
professional activities (selection)
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2000 Prepared
extensive research report submission on WCM to Dalton
Review of Non-Tertiary Music Education Program, NSW DET,
Sydney.
2000 Member of
two delegations to the Minister for Education and
Training, Hon J Aquilina (one as Director/CEO of the WCM
and other as Executive of the Association of Regional
Conservatorium Music Centres (ARCMC) to the Dalton Review
of Non-Tertiary Music Education on funding of Regional
Conservatorium Music Centres), Sydney.
1999-2000
Executive director of ARCMC responsible for research,
submissions and negotiations on major issues in NSW
pre-tertiary music education eg the Goods and Services
Tax (GST); the Ralph Report on music teachers/hobbyists;
and the Dalton Review of the Non-Tertiary Music, NSW
DET.
1987-;
External assessor for postgraduate theses and Australian
Research Council (ARC) assessments. In 2000, completed
assessments for two ARC Large Grants and two ARC
Fellowships.
1999 Member,
External Review Committee considering Suzuki Talent
Education Association of Australia's teacher training
courses, Certificate Levels III, IV and Diploma in Suzuki
Talent Education, Sydney.
1999 Chair, TAFE
External Review Committee considering Certificate Level
IV Music Management and Diploma of Music Business
(International), Sydney.
1998-9 Researched
and prepared submission of new BMus course between WCM
and Faculty of Creative Arts, UoW.
1996 Member of
NACHTMUS Executive Committee delegation to Department of
Employment, Education and Training and Youth Affairs
(DEETYA) and meetings with Senators Robert Hill and
Richard Alston for consideration of the Relative Funding
and the Research Models with regard to tertiary music
activities, Canberra.
1996-;7
Consultations, report submissions and delegations
concerning casual music teachers awards to Personnel
Services, UNE, National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU),
Australian Higher Education Industrial Association
(AHEIA) and the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).
Represented UNE at IRC hearings, Sydney.
1995-7 Principal
architect and prepared submission of new BMus course,
Faculty of Arts and Academic Board, UNE.
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Professional
memberships (selection)
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2000-;
Association of Regional Conservatoria and Music Centres
NSW (ARCMC)
- Elected
Treasurer, Executive Committee.
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1995-;6
National Council of Heads of Tertiary Music Institutions
(NACHTMUS), and the 'Research' and 'Melbourne National
Academy of Music' Working Parties.
- Elected member
of Executive Committee.
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1990-;
Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd
(APRA)
- Elected Writer
Full Member.
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1989-;
Member of The Musicological Society of Australia
(MSA).
1989-;
Member of Australian Computer Music Association
(ACMA).
1988-;
Member of Fellowship of Australian Composers
(FAC).
1987-;
Member of Music Arrangers' Guild of Australia
(MAGA).
1987-; The
Australian Music Centre (AMC)
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1980-;
Member of Institute of Music Teachers (Australia)
(MIMT).
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Teaching
(summary)
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As of 2000: 15 years
at tertiary (university), two years at TAFE, three years at
Music Conservatorium level, two years at secondary
levels.
Taught and supervised
under- and post-graduate tertiary music, including Master
and doctoral programs. See CV for details of teaching
activities.
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Languages
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- Italian native
speaker.
- FilemakerPro
database application script programming
language.
- HTML and Perl
programming languages.
- Pascal
programming language.
- XPL programming
language (a derivative of Pascal).
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Community
activities (selection)
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1998-;
Patron of Music Illawarra.
- 1998-;2000
Member of various Wollongong City Council (WCC)
committees including Viva La Gong Festival and
Small Grants Assessments.
- 1988-;95
Founding President of The Dish Association Self-Help
Scheme for SBS and ABC-FM. Community project,
Armidale.
- 1987 Adelaide
Italian Festival sub-committee of Co-ordina ting Italian
Committee Inc (CIC).
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Referees
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