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Percussionist, composer, and conductor David Pye talks of his early family life and memories; schooling and early music experiences/training; learning percussion and joining school orchestra; John Seal (percussionist); early musical influences and orchestral percussion experiences; Victorian Time Machine (Victorian College of the Arts); experimental music and improvisation; avant-garde music in Melbourne music scene; alternative performance techniques; influence of minimalism; moving to Perth and early music experiences/impressions; WASO - Western Australia Symphony Orchestra; West Australian Percussion Ensemble - Paul tanner and Amanda Dean; WASO touring WA counrty regions; ABC - Australian Broadcasting Commission; WAAPA and UWA - teaching timpani students; Frank Callaway; New Music- Perth 1980's; funding for musicians; Nova Ensemble; Cathie Travers; Perth Arts Scene 1990's; EVOS; Tos Mahoney, Ross Bolleter - Festival of Improvised Music; Magnetic Pig; Lindsay Vickery; Terminal Velocity Tours; Chrissie Parrot Dance; collaborative environment with other art forms (theatre, dance, puppetry); Musica Viva - Mark Cain - building instruments and wokshops - Trash; school programs and touring - Junkelan; exploring Indonesian musical structures; exploring and writing- Gilgamesh Project (Drummers of Gilgamesh)- collaboration with Indonesian/Indian dancers/designers; Mandolin Orchestra of WA; Fremantle Symphony Orchestra ( audio excerpts- Fantasy for Clarinet and Orchestra and New Norcia Textures); Robert Shultz; Lee Buddle; New Norcia Textures - Dominic Perissinotto (organist); Northcliffe Sculpture Trail - Cicadian Rhythms (2006) - audio excerpts ; Defying Gravity; moving away from traditional structure; environmental recordings and using elements of environment - Karakamia Suite, Ducks of Dusk; new technology and experimental music; technology and lo-fi combination; linking notated music and improvised music; 2003- Awarded Instrumental Work of the Year -Drummers Gilgamesh; Perth New Music Scene this decade and current developments.
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- Musicians -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
- Composers -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
- Conductors (Music) -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
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