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David Worrall
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Freelance experimental composer and artist
working in sound sculpture and immersive polymedia as well as traditional instrumental
composition. He performs and exhibits internationally.
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David Worrall (b. 1954, Australia) studied music composition
at the Universities of Sydney and Adelaide with Peter Sculthorpe, Ross Edwards, Richard
Meale and Tristram Cary. David has won various composition and research awards. He
joined the Faculty of Music at Melbourne University in 1979 where he taught twentieth-century
music composition techniques and orchestration as well as undertaking research in
computer music. In 1981 He designed and taught the first first undergraduate course
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In 1986 he was appointed Director of the Electronic
Music Studios at the Canberra School of Music. He established and became the Foundation
Head of the Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology (ACAT) at the Australian
National University in 1989, a position he held for over a decade. During that time
he established the first Australian postgraduate degrees in the electronic arts.
David has held positions as artist-in-residence and visiting fellow in universities
in Australia, UK, France, Spain and the USA. He was a founding member of the Music Council of Australia and the Electronic Music Foundation
and the elected President of the Australasian Computer Music Association
1997-2000.
In addition to his artistic activities, David designs and builds portable multimedia event spaces and maintains trading and teaching interests in technical analysis and trading
of the capital markets. |
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Chairman Dave visits the Great Wall of China
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