 Robert
Gavin
Honorary Secretary
Public Officer
Robert joined MAGA (Victorian Division) when he was 13 years old
as a Copyist. He transferred his membership (and added Arranger
membership) to NSW, when he moved to Sydney in 1982.
He holds a B.Mus (Hons) from Melbourne Conservatorium and is a
Fellow of the Royal College of Music (London) in composition and
conducting.
Robert is one of Australia's leading musical directors and conductors
in music theatre. His career spans from the musical direction of
Robyn Archer's A STAR IS TORN, PIRATES, CANDIDE, Jeannie Lewis'
PIAF - The Songs And The Story, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, ANYTHING GOES,
BUDDY - The Buddy Holly Story through to conductor for BIG RIVER,
JERRY'S GIRLS, THE KING AND I, CHESS and INTO THE WOODS as well
as Musical Supervisor and Orchestrator for ONCE IN A BLUE A MOON
for ABC Television with the Melbourne Symphony. His pre-eminence
in orchestration has led to award-winning tracks for Marina Prior's
LEADING LADY and ASPECTS OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, Anthony Warlow's
ON THE BOARDS and Jane Rutter's APASSIONADA. He has been Composer-In-Residence
for both Melbourne and Nimrod Theatre Companies and written over
200 scores for repertory theatre.
More recently Robert has been Music Director for the Australian
Film Industry Awards, I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - The Dusty Springfield
Story, PIAF with Caroline O'Connor, Production Music Supervisor
for BUDDY - The Musical and as Music Director, Helpmann Award and
Green Room Award nominee for ALWAYS PATSY CLINE with Deborah Conway
and HOT SHOE SHUFFLE.
Currently Robert is Musical Director for the award winning musical ALTAR BOYZ, touring nationally from June 2008.
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