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Adrian Sherriff

Lecturer, Music - Higher Education

Adrian Sherriff is a performer, composer, teacher and multi-instrumentalist [brass, winds, percussion and voice]. His early experiences as the child of missionaries in West Papua led him towards a world view constructed from widely disparate cultural experiences; Ango-Australian home life, indigenous Dani stone-age tribal culture, American-Internationalist schooling and broader Indonesian cultural values. This cultural perspective has subsequently informed his ongoing development as an artist.

Adrian's musical foundation is in his study of; European classical, Afro-American jazz, South Indian classical, Japanese shakuhachi and Balinese gamelan music traditions. In each of these traditions, Adrian has studied and performed with master musicians of international calibre. Adrian has a Bachelors degree in trombone and flute from the Victorian College of the Arts with Honours from Monash University in South Indian classical percussion. His Masters Degree from Victorian College of the Arts is in Intercultural Music Performance. He has also been awarded a Graduate Diploma in Education (Music). Adrian has also studied and performed with musicians from Sumatran, Latin American, North Indian and African traditions. He is currently employed as a lecturer in music at NMIT.

Since 1995, Adrian has been a frequent performer at the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane arts festivals and regionally throughout the eastern seaboard and to Western Australia. Internationally, Adrian has performed throughout India, Indonesia, Singapore, Europe and in New York. His current performance projects include: Prrim, in collaboration with percussionist Tunji Beier and others; Byar, a Balinese gamelan quartet contracted with Musica Viva in Schools and working in collaboration with Balinese musician Made Sidia and a solo multi-instrumental realtime project. Adrian also leads Oynsemble Melbourne , a large improvising ensemble and Bone Clan a jazz trombone choir which has regularly been featured in various Melbourne festivals in recent years. He is a regular member of the Australian Art Orchestra and the Bennett's Lane Big Band among other groups. In January 2007, Adrian was appointed the musical director of the Australian Art Orchestra for a highly successful tour of India in conjunction with the Sruthi Laya ensemble.

Adrians recently completed commissions include a work for the Australian Art Orchestra with a quartet of South Indian soloists Trimurti and a folk opera The Butterfly Seer based on West Sumatra randai conventions. Previous works include the acclaimed Into the Fire for the Australian Art Orchestra, works for gamelan, scores for dance/theatre collaborations including Malache for the Arena Theatre Company with Tara Rajkumar and works for classical and jazz chamber ensembles.

Contact: +61 3 9269 8948