London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Rambert Dance CompanyAustralian violinist, conductor, and teacher. Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, in 1928.
He was made concert master, and later conductor of the
Rambert Dance Company. He moved with the company to New Zealand and then to London, England. There he played with the
London Symphony Orchestra, the
London Philharmonic Orchestra and the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He returned to Australia in 1953 and played with the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra and the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In 1961, he became leader and later deputy conductor of the
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. In 1965, he became concertmaster of the
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), and later assistant conductor. After he left the MSO, he taught at the Canberra School Of Music for the next two decades.
In 1977, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).