Who Is Graham Lloyd?
Graham Lloyd, MMus (Melb), ARCM, LTCL, AMus A
Graham Lloyd’s early music interests saw him learning violin and cello at Secondary School after which he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1972 as an Apprentice Musician studying the clarinet. Graduating from the Army Apprentices School in 1973 he received the Boosey and Hawkes prize for instrumental proficiency. In 1976 he was detached to the Army School of Music, as a clarinet and theory instructor. The same year, he was posted to the Band of the First Recruit Training Battalion at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, followed in 1977 by a further posting to the Army School of Music as an instructor where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and later Staff Sergeant.
In 1982, he began his Student Bandmaster Course at the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall, London. Among the prizes he received on completion of the course were: the Besson Cup and Medal for gaining the highest marks in the Ministry of Defence Examinations; the Somerville Prize for best concert band arrangement and the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians Trophy and Silver Medal for the best overall student of the course. He returned to Australia late in 1985 and was promoted to Lieutenant and appointed as the Second in Command/Deputy Music Director of the Band of the 5th Military District, Perth, Western Australia.
In September 1987, he was posted to the now Defence Force School of Music in Macleod, Victoria, and was subsequently promoted to Captain. In this position he was responsible for the training and instruction of all Army and Navy musician enlistees.
Additional duties included the teaching of advanced arranging techniques and harmony to the various promotion courses, in particular, the Band Officers Course.
In 1989, Graham was posted as the Second in Command/Deputy Music Director of the 3rd Military District Band in Melbourne, Victoria. Later that same year he accepted the position of Director of Music, Royal Australian Air Force and Commanding Officer of the then RAAF Central Band and, soon after, was promoted to Squadron Leader. In 1997, he was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Air Force Bands. In 2000, he was posted to RAAF Training Command, in charge of Air Force music policy and the future direction of Air Force bands.
Feb 2004, Graham accepted the position of Officer Commanding/Chief Instructor at the Defence Force School of Music and transferred back to the Army with the rank of Major.
Graham’s main music interests are composing, arranging, teaching and conducting. His Concert Band work, Prelude for a Festival, won the 1988 Yamaha Composer of the Year award. Additionally, he has arranged and composed over 500 works for Concert Bands, Brass Bands and orchestras for every possible occasion from major concerts in the Opera House to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney in 2005. He completed his Masters in music composition at Melbourne University in 1999. Graham has been published by Barnhouse Publications in the US, De Haske in Europe and Muso’s Media in Australia. In 2009 Graham completed his long awaited book "Understanding Intonation for Musicians not Mathematicians"
As a conductor, major highlights include: Guest Conductor of the 70 piece United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. in 1993; conducting the RAAF Band at the 1995 Royal Tournament in London; and conductor of the Federation Bells and Brass Concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne in Nov, 2001. The Bells and Brass concert featured over 500 performers including the four top A-Grade Brass Bands in Victoria and was the final concert for the Melbourne International Music Festival celebrating 100 years since Federation.
Graham is regularly called upon to adjudicate state and National community band festivals, eisteddfods, solo and small group contests and to lecture on various music subjects including arranging, composition and conducting. He lectures at various music institutions including Melbourne University’s Music Faculty. Graham is now concentrating on advancing music knowledge by presenting training seminars and workshops across Australia and overseas for music educators and ensemble directors.
In his spare time he arranges for bands and orchestras and even finds time to write compositions for concert bands
Graham Lloyd’s early music interests saw him learning violin and cello at Secondary School after which he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1972 as an Apprentice Musician studying the clarinet. Graduating from the Army Apprentices School in 1973 he received the Boosey and Hawkes prize for instrumental proficiency. In 1976 he was detached to the Army School of Music, as a clarinet and theory instructor. The same year, he was posted to the Band of the First Recruit Training Battalion at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, followed in 1977 by a further posting to the Army School of Music as an instructor where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and later Staff Sergeant.
In 1982, he began his Student Bandmaster Course at the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall, London. Among the prizes he received on completion of the course were: the Besson Cup and Medal for gaining the highest marks in the Ministry of Defence Examinations; the Somerville Prize for best concert band arrangement and the coveted Worshipful Company of Musicians Trophy and Silver Medal for the best overall student of the course. He returned to Australia late in 1985 and was promoted to Lieutenant and appointed as the Second in Command/Deputy Music Director of the Band of the 5th Military District, Perth, Western Australia.
In September 1987, he was posted to the now Defence Force School of Music in Macleod, Victoria, and was subsequently promoted to Captain. In this position he was responsible for the training and instruction of all Army and Navy musician enlistees.
Additional duties included the teaching of advanced arranging techniques and harmony to the various promotion courses, in particular, the Band Officers Course.
In 1989, Graham was posted as the Second in Command/Deputy Music Director of the 3rd Military District Band in Melbourne, Victoria. Later that same year he accepted the position of Director of Music, Royal Australian Air Force and Commanding Officer of the then RAAF Central Band and, soon after, was promoted to Squadron Leader. In 1997, he was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Air Force Bands. In 2000, he was posted to RAAF Training Command, in charge of Air Force music policy and the future direction of Air Force bands.
Feb 2004, Graham accepted the position of Officer Commanding/Chief Instructor at the Defence Force School of Music and transferred back to the Army with the rank of Major.
Graham’s main music interests are composing, arranging, teaching and conducting. His Concert Band work, Prelude for a Festival, won the 1988 Yamaha Composer of the Year award. Additionally, he has arranged and composed over 500 works for Concert Bands, Brass Bands and orchestras for every possible occasion from major concerts in the Opera House to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney in 2005. He completed his Masters in music composition at Melbourne University in 1999. Graham has been published by Barnhouse Publications in the US, De Haske in Europe and Muso’s Media in Australia. In 2009 Graham completed his long awaited book "Understanding Intonation for Musicians not Mathematicians"
As a conductor, major highlights include: Guest Conductor of the 70 piece United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. in 1993; conducting the RAAF Band at the 1995 Royal Tournament in London; and conductor of the Federation Bells and Brass Concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne in Nov, 2001. The Bells and Brass concert featured over 500 performers including the four top A-Grade Brass Bands in Victoria and was the final concert for the Melbourne International Music Festival celebrating 100 years since Federation.
Graham is regularly called upon to adjudicate state and National community band festivals, eisteddfods, solo and small group contests and to lecture on various music subjects including arranging, composition and conducting. He lectures at various music institutions including Melbourne University’s Music Faculty. Graham is now concentrating on advancing music knowledge by presenting training seminars and workshops across Australia and overseas for music educators and ensemble directors.
In his spare time he arranges for bands and orchestras and even finds time to write compositions for concert bands
Listen to Graham's recently Composed Work commissioned by the Australian Navy Band
the video shows the work in it's first performance "Live to air" at the ABC Studios Sydney
