Graham Barry Hair (born 1943) is an Australian composer, music scholar and retired academic. He was educated at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

, graduating with a

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degree in 1964 and a

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degree three years later. He then completed a

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at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

, which was awarded in 1973. Hair worked at

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College of Advanced Education between 1973 and 1975, before being appointed to a

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La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...

in 1976. In 1980, he became Head of the School of Composition at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, where he remained until 1990, when he was appointed

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at the

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. There he became the director of the Scottish Voices ensemble in 1991. He retired from the chair in 2001. Since retirement Hair has focused on composition, and has stated that he completed more works since 2008 than all of his previous career. He has also been working on a book, ''The Scottish Voices Reader''. A CD of his piano music, performed by Martin Jones, was released by

Lyrita Lyrita is a British classical music record label, specializing in the works of British composers.Lewis Foreman. ''Recording British Music'' (2024), ch. 17, pp. 223-233 Lyrita began releasing LPs in October 1959 as Lyrita Recorded Edition for ...

in 2024. It includes the ''Transcendental Concert Studies'' (1997) and Book 1 of the ''Rococo Fantasies''.''Graham Hair: Piano Music'', Lyrita SRCD 436 (2024)
review by Martyn Strachan, British Music Society
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hair, Graham Living people 1943 births Australian musicologists Australian composers University of Melbourne alumni Alumni of the University of Sheffield Academic staff of La Trobe University Academics of the University of Glasgow Winners of the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award