Graham Wood (15 September 1971 – 19 July 2017) was an Australian jazz pianist and educator.
Career
Wood taught jazz piano at the
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
, Western Australia, in 2001, became head of the jazz department in 2005, and Program Director of Music in 2006.
He received a 2002 commission from the Fremantle International Jazz Festival to compose a one-hour work entitled "Joan".
In 2009, he opened the
Ellington Jazz Club in Perth. In its first year, the venue put on 520 shows and featured 2,586 musicians.
Wood was a PhD candidate at the
University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...
School of Music and completed his thesis in 2010 entitled "Factors affecting the performance wellness of jazz pianists in practice and performance". He presented two papers at the Performing Arts Medicine Association annual conference in Aspen, Colorado.
In 2013, Wood founded the
Perth International Jazz Festival.
Wood discovered he had
cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include abdominal pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. Light colored stoo ...
, a rare form of bile duct cancer, in 2013.
He underwent an operation the same year, which successfully removed the cancer from his bile ducts.
Wood died on 19 July 2017, at the age of 45.
Awards
West Australian Music Industry Awards
The
West Australian Music Industry Awards are annual awards celebrating achievements for Western Australian music. They commenced in 1985.
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Other sources
*Collins, Simon. ''The West Australian'', Perth, 21 May 2010.
*Banks, Ron. "The West Australian", Perth, 17 March 2009.
*Peterson, Sandra. "The Sunday Times Home Magazine", Perth, 30 May 2010.
*Gordon, Bob. "X-Press Magazine", Perth, 4 March 2010
*Appleby, Rosalind. "The West Australian", Perth, 9 August 2009
*John, Richard. "The Australian", Sydney, 29 January 2002
*Spencer, Doug. "ABC Radio National, The Weekend Planet"
*Blue, Eliza. "ABC News, Stateline Western Australian"
References
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1971 births
2017 deaths
Musicians from Perth, Western Australia
University of Western Australia alumni
Australian jazz pianists
Jazz fusion pianists
Deaths from cancer in Western Australia
Deaths from cholangiocarcinoma