Peter Farnan is a composer, sound designer, musical director and guitarist from
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia. He is one of the founding members of the band
Boom Crash Opera
Boom Crash Opera are an Australian pop rock band formed in late 1984. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance and Peter Farnan, the band was later joined by Dale Ryder (vocals), Peter 'Maz' Maslen (drums) and Greg ...
and the 1980s pop rock band
Serious Young Insects. He currently produces music under the moniker 'Pesky Bones'.
Peter has collaborated with artists including
Paul Kelly,
Megan Washington
Megan Alexanda Washington (born 7 January 1986) is an Australian musician, songwriter and voice actor who has worked mononymously as Washington. Originally performing jazz music, her style shifted to indie pop and alternative rock. She has re ...
,
Rebecca Barnard
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,
Charles Jenkins and
Tim Rogers.
Theatre and film credits
*
Melbourne Theatre Company
The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre com ...
– Scoring for ''Rockabye'', ''Moonlight and Magnolias'', ''All My Sons'', ''The Clean House'', ''Ray’s Tempest'', ''Take Me Out'', ''Three Days Of Rain'', ''Cheech'', ''Boy Gets Girl'' and ''Hitchcock Blonde'' (the latter two receiving nominations for
Green Room Awards
The Green Room Awards are Australian peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre companies, independent theatre, musical theatre, contemporary and experimental performance, and opera. The awards, which were established in ...
).
*
Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of The Malthouse building in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct. In the 1980s it was known as the Playbox Theatre Company and was housed in the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne's CBD ...
– ''
Woyzeck
''Woyzeck'' () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil F ...
'' (sound designer/ musical director/ additional composition), ''
Tartuffe
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...
'' (composer/sound designer) and ''Sleeping Beauty'' (musical director), for which he received a nomination for a
Helpmann Award
The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001.
The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical theatre ...
.
*''The Boy Castaways''
*''
The Sapphires'' – musical director and occasional performer
References
External links
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Living people
Musicians from Melbourne
Year of birth missing (living people)