Portfolio Careers in the Music Industry. Australian Musicians Interviewed (eBook)

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Musicology - Miscellaneous, Griffith University (Queensland Conservatorium of Music), course: Bachelor of Music, language: English, abstract: The three musicians interviewed each follow a portfolio career, which combines performing, accompanying, teaching, lecturing, composing and working in ensembles. This report examines these musicians’ careers to prove the validity of a portfolio career in the twenty-first Century by exploring the advantages and disadvantages of this pathway. The Director of Music for the Australia Council for the Arts, Paul Mason, defines a successful musician as someone who can “put themselves in new circumstances and new partnerships” (Tolmie, 2017).

Jeff Usher is Jazz pianist (Nu Orleans Bar and Restaurant), University lecturer (Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University), composer and teacher. Victoria Bilogan is a concert pianist, accompanist (University of Melbourne, teacher, chamber music tutor (Scotch College) and is a member of a duo (Morbius Duo) and a trio (Mobius Trio). Daniel Allen is a secondary relief teacher (Padua College), performer (Little Black Dots Music), Music Coordinator (St Agatha Parish), Band Sergeant (Brisbane Excelsior Band) and Client Services Officer (Ladbrokes Australia) (LinkedIn, 2017).