David Basden

Composer - The Birds premiered by LEC at Beyond Bach, Italian Forum Cultural Centre, 2010; Ave Maria, Moorambilla Fanfare and Processional, both premiered by LEC at the Moorambilla Festival, 2010

David Basden has been involved in the Sydney music scene for 30 years, variously as a tuba- and electric bass-player, arranger, composer and producer.

He has had extensive involvement with the Midday Show, Musica Viva in Schools, and Monica

and the Moochers. He co-wrote many of Monica Trapaga's children's songs, and was recipient of the 1993 APRA Children's Song of the Year award. He has performed and recorded with Mike Nock's 10-piece Big Small Band, and played here and in the U.S. with the 1920s-style New Wolverine Jazz Orchestra.

David now concentrates solely on composition. Recent pieces include:
• The NGA Fanfare (2010) - commissioned for the opening of the National Gallery of Australia extensions.
• The Waverley Fanfare (2009) - written for Paul Goodchild, to celebrate the Waverley Bondi Beach Band's 50th anniversary.
• various settings, for solo voice or choir, of poetry by John Donne, William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, Edward Lear, A.E. Housman, and the ever-popular Anonymous.

Read more about David at: Australian Music Centre and National Library of Australia catalogue.