Bradley Millard
Lecturer In Music, Musician, Composer
New Farm
Summary
Dynamic lecturer with a strong background in delivering engaging and comprehensive educational experiences. Recognized for creating valuable course materials that foster a stimulating learning environment, enhancing student engagement and retention. Expertise in curriculum development and mentorship consistently contributes to student success and academic excellence. Committed to inspiring learners through innovative teaching strategies and a passion for knowledge sharing.
Overview
46
46
years of professional experience
Work History
Examiner, Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
01.1991 - Current
- Duties/achievements
- Examiner of woodwind, especially clarinet and saxophone (all levels)
- Saxophone for Leisure (SFL) syllabus writer (AMEB Federal level appointment); Consultant Editor for SFL publication (2007)
- Contemporary Popular Music Advisory Committee member (Queensland)
- Queensland Advisory Committee to the Australian Music Examinations Board:
- Higher Education representative (2019-2020)
- Examiners’ Representative – (2003-2004; 2005-2006)
Lecturer in Music, Study Area Coordinator, Music, Creative Industries Faculty
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
01.1991 - 01.2023
- Teaching and Learning
- Instrumental - Principal clarinet and saxophone teacher; Multi-instrumental woodwind teacher; Creative practice mentor; Masterclasses in classical music performance, jazz, improvisation; performance seminars
- Undergraduate subjects - Musicianship, Arranging and Orchestration, Aural Musicianship, Jazz & Popular Musicianship
- Postgraduate subjects - Music Textures (Orchestration), Materials of Music (Arranging)
- Conducting/Directing - Director QUT Big Band (28 yrs); Conductor West Side Story, They Shoot Horses Don’t They
- Coordination and Leadership
- Study Area Coordinator (Course Coordinator) - 12 years
- Project Manager: QUT Music public showcase 15-18 years 2005-6 - major organisational undertakings requiring a high level of responsibility for overall planning, organisation, liaising and artistic direction: venue location/hire, appointing artists, management of students, staff and professional production team, marketing staff and school liaison officers.
- Project Manager – Interdisciplinary festivals with QUT Dance, Drama and Technical Production departments
- Unit (subject) Coordinator - Units in Principal Study, Creative Performer, Includes all QUT’s BMUs degree Creative Studio (practical) units of study (2011-current). Involves coordinating all undergraduate students, full time academic and technical services staff and sessional staff, Creative Performer units (2012-2015); Principal and Second Study units (1997-2006); Coordinator of academic units of study such as Jazz and Popular Music, Conducting, Arranging, Multi-Instrumental Music
- Study Area Coordinator- QUT Music (course coordinator)- 160 students and associated staff (2008-2013)
- Music Performance Strand (2003-2009; 2000-03; 1993-97) - planning, organisation, communication with and overall responsibility for the coordination of the program and students, appointment of all staff, both full-time and more than 20 sessional staff.
- Ensembles Program (2003-2008). More than 20 ensembles including wind symphony, big band, string ensemble, choirs, jazz ensembles, pop ensembles, electronic and new media ensembles, student-lead ensemble, student-lead ensembles.
- Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies, Creative Industries Faculty (various periods)
- Acting Head of QUT Music & Sound (various periods)
- Postgraduate supervision and assessment of PhD and Master of Music students/projects
- Ensemble Conducting/Directing and Event/Tour Coordination – Director/Conductor of QUT Big Band since its inception in 1994 until it ceased in that form in 2009. QUT Big Band achievements include the following:
- Organised (solely) and undertook a number of very successful big band tours, including to Singapore, throughout Qld and South-East Qld on many occasions, Sydney and regional NSW
- Performances at Qld Performing Arts Centre, including a sold-out performance with James Morrison (1995)
- Performances at a number of important festivals, include the Brisbane Festival of Music, Noosa Jazz Festival, Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Festival
- Producer of CD entitled “Who Got the Stuff?” - included original music composed by students
- Composer and Musical Director for Interdisciplinary and Multimedia collaborations at QUT, including
- Musical Director - Fireshaker for big band and 4 laptop musicians/DJs in 2009 Showcase performance
- Musical Director and project coordination for the official opening of QUT’s new Creative Arts building
- Musical Director for Waiting for Andrea, which could be described as a modern and advanced ‘silent movie’, the score for which is presented live, written and composed by Brad Millard for big band, choir, synthesiser ensemble and string quartet, all of which accompany a short film (2008)
- Musical director/Composer for Mesh in Escape (2006) – a multi-media collaboration between soloists, choir, big band, string quartet and keyboard ensemble
- Two Dance Grad showcases, in collaboration with Shaaron Boughen (1995, 1994)
- Chamber music coach, director and supervisor
- Director of Jazz Ensemble program at QUT.
Teacher, conductor, workshop presenter and arranger
Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Brisbane Boys’ College, The Southport School, St Hilda’s School, Private practice
01.1980 - 01.1990
- Duties/achievements
- Secondary and primary school levels and advanced private students - clarinet and saxophone teacher (individual/group); big band and concert band conductor; director and arranger for chamber music ensembles; ensembles section tutor
Education
Master of Arts (Research) - Pedagogy for the developing clarinettist
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
01.2007
Bachelor of Music - Instrumental
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
01.1983
Licentiate in Music Australia (LMusA) - Performance
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
01.1983
Licentiate Trinity College London (LTCL) - Performance
Trinity College of Music, London
01.1986
Associate in Music, Australia (with Distinction) - Performance
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
01.1980
Skills
- Course material creation
- Lecture development and online lectures
- Academic publication
- Discussion facilitation
- Student counseling
- Research and analysis
- Public speaking
Accomplishments
- Educational consultant, Musician, Musical director, Adjudicator, Publications
- Educational consultant
- Artist in Residence engagement - West Island School, Hong Kong (June 2007), Clinician for clarinet, saxophone, big band, jazz, conduction, ensemble and individual performance at leading private and public Qld high schools, Creative Generation (Ed Qld), MOST (Ed Qld), Fanfare (Ed Qld), Qld Music Teachers Association, Australian Band & Orchestral Directors Association, Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB), Queensland Clarinet and Saxophone Society, Singapore Ministry of Education
- Saxophone clinician at Single Reed workshops in Townsville, Queensland (2006)
- Professional Freelance Musician
- Clarinet and saxophone with the Queensland Symphony, Queensland Philharmonic, Queensland Pops, Melbourne Philharmonic orchestras (1981 – 1995)
- Lead (Principal) player in Australian national touring musical theatre productions including Les Miserables, 42nd Street, The King and I, Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, West Side Story, South Pacific, Me and My Girl, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hot Shoe Shuffle, The Wizard of Oz, Hello Dolly, Sweeney Todd
- Lead player in New Zealand national touring production of Evita (1992)
- Multi-instrumental musician in support bands for leading Australian and international acts including Tom Jones, Peter Allen, Shirley Bassey, Lou Rawls, Elaine Paige, Tim Rice, Billy May, James Morrison, Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Tommy Tycho, Ricky May, Grace Knight, Karen Knowles, The Four Kinsmen
- Recording industry session player (1981-94)
- Founding member of Queensland Saxophone Quartet (1993) – tour of Queensland in 1995 (Qld Arts Council Grant).
- Professional Musical Director
- Musical Director for grand opening of $100 million Creative Industries Precinct building, Z9, QUT (2016). Involved collaborating with Kate Miller-Heidke, Carita Farrer, Naomi Price, Deep Blue Orchestra, professional freelance musicians, and students from university, school (Kelvin Grove State College/QACI) and community groups (2016)
- Musical Director/conductor - recording of Chicago (1995) – Queensland Touring Theatre Company
- Big Band Rossini (1993) – Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music with leading UK composer Mike Westbrook
- Brad Millard Big Band (1990 – 97).
- Adjudicator
- Adjudicator throughout Queensland for eisteddfods and competitions including Fanfare (Education Qld), Qld Clarinet and Saxophone Society on numerous occasions, Brisbane Eisteddfod, Gold Coast Eisteddfod, Sunshine Coast Eisteddfod (three times), Qld Festival of Music (numerous times), Toowoomba Eisteddfod and others
- Adjudicator for Melbourne Festival of Bands (2007).
Awards
Prizes, National finalist in Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Young Performers Competition, performing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in the Perth Concert Hall (1984), Dulcie Robertson Prize for Chamber Music (1983), Basil Jones Prize for solo performance (1982).
Publications (book chapter)
- Carfoot, Gavin & Millard, Brad (2019) Popular music education: Institutions, innovation and tradition. In M. Smith, G. D. Smith, & P. Kirkman (Eds.), The Bloomsbury handbook of popular music education: Perspectives and practices. Bloomsbury Academic, United Kingdom, pp. 59-72.
- Carfoot, Gavin, Millard, Brad, Bennett, Samantha, & Allan, Christopher (2017) Parallel, series, and integrated: Models of tertiary popular music education. In Moir, Z, Smith, G D, Brennan, M, Kirkman, P & Rambarran, S (Eds.) The Routledge research companion to popular music education. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 139-150.
- Millard, Brad. (2019) BrassBeat for 2 voices, horn section, drums, bass, guitar and electronics
- Millard, Brad. (2008). “Important Occasion.” In Australian Music Examinations Board Clarinet Grade 1 Series 3. Melbourne, Australia. All Music Publishing
- Millard, Brad. (2008). “Liquorice Stick.” In Australian Music Examinations Board Clarinet Grade 2 Series 3. Melbourne, Australia. All Music Publishing
- Millard, Brad. (2008). “Strange Goings On.” In Australian Music Examinations Board Clarinet Grade 3 Series 3. Melbourne, Australia. All Music Publishing
- Millard, Brad. (2008). “Foofaaw.” In Australian Music Examinations Board Clarinet Grade 4 Series 3. Melbourne, Australia. All Music Publishing
- Millard, Brad. (2008). “2 Cool 4 Skool.” In Australian Music Examinations Board Alto Saxophone Grade 4 Series 2. Melbourne, Australia. All Music Publishing
- Millard, Brad. (2008). “2 Cool 4 Skool.” In Australian Music Examinations Board Tenor Saxophone Grad 4 Series 2. Melbourne, Australia. All Music Publishing
- Millard, Brad. (2008). Clarimania – a collection of ten kooky clarinet tunes. Brisbane, Australia. Snazzy Music. (self-published)
- Millard, Brad. (2006). Six Silly Songs for Sax. Brisbane, Australia. Snazzy Music. (self-published)
- Works for concert band, big band, popular songs, chamber music, in a diverse range of genres (self-published).
- Millard, B. (1999). Jazz Improvisation for Classical Musicians. Australian Music Teacher. Vol 7 No 2. pp28–31
- Millard, B. (1998). Jazz Improvisation for Classical Musicians. Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Magazine. Vol 1 No 3. September 1998. pp17–19
- Millard, B. (1998). Jazz Improvisation for Classical Musicians. Australian Trombone Education Magazine. Issue 52. 1998 pp12–15
- Millard, B. (1999). Jazz Improvisation for Classical Musicians. Keynotes – Queensland Flute Guild Newsletter. December 1998/January 1999. pp 11-16.
- Thomas, A. and Millard, B. 2006. Towards enhancing student learning and examiner reliability with criterion-referenced assessment in the creative arts: the case of music. Evaluations and Assessment Conference at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia.
Timeline
Examiner, Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
01.1991 - Current
Lecturer in Music, Study Area Coordinator, Music, Creative Industries Faculty
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
01.1991 - 01.2023
Teacher, conductor, workshop presenter and arranger
Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Brisbane Boys’ College, The Southport School, St Hilda’s School, Private practice
01.1980 - 01.1990
Bachelor of Music - Instrumental
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Master of Arts (Research) - Pedagogy for the developing clarinettist
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Licentiate in Music Australia (LMusA) - Performance
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
Licentiate Trinity College London (LTCL) - Performance
Trinity College of Music, London
Associate in Music, Australia (with Distinction) - Performance
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)