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David Miller (Australian musician)

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David G. Miller
Birth nameDavid Graham Miller
Born1943
Nyah West, Victoria, Australia

David Graham Miller AM [1] is an Australian collaborative pianist. Along with Geoffrey Collins he was nominated for the 1990 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album for their album Flute Australia Volume 2 (2MBS-FM). He performed on the first full recording of Boojum by Peter and Martin Wesley-Smith with Sydney Philharmonia motet choir.[2] With baritone Michael Halliwell, Miller released Soldier, Soldier: The Barrack-Room Ballads Of Rudyard Kipling (ArtWorks, 2001).[3] In 2013, Miller recorded Echo: the songs of Horace Keats for ABC Classics with soprano Wendy Dixon, baritone John Pringle and violinist Marina Marsden, performing the songs of the Australian composer Horace Keats.[4] He continues to regularly record for Wirripang Records and perform with Charisma and Grevillea ensembles.

David G. Miller was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 1995 for "service to music, particularly as a piano accompanist".[5]

Disocography

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Albums

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List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Flute Australia
(with Geoffrey Collins)
  • Released: 1983
  • Format: LP
  • Label: MBS Records (MBS6)
Flute Australia Volume 2
(with Geoffrey Collins)
  • Released: 1988
  • Format: LP, CD, Cassette
  • Label: MBS Records (MBS 13CD)
Where No Shadows Fall
(with Robert Allworth)
  • Released: 1988
  • Format: LP, CD, Cassette
  • Label: Jade Records (JAD LP1004)
Liszt Songs
(with Lauris Elms)
  • Released: 1989
  • Format: LP, CD, Cassette
  • Label: MBS Records (MBS 17)
Back From Oblivion
(with Nick Byrne)
  • Released: 2008
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Melba Recordings (MR 301111)
Boojum! - nonsense, truth and Lewis Carroll: a musical by Martin Wesley-Smith and Peter Wesley-Smith
(with Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, John Grundy (conductor), Michael Askill (percussion) and guest soloists)
  • Published by Vox Australis [VAST 010-2] — 2 CDs (112 min.)
  • Recorded in Studio A, EMI, Sydney, 1991.
Soldier, Soldier The Barrack-Room Ballads Of Rudyard Kipling
(with Michael Halliwell)
  • Label: Artworks – AW028
  • Released: 2001
Echo: the songs of Horace Keats
with Wendy Dixon (soprano), John Pringle (baritone) and Marina Marsden (violin)
  • Label: ABC Music
  • Released: 2002


Awards and nominations

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ARIA Music Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1990 Flute Australia Volume 2 (with Geoffrey Collins) Best Classical Album Nominated [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ "CD: Boojum! : nonsense, truth and Lewis Carroll, a musical / by Martin Wesley-Smith and Peter Wesley-Smith. : Product : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ Michael Halliwell – Soldier, Soldier The Barrack-Room Ballads Of Rudyard Kipling (2001, CD), retrieved 7 June 2021
  4. ^ "Echo: the songs of Horace Keats". ABC Music. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "David Graham Miller". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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