Damian Griffin
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Damian Griffin (b. 1982) has a passion for choral music, enriched through associations with the Sydney University Musical, Madrigal and Musical Theatre Societies while he completed an honours degree in Science (Advanced Mathematics). He further developed his education in composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and was a recipient of the Doris Burnett Ford Scholarship in 2005.
Several of Damian’s works were performed in 2008 at concerts run by the Sydney Eclectic Composers’ Society; many of these reflected his quirky view that contemporary music need not be painfully serious all of the time. He has enjoyed composing for and assisting Sounds Fine, the youth choir of Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium, and has also found copying and transcription work a productive outlet for his analytical, perfectionist streak.
When not obsessing over things magical and fantastical, Damian wholeheartedly loves his role as Director of Music (and mathematics tutor) for St John’s College within the University of Sydney. He has gained much satisfaction over the past decade working with its dedicated choristers and through hearing the College’s musical voice grow and flourish.
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