Popular Music

Luke Harrald is a composer, performer and new-media artist who is known for his groundbreaking work with improvisation and interactive computer music. Possessing a wide range of musical interests, Luke has played in a number of cover and original bands, spanning genres from ‘60s pop to death metal, written for film, and has been an important contributor to the Adelaide art music scene.

Luke has spoken on and performed his work widely throughout Australia, and internationally, including performances and artist talks in London, Paris and Montreal. Recent commissions include a radio play, a permanent immersive sound installation, two immersive sound and visual works.

Luke is currently the head of studies for the Popular Music and Creative Technologies program, and lectures in Sonic Arts. He is also an associate artist with the Australian Music Centre.

Grayson Rotumah’s career has been centred within Australian Indigenous Music for over 30 years. He has been active in the advocacy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music through focussed curatorial efforts that give voice to the diversity of a living, dynamic and evolving Indigenous tradition. 

For 25 of these years his role at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music has been one of significant influence on many new emerging Indigenous artists. He is currently working with new emerging artists Electric Fields, Emily Warramurra and Marlon X Rulla. 

Derek Pascoe has been a professional musician for over 50 years including regular TV, radio broadcasts and studio recordings across a range of genres. At the age of 17 he was a member of pop group Flintlock, who produced 5 albums and were featured weekly on UK national television including Top of the Pops and Tomorrow’s People.

Alongside a jazz saxophone career, Pascoe has composed and co-composed songs which have been recorded by numerous bands including the National Youth Jazz Orchestra UK, Bone Structure UK, and Lorraine Craig UK. Pascoe has played on recordings by Television Personalities UK, Jacqui Dankworth UK, Field of Blue UK, The Yearlings AUS and the Shaolin Afronauts AUS.

In 2014 Pascoe completed a recording of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milkwood accompanied by his own original compositions. Pascoe has recently composed original music for his band She Gave Him Oleander AUS comprised of musicians Lauren Henderson, John Aue and Chris Martin all of whom are associated with The Elder Conservatorium of Music.

Currently, Pascoe is working on an 18 CD box set of improvised music with pianist Chris Martin based on James Joyce’s 1922 novel, Ulysses.