I was gazing at my meditation picture and a poem emerged in the moment and music followed.

Transient Bones – improvised poem
transient bones – 

burn

			and ashes
			
			seep through

			the floor – 




linger

and burn –

Transient Bones

I try to write rich, intense, rewarding, expressive music reflecting my various music theory and performance interests as well as love of nature, literature and my explorations in aesthetics and East Asian culture and spirituality.

I am a composer, percussionist and co-artistic director of the composer-performer collective Sideband as well as member of the experimental improvisation project 'Mind on Fire'. I began serious musical studies with a focus on xylophone and percussion, later developing an interest in composition, and improvisation. I also have a strong interest in non-Western music, and have undertaken study in Javanese Gamelan and Tabla, as well as studying jazz, resulting in a broad and highly individual compositional and performance style.
I have written for a wide range of music ensembles, from symphony orchestra to solo piano, with a my focus being chamber music incorporating voice and improvisation-based music in which I perform on vibraphone. My focus is on experimentation with rhythmic and formal elements, and microtonal harmony as well as incorporating developments in atonal theory. 
My music has been commissioned or performed by a range of ensembles and soloists, including Daniel Herscovitch, Luminescence, Sideband, the Song Company, Ensemble Offspring, members of Elision, Western Australia Symphony Orchestra New Music Ensemble under Roger Smalley, Australian Piano Quartet, Kerry Yong, Jihyeon Lim, conductor Barry Webb, and the Sydney Conservatorium Percussion Ensemble. A number of works have been recorded for broadcast by the ABC.
As a percussionist I have performed in a variety of ensembles, with a focus on participating in performances of his own music. Recently, the focus has increasingly been on performing, as a member of Sideband and in Mind on Fire, an improvisation-based project with my brother, Sam Gill.

I taught composition and music theory for fifteen years at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2000 to 2015), and occasionally engaged in casual lecturing up to 2020.
Further information about my ideas can be found in my writings, such as: www.sideband.com.au/zen-music-gill.html
www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/…-on-fire
www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/…uestions


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Sideband is a contemporary music collective founded by composers Peter McNamara, Brad Gill and Tristan Coelho.  The aim of the group is to develop and support the music of young and established Australian composers and composers with a strong Australian affiliation. Sideband have, and continue to collaborate with a close circle of outstanding local and international performers including Alicia Crossley, Claire Edwardes, Brad Gill, Nicole Thomson, Ben Carey, Kerry Yong, Jane Duncan, Julia Ryder and Anthony Clarke.

In 2014 the group released its debut CD and presented workshops and concerts with Sydney Conservatorium students and guest performers. Sideband is currently planning their second CD with new compositions currently in development as well as projects for 2015 and beyond.

Transient Bones

Brad Gill Music