Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1975, Andrew Chubb is a Newcastle based pianist, composer, violinist, violist, conductor and teacher. In 1999, he joined the staff of the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music where he has been a lecturer and teacher in Piano, Academic Studies (Harmony, Aural, Musicology and Orchestration), Violin, Viola, Composition and is the Director of the Music Craft Non-Tertiary course. He is also a conductor and currently works with the Hunter Strings ensembles at the Newcastle Conservatorium. Since 2001, he has been a part time teacher at the Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music.
He is a highly respected teacher in many fields and has taught many successful students from beginner to Tertiary and AMEB Diploma level and has student achievements including involvement with Youth Music Australia Programs such as Young Symphonists, National Music Camp, Sydney Sinfonia, Australian Youth Orchestra, Sydney Youth Orchestra and the SBS Youth Orchestra. Andrew Chubb has an Honours Degree in music performance / research from the University of Newcastle. He specialised in piano performance studying under Carmel Lutton OAM and research into the Piano Fantasias of Mozart with Dr Rosalind Halton. His research included a new competition / performing version for Mozart's unfinished 'Fantasia in D minor K.397'. He gained his Bachelor of Music Degree prior to that in 1998 majoring in both piano and viola, studying with Dr Deborah Lander in viola and Carmel Lutton OAM in piano and was a composition student in classes lectured by Nigel Butterley and Christian Heim. Before undertaking tertiary studies, he had already gained the L.Mus.A., L.T.C.L. and A.Mus.A. in piano and the A.Mus.A. in violin and later, viola.
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In recent years, Andrew Chubb has devoted time to composition and since 2004, has had works published by Publications by Wirripang (www.australiancomposers.com.au). He is currently working on various works including a set of 'Etudes' for piano, many smaller scale piano pieces for children. Recently, Andrew Chubb completed a collaboration project of images and music with Australian photographer Allan Chawner, featuring his most recent piano work; 'Meditation at Bar Beach'. This highly praised project was exhibited at the Newcastle Region Art Gallery.
Andrew Chubb also frequently plays the viola and violin in various chamber and orchestral concerts. He has often appeared as principal viola for orchestras such as the Hunter Sinfonia, Opera Hunter Orchestra, Lake Macquarie Orchestra, Newcastle Festival Opera Orchestra and the Eastern Sydney Chamber Orchestra. He appears as solo violist on Australian composer Christian Heim’s CD 'Prayer Dances' (‘Move’ label) in collaboration with the Sydney Chamber Choir and solo violinist in Australian composer Russell Thornton’s score for the recently produced short film; 'Touched by Fellini' and more recently in another short film scored for solo piano by Russell Thornton; 'Paul's Dream' in which Andrew Chubb is the solo pianist.
As a pianist, Andrew Chubb is interested in a variety of repertoire although he has taken a keen interest in performing minimalist piano works, especially those of the American composer Philip Glass. By 2006, it appears he was the first and only Australian pianist who had publicly performed the main cycle of published solo piano works by Glass. These highly successful concerts were given at the superlative Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall in 2002, 2003 and 2006. In July 2007, he gave the Australian premiere of the beautiful large-scale 75min solo piano work, 'The Book of Sounds', by the contemporary German composer, Hans Otte. In the same concert he also gave the world premiere of his own 'Meditation at Bar Beach'. In late 2007 he continued his all-Glass solo piano cycle with a solo concert recitals at the Newcastle City Hall and the Brisbane Conservatorium of Music in Queensland.
Andrew Chubb is one of the Directors on the board of newly formed Newcastle Festival Opera Company and is assisting the company in many ways including one of its prime objectives to provide further exciting opportunities for Newcastle based orchestral musicians.
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