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| Gary Wain (1958) is a composer, percussionist, conductor and teacher. Gary Wain, who grew up in New Zealand, was the most outstanding composition student in his year at Auckland University, winnning the Michael Joseph Savage prize amongst other awards. During his time as a composition undergraduate he began to study performance percussion, and in his final recital played his own marimba concerto with the university orchestra. After graduating Master of Music (Composition) in 1982, he spent several years continuing his studies in percussion, first in London and then with Peter Prommel at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, before moving to Australia in 1987 to take up the post of principal percussionist in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held ever since. Throughout this time he has also been active as a recitalist and teacher, and he has taught percussion and composition at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music since 1988. A large part of Wain’s composition output has been for or inclusive of percussion, and it includes major works aimed specifically at enriching the repertoire for percussion. Whilst sometimes technically challenging, his music has invariably proved interesting and rewarding to both player and audience. |
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