Phone: 0404 665 772
E-mail petersullivan50@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
Diploma of Music - University of Melbourne (1972) Performance – piano and double bass
Diploma of Music - University of Melbourne (1972) Composition – supervisor Keith Humble
Master of Music - University of Melbourne (2002) Composition – supervisor Brenton Broadstock
Private Studies in conducting with Prof John Hopkins (2002-9)
AWARDS:
Penguin Award 1984 (Best Mini Series Theme)
Penguin Award 1986 (Best Mini Series Theme)
Penguin Award 1988 (Excellence in Music for the song Fly) Penguin Award 1990 (Best Mini Series Theme, The Magistrate) APRA Award 1991
Advance Australia Services to Music 1992
Australia Day Ambassador 1998-2011
Life Member - Australia Day Ambassador 2008
Variety Club Children’s Entertainer of the Year 2011
CAREER:
1988 commissioned to compose and conduct the song for the Australian Pavilion at 1998 Expo in Brisbane
The Two-Man Band - with Mike Brady – highest selling Australian single Up There Cazaly
Arranger and Producer - albums and CDs for many of Australia’s leading artists including:
Pseudo Echo, Little River Band, Mike Brady, Daryl Somers, Ricky May, Normie Rowe, The
Seekers, Colleen Hewitt, Dennis Walter, Franciscus Henri, John Farnham and the Aussie
Pops Orchestra.
Music Director at Channel 9 – shows included The Michael Crawford Special, Ernie and Denise, Pot of Gold, The Footy Show, In Melbourne Tonight, Alan Border Medal, Carols By Candlelight.
Music Director of the Peter Sullivan Big Band – performed at many major private, and corporate events and backing major international performers including Wayne Newton, Michael Crawford, Petula Clark, Kathryn Grayson, Chubby Checker, Barry Humphries, Paul Hogan, Kenny Rogers and in 1988 played at a reception during the visit of Price Charles and Lady Diana in 1988.
Conductor – of all types of ensembles for films TV, big band, the Classical Experience Orchestra at The Crown Showroom
TELEVISION CREDITS – Composer, arranger, conductor:
Man From Snowy River (3 series), Hinch, House Rules, The Magistrate, Half a World Away, Rose Against The Odds, Embassy, Chances, Law of the Land, Boys from the Bush, Boney, Half Way Around the Galaxy and Turn Left, The Bob Morrison Show, Ted Whitten Special, Pig’s Breakfast, Queens Kat, Carmel and St Jude, In Melbourne Tonight, Fear Factor, The Footy Show
FEATURE FILMS – Composer, arranger, conductor:
Pirate Movie, Humpty Dumpty Man, As Time Goes By, Breakaway, Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train, Nigel, Ground Zero, The Dish
SULLIVAN STUDIO - producer:
Recorded and produced many albums, CDs, commercials and commissioned works in fully equipped studio.
TEACHING:
Guest Lecturer at the University of Melbourne Composer In Residence at Brighton Grammar Director of SAM – Sullivan Academy of Music Private Teacher – piano, arranging, composition
TECHNOLOGY:
Specialist working knowledge of Fairlight, Pro Tools and Sibelius Notation Software and Word Processing.
Music Director at Channel 9 – shows included The Michael Crawford Special, Ernie and Denise, Pot of Gold, The Footy Show, In Melbourne Tonight, Alan Border Medal, Carols By Candlelight.
Music Director of the Peter Sullivan Big Band – performed at many major private, and corporate events and backing major international performers including Wayne Newton, Michael Crawford, Petula Clark, Kathryn Grayson, Chubby Checker, Barry Humphries, Paul Hogan, Kenny Rogers and in 1988 played at a reception during the visit of Price Charles and Lady Diana in 1988.
Conductor – of all types of ensembles for films TV, big band, the Classical Experience Orchestra at The Crown Showroom
TELEVISION CREDITS – Composer, arranger, conductor:
Man From Snowy River (3 series), Hinch, House Rules, The Magistrate, Half a World Away, Rose Against The Odds, Embassy, Chances, Law of the Land, Boys from the Bush, Boney, Half Way Around the Galaxy and Turn Left, The Bob Morrison Show, Ted Whitten Special, Pig’s Breakfast, Queens Kat, Carmel and St Jude, In Melbourne Tonight, Fear Factor, The Footy Show
FEATURE FILMS – Composer, arranger, conductor:
Pirate Movie, Humpty Dumpty Man, As Time Goes By, Breakaway, Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train, Nigel, Ground Zero, The Dish
SULLIVAN STUDIO - producer:
Recorded and produced many albums, CDs, commercials and commissioned works in fully equipped studio.
TEACHING:
Guest Lecturer at the University of Melbourne Composer In Residence at Brighton Grammar Director of SAM – Sullivan Academy of Music Private Teacher – piano, arranging, composition
TECHNOLOGY:
Specialist working knowledge of Fairlight, Pro Tools and Sibelius Notation Software and Word Processing.
