Andrew Chubb (born 1975 in

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based

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

, composer, teacher, and lecturer. Since 1999, he has taught and lectured at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music,

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. As a pianist, Chubb has always taken interest in a variety of classical repertoire including performing contemporary

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piano works, especially those of the American composer

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. By 2006, he was the first and only Australian pianist who had publicly performed the main cycle of published solo piano works by Glass. These concerts were given at the Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall in 2002, 2003, 2006, and the Newcastle City Hall, the Brisbane Conservatorium of Music in 2007 and Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada in 2008. In 2007 he gave the Australian premiere of the large-scale 75min solo piano work, ''The Book of Sounds'', by the late German composer,

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and in the same concert on the Australian made Stuart & Sons piano the World Premiere of his own solo piano work, ''Meditation at Bar Beach''. In recent years, Andrew Chubb has devoted time to composition and since 2004, has had works published by Publications by Wirripang. In 2007, Andrew Chubb collaborated with Australian photographer Allan Chawner in a project of images and music entitled ''Bar Beach...Beyond the Sea'' which was exhibited at the Newcastle Region Art Gallery. This collaboration featured Chubb's solo piano work, ''Meditation at Bar Beach''. In October 2008, he toured Canada as pianist and composer including an exhibition of his collaborative work ''Bar Beach...Beyond the Sea'' at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada.
Performances of his compositions are heard throughout Australia, Canada and Europe.

References

External links

Andrew Chubb Official WebsitePublications by Wirripang

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chubb, Andrew 1975 births 21st-century classical composers Australian classical composers Australian classical pianists Australian male classical pianists Australian male classical composers Living people Musicians from Sydney 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Australian male musicians 21st-century Australian musicians