Topology Announces their 2020 Brisbane Creative Boot Camp

Topology are proud to announce that their annual Creative Boot Camp – Brisbane is back in 2020 and introduce the camp’s high calibre artist educators.

Topology’s Creative Boot Camp – Brisbane will be held at Indooroopilly’s St Peters Lutheran College, Performing Arts Centre, from Wednesday September 30 to Sunday October 4, 9:00am to 3:00pm daily. Online registrations close this Sunday 13 September, 2020.

Now in its fourth year, Topology’s Creative Bootcamp – Brisbane is a five-day intensive music program offering emerging composers the opportunity to unleash their full creative potential through hands-on workshops and one-on-one tutorials with Topology’s instructors, who represent various areas of creative expertise. Over the five days, each Bootcamp participant will be guided through the composition process and will come away with a recording of their own original work.

“What’s really gorgeous about this camp is that we get students as young as 12 all the way through to more mature learners which adds a fantastic vibrancy to the camp. It just shows the relevance I think across the board to learn these skills - no matter where you’re at in that pathway. It’s less focussed on instrumental excellence and much more focussed on creating a distinctive voice and creating your own artistry. What is so unique about this camp is that we get to perform the students’ works alongside them, which I think is really thrilling.” - Louise King (Returning Guest artist educator)

Emma Dean

Christian Gante

Louise King

John Babbage

Dr. Robert Davidson

Dr. Grant Collins

Introducing the Artists and Educators

Emma Dean (Singer, Songwriter), who is currently performing during the Brisbane Festival, brings a wealth of creative storytelling knowledge to the Bootcamp and will show participants how to summon creativity instead of waiting for inspiration to strike. Emma loves to write theatrical pop songs about love and the human spirit. She has performed in North America, Germany, Costa Rica and all over Australia, and has released over ten independent original albums.Emma has performed with Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, Placebo, Macy Gray, Jinkx Monsoon, Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls, as well as playing lead roles in theatre shows such as Cabaret and The Tempest. Her original show ‘Imaginarium’ was performed on Off-Broadway and she has been listed as ‘one of ten artists to watch’ by The New York Post after featuring on the US specialty radio charts alongside PJ Harvey and REM.

Christian Gante (Piano) returns to Topology Creative Bootcamp to share his insight on how to prepare your musical parts and get the best performance out of your musicians. Each week, Christian plays for nine choirs in Brisbane! Having appeared on Channel 7 and 10 as a youngster for his pianistic achievements, Christian currently works with just as many high schools during a school week assisting their music departments in music tutoring, soloist accompanying, congregation singing and from time to time as an audio-visual technician. Christian has written a number of instrumental and choral works.

Louise King (Cello) is a portfolio musician, recording and concert artist, Teaching Artist, active chamber musician, examiner, conductor, music director and adjudicator. She has extensive international training and professional performing and teaching experience. Louise is a multi-award and competition-winning graduate of the Royal Colleges of Music in London and Manchester, and has worked extensively throughout the UK, Europe and Asia with the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and on faculty at the Royal Northern College of Music and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

John Babbage (Saxophone/Composition) is a founding member of Topology and Co-Artistic Director of Topology. John studied saxophone at the Queensland Conservatorium Of Music, graduating with a Diploma in Jazz in 1987. He has been performing and teaching for over 30 years, has toured Australia, Europe, the US, Canada, India, Singapore and Indonesia, released 16 albums by Australian and international composers, and his compositions have been played on radio and television worldwide.

Dr Robert Davidson (Bassist/Composition) is a founding member of Topology and Co-Artistic Director of Topology. Davidson studied composition with Terry Riley in California before completing a composition PhD at the University of Queensland. He previously studied South Indian vocal music in Kerala, India. Davidson’s compositions are regularly performed, recorded and
broadcast around the world, in venues including Sydney’s Opera House and London’s Barbican.

Dr Grant Collins (Percussion, Drums) is one of the forerunners in the industry, forever pushing the limits and confines of music and leading cutting edge, creative and unconventional drumming. His approach defies stereotypical drum set methodologies with his innovative and enthralling solo drum set compositions.