Glen Carter-Varney
| Glen Carter-Varney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Composer, arranger, teacher, performer and examiner |
| Home town | Melbourne |
Glennis Carter–Varney (born 12 May 1938) is an Australian composer, pianist and educator: formerly as Head of Contemporary Keyboard studies and lecturer in piano at the Melba Memorial Conservatorium in Melbourne and as Music Director at The Scots School in Albury, New South Wales. She also taught class music at Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne and directed her own private music schools in Melbourne and Brisbane. She has produced musicals, trained choirs and madrigal groups, performed as a soloist and recording artist, and her experience is wide and varied.
Born in country Victoria, Carter–Varney commenced musical training at the age of three and as a student won many eisteddfods and competitions. At the age of twelve she gained her Associate Diploma and was offered a scholarship to study piano with Waldemar Seidel at the Melbourne University Conservatorium. On two occasions she was awarded a Conservatorium Exhibition for piano. She also studied composition with John Ingram and Bernard de Oliviera. She later studied with Norah Newby at the Royal Academy in London.
She has given concerts and workshops in the USA and Australia and has several recordings to her credit which have been used in programs for ABC and commercial radio. She also worked as a session musician accompanying other Australian artists in the recording studios in Melbourne and has given many radio recitals for the ABC from the Melbourne and Sydney studios. As part of a Duo piano partnership with her husband, she was featured in the top rating television shows Showcase, Bobby Limb's Sound of Music, and the Melbourne Tonight Shows with Graham Kennedy. She is currently an examiner for the Australian Music Examination Board and has conducted the workshops for Contemporary Popular Music for AMEB Queensland.
Carter–Varney has written, published and recorded a collection of music for the piano and the most recent Summer Dreaming – a suite of five pieces – was inspired by the painting entitled The Spirits Within by Australian artist Roger Saunders. The Artamidae, Sonic Fantasy and Shades of Blue were written for the Keys National Festival for Australian Music and were performed by award winners at the Festival held at the Brisbane Convention Centre in 2003 and 2004. Many of these pieces along with her Kool Piano Series have been included in the examination syllabuses of the Australian Music Examinations Board, Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts, Australian Guild of Music and Speech and St Cecilias.
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