Vanessa Tomlinson

Vanessa Tomlinson
Born1971
Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide, University of California, San Diego
Known forClocked Out Duo
Notable work“Sonic Dreams”
Websitevanessatomlinson.com

Vanessa Tomlinson (born 1971)[1] is an Australian percussionist, composer, artistic director and educator. She is Director of Creative Arts Research Institute and Head of Percussion at Griffith University and has produced 150 publications.[2] She is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Clocked Out, along with Erik Griswold.[3][4]

Career

In 1993 Tomlinson was awarded a recording contract with Etcetera Records, and won two awards for her percussion.[5]

Upon completing her degree in Adelaide, Tomlinson studied with Bernhard Wulff and Robert van Sice at Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany. She then moved to San Diego to complete a Masters under Steven Schick,[5] and completed a Doctor Of Musical Arts in 2000.[6]

Since 2000 she has collaborated with her partner Erik Griswold and released several albums together as Clocked Out Duo. They won two Green Room Awards for their collaboration Dada Cabare in 2000,[7] and later won the Award for Excellence by an Organisation or Individual and Queensland State Award at 2011's APRA and AMC Art Music Awards for their work as Clocked Out.[8]

In 2017 Tomlinson began a collaboration titled TOMLIN | FERGUS with Dr John Ferguson, an academic at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where Tomlinson also taught.[9][10]

In 2018 Tomlinson released her debut solo album The Space Inside on Room40 on cassette tape.[9] She was an artist-in-residence at The Smithsonian Institution as part of its 2019 Year of Music, coining the term 'soundings' "to describe the way a musician activates a place or space".[11] In 2020 Tomlinson initiated the 84 Pianos: Pandemic Edition project with Erik Griswold.[12]

Discography

2019 - Pateras Collected Works Vol. II (2005-2018) Immediata

2018 - The Space Inside Room40

2017 - Ephemoral Rivers Hat Hut Records

2017 - Water Pushes Sand Jazzhead Records

2015 - Time Crystals Innova Records

2015 - Daughters Fever Hellosquare Recordings

2010 - From Small Things Grow Clocked Out

2010 - fish boast of fishing Listen Hear Collective

2010 - Foreign Objects Clocked Out

2007 - Wide Alley Clocked Out

2006 - Xenakis Complete Percussion Works Mode

2004 - Mutant Theatre Tzadik

2002 - Water Pushes Sand Clocked Out

2000 - Every Night the Same Dream Clocked Out

1997 - Ferneyhough Solo Works Etcetera

Awards

Year Award Work Status
2018 Art Music Awards: QLD Award for Excellence in Experimental Music 100 Ways to Listen with Leah Barclay and John Ferguson Winner[13]
2018 Art Music Awards: NSW Award for Excellence in a Regional Area Tyalgum Music Festival Winner[14]
2018 Art Music Awards: WA Award for Excellence in Performance Never tilt your chair Winner[15]
2017 Art Music Award: National Award for Excellence in Experimental Music The Piano Mill Project Winner[16]
2017 Art Music Awards: QLD Award for Excellence by an Individual Conceiving and curating the 2016 Australian Percussion Gathering Winner[17]
2011 Art Music Award: National Award for Excellence by an Organisation Clocked Out 2009-10 Season Winner[18]
2000 Green Room Awards: Commitment To Cabaret (Venue/producer) and Most Innovative Use Of Form Cabaret Dada with Erik Griswold Winner[19]

References

  1. ^ "Tomlinson, Vanessa (1971-)". Trove. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile Griffith University PROFESSOR Vanessa Tomlinson". Griffith University. 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ EVENINGS at PEGGY'S - Vanessa Tomlinson, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 7 December 2017, retrieved 11 March 2018
  4. ^ "Return to The Piano Mill". ABC Classic. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Weekes, Di (1996). "Big noise, quiet city". Trove. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Vanessa Tomlinson Profile". Griffith University. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "08 Nov 2004 - Stage Left Feature - Green Room Awards Results - Archived Website". Stage Left. 2000. Archived from the original on 8 November 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  8. ^ Gallasch, Keith (2011). "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 103 - a winning year for innovators". RealTime Arts. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b "The Space Inside: two mesmerising sonic worlds of vibrating drone meditation – The Sound Projector". The Sound Projector. 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. ^ Ferguson, John Robert. "Tomlin|Fergus". Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. ^ Caldwell, Nicholas (19 December 2019). "Griffith lecturer joins Smithsonian for artist residency". Griffith News. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  12. ^ Tomlinson, Vanessa (26 May 2020). "84 Pianos: Pandemic Edition". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  13. ^ Cashmere, Paul (22 August 2018). "APRA Art Music Awards 2018 THE WINNERS". Noise11. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  14. ^ "2018 Art Music Awards - winners! : News (AMC) Article : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  15. ^ "2018 Art Music Awards - winners! : News (AMC) Article : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  16. ^ "2017 Art Music Awards: winners : News (AMC) Article : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  17. ^ "The winners for the 2017 Art Music Awards have been announced". The Industry Observer. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Art Music Awards 2011 : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  19. ^ "08 Nov 2004 - Stage Left Feature - Green Room Awards Results - Archived Website". Stage Left. 2000. Archived from the original on 8 November 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2022.