Graeme Leak, music maker
height: 175cm
WELCOME
I am a music performer, composer, leader and instrument maker from Australia, now based in Scotland more | biog | CV
PLAYING
SAVED is a meditative, musical journey through the mundanity of everyday life featuring two rescued 1970s Yamaha Electone organs more >>

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra began as The Ennio Morricone Experience in Melbourne. It went on to international acclaim, touring the UK, Europe, the US, Asia and Australia .. more>>

Eco Opera is a set of bespoke musical instrument sound installations by Graeme Leak that are ‘played’ by wind, rain and animals, located in deepest Stirlingshire, Scotland. more >>
LEADING
Raising the Roof, for Arts Centre Melbourne, celebrated the re-opening of Hamer Hall. Graeme Leak and Patrick Cronin created a joyful event that brought together hundreds of performers in a unique celebration of grassroots musical culture in Melbourne – with a part for the audience! more >>

We made instruments and put on a grand show to open the SoundShell in 2018. In 2019 we played in Melbourne and in 2020 we appeared on national TV. more >>


MAKING
Eco-Opera is a set of bespoke musical instrument sound installations that are ‘played’ by wind, rain and animals, located in deepest Stirlingshire, Scotland. more>>
These unique one-string instruments allow beginners to play music together much more easily than ukes and guitars. more >>

In a MAKE and PLAY workshop participants make an instrument then play it in an ensemble. This can happen in a single session or over several sessions. more >>

For POLARIS I designed amplified tables for the actors to play. more >>


In 2014 I transformed the Watford Colosseum into an interactive musical playground, using interactive hand-cranked music machines, Sonic Tubes and Sonic Hairdryers, a program of hidden performers in lifts, stairwells and the ticket box and table-side performances ordered from a menu in the restaurant. more>>
COMPOSING
This unique work for the Girgarre Junkestra was mostly taught by ear. Find a video of the show and some sample score pages here. more >>

Commissioned by Museums Victoria in partnership with the Arts Learning Festival, The Exquisite Now premiered in May 2019. more >>
