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Gus Macmillan
banjo, flute, guitar, slide whistle, thunder sheet
Gus Macmillan has worked in the arts industry over the last 21 years as a composer, musician, sound designer, manager, and producer. In 2004 he completed a Graduate Diploma Course in Sound Design at Victorian College of the Arts, working with sound and music in a variety of different of art forms including dance, theatre, film, documentary, circus and puppetry. He is composer-in-residence for Red Span Dance Company, and worked in London as composer with Theatre O’s production of Delerium, performed at The Barbican Theatre. Gus runs Melbourne's School of Banjo, and was the 2005 Guildford Banjo Jamboree’s two-tune pick-off champion. He has an Honours Degree in English and a Masters Degree in Australian Studies.
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double bass, tuba, cornet
A highly regarded Musician in the Australian music scene, Mark has established himself as one of Melbourne’s leading Double Bassists. Mark has travelled extensively and played with some of the world’s best musicians and has earned recognition on the international jazz stage. He is a regular member of Melbourne institutions ‘The Hoodangers’ and FLAP! And has also performed with artists such as Americans Leroy Jones, Dan Barrett, Rebecca Kilgore, and Australian artists James Morrison, Nina Ferro, Julie O’Hara, Bob Barnard, CW Stoneking and Joe Camilleri. Mark’s background in Jazz brings a unique flavor to Blue Grassy Knoll.
Mark Elton
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Phil McLeod
cello , accordion, mandolin, harmonica, casio, saxophone
Philip is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer and teacher. He has toured the world, and played Double Bass with the Spaghetti Western Orchestra and Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen, Cello with Missy Higgins and Snuff Puppets Accordion with Russian Criminal band Vulgargrad and Red Dash Tango. He has composed music for The State Orchestra of Victoria, ABC Radio productions, Snuff Puppets and Theatre at Risk. He works regularly with Irish Cabaret singer Camille O'Sullivan, Mick Thomas and The Sure Thing, The Mighty Buzzniks and has been the resident musician for the Edinburgh and Melbourne seasons of the Famous Spiegeltent's La Clique. He has recorded and contributed to many CD's and movie soundtracks including Animal Kingdom and Noise.
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guitar, percussion, foley, tin whistle
After studying Music at the University Of Melbourne, Simon played in a number of Melbourne bands before the creation of the Blue Grassy Knoll in which he takes on the role of guitarist, percussionist and MC. More recently, he has been working as a Production Manager and Sound Engineer for The Famous Spiegeltent, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and The London Hippodrome. Currently residing in the city of London, Simon can usually be found travelling with the international acclaimed circus/cabaret show "La Clique" as Technical Manager and Front Of House Manager.
Simon Barfoot
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Steph O'Hara
violin, mandolin, accordion
Steph is a freelance musician, sound engineer/designer, and computer programmer. He has worked extensively throughout the world and lived in Amsterdam for 4 years working at the Melkweg. Steph continues to work for both local and international festivals, theatre company’s, recording studios and broadcaster’s. He has worked over the last few years with Flying Fruit Fly Circus (The Promise - Helpmann Award, Pirates), Spaghetti Western Orchestra, NICA, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Peep Show Inc., Chamber Made Opera, Snuff Puppets. He has also pursued computer programming, developing commercial and experimental software for the web, music, games and real-time performance. He has released his own software synthmate.
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