The Directors
Big Band 1, Big Band 2, Big Band 3, Combo 2
Saul Richardson is a guitarist and bass player who graduated from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours in Education and the University Medal in 1995. He studied Jazz guitar under Steve Brien and Steve McKenna, and conducting with Jerry Nowak. He is an internationally recognized Jazz educator, and is the serving Australasian representative on the Executive Board of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE).
Mr Richardson lectures in Jazz Pedagogy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is principal and founder of Jazz Workshop Australia, a music school in St Leonards dedicated to jazz education.
As a performer he has worked with many of Australia's leading Jazz artists and groups including Ed Wilson, John Morrison and Swing City Big Band, Andrew Firth, Roger Frampton, Don Burrows, Col Nolan, Keith Stirling and Tony and Bob Barnard. He has performed throughout Australia, the UK and Europe and in the USA. Mr Richardson is also director of the NSW Department of Education and Training Arts Unit Stage Band and has previously directed the Blue Riff big band and the Powerhouse big band. He is a founding member of IAJE in NSW and works as a clinician, consultant and adjudicator.
Combo 1
Peter Farrar plays saxophone and is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, with a performance degree in Jazz Studies.
He has wide experience in performance from mainstream settings through to cutting-edge contemporary improvised music. He is known for his combination of dazzling technique and sublime tone, and is one of Australia's most respected young saxophonists.
Peter has a passionate interest in teaching, to which he brings a unique, but effective, improvisation-based approach. He has experience not only as a private teacher, but also tutoring outstanding student ensembles and coordinating exciting mentoring projects for younger musicians. As well as at North Sydney Boys' High School Peter Farrar also teaches jazz saxophone lessons at Jazz Workshop Australia in St Leonards.
Peter has performed with leading Australian and international artists including Mike Nock, Dale Gorfinkel, Jim Denley, Amanda Stewart, Wadada Leo Smith and Cor Fuhler. He also works with such groups as Splinter Orchestra, 8-ball, Dave Panichi Septet and Farfinkel Pugowski.
