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Brumby, Colin
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- Brumby, Colin, 1933-2018
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- Brumby, Colin James
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1933-2018
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Australian composer and conductor Colin James Brumby was born on 18 June 1933 in Melbourne. He was a graduate of the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music. In 1964, after teaching music in schools and colleges and further music studies abroad, Brumby took up a lectureship in the Department of Music at the University of Queensland. Three years later in 1967, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer, the youngest to be appointed at the time. In 1972 he completed a PhD with the University of Melbourne and travelled to Italy to study under Franco Evangelisti for a period. Back at UQ, Brumby was promoted to Reader (now Associate Professor) and served as Head of the Music Department from 1976 to 1978. He was a crucial figure in the early development of the Queensland Opera Company, serving as musical director for several years. He was married to Jenny Dawson, a singer, UQ music alumna and Queensland University Musical Society (QUMS) president in the early 1970s. Brumby died on 3 January 2018.
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Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 11-Mar-2025.
Revised, AM, 13-May-2020.
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University of Queensland School of Music. (2018, January 15). Vale Colin Brumby, 1933-2018. University of Queensland website, accessed online 11-Mar-2025.
Australian Music Centre. (2018, January 3). Colin Brumby 1933-2018. Resonate Magazine, Australian Music Centre website, accessed online 13-May-2020.
'Vale Colin Brumby (18/06/1933 - 3/01/2018)', ABC Classic website, accessed online 13-May-2020.
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Revised with access point and expanded history, Kymberley Doyle, 11-Mar-2025.