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Staff Profile

Peter Butler
BA (Music) Canb., Dip Ed La Trobe

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Lecturer

Room/Location: 4.07 Central Services
Ph: 5444 7490
Fx: 5444 7800
Email: p.butler@latrobe.edu.au


Teaching Areas

  • Music and Music Education

Research Interests

  • Music Education Teaching Material
  • Regional Music Education

Recent Publications and Presentations

      Music Education

  • Butler P. (1993) On the Susso And other little Aussie rounds (1993) P B Music: Melbourne ISBN 0 646 16182 2

      Book and CD

  • Butler P. (2003) Sing Hey! ‘Tis Spring One Dozen ‘All-Australian Rounds P B Music: Melbourne CD and Booklet

      Musicals - Primary Children

  • Mixed Fortunes (1998) Cantata for soloists, Treble chorus Premiered: Saturday October 17th 1998 The Young Voices of Melbourne - Director: Mark O’Leary. CD recording yvm.com.au/recordings.  Score available.
  • Gongorank (1999) Cantata for soloists, Treble chorus, piano. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. Premiered: June 2001 - Bendigo Youth Choir Director Valerie Broad. CD recording Bendigo Youth Choir Inc. Score Available.
  • Pictures from an Exhibition   Orchestra / pipe organ. Music - Modeste Mussorgsky  arr: Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. Premiered with the Australian Boys Choir / The Vocal consort / Magellan Singers Directed by Noel Ancell CD recording Australian Boys Choir.
  • Songs for Long Weekends (2004) Cantata for soloists, Treble chorus, piano. Music by Jennifer Schatzle. Score available.
  • A History of Song (2005) Cantata for narrator, soloists and Treble or bass chorus, piano. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner.

      Musicals - Adults

  • Motion Sickness (1995) Musical for soloists, chorus, orchestra. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. First performed by students  and staff from Latrobe University - August 1995. Video
  • If you go down in the woods today (1996) Musical for soloists, double chorus, orchestra. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. First performed by students  and staff from Latrobe University - May 1996. Video
  • Court in the Act (1999) Musical for soloists, chorus, piano/flute accomp. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. First performed by Newstead- artists - performers - etc. (NAPE) Newstead Court House - October 2000
  • Girt - by Sea (2000) Musical for soloists, chorus, piano/flute accomp. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. First performance December  7, 8, 9   2000. Newstead- artists - performers - etc. (NAPE) Newstead Mechanics Institute Hall.
  • Petty Crimes (2001) Musical for soloists, chorus, piano/flute accomp. Music - Peter Butler, Libretto -  Mark Garner. First performance scheduled December  2002. Newstead- artists - performers - etc. (NAPE) Newstead Mechanics Institute Hall.

      Instrumental Arrangements

  • John Field Nocturnes 1814-1830  Eighteen Nocturnes for Piano arranged by Peter Butler for Piano and solo instrument; either Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxaophone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bassoon. Piano Scores with Instrumental parts.

      Musicals – Adaptations

  • Ali Baba and the 40 bikies (1995) with original music by La Trobe Teacher Ed. students, (music arranged and recorded by Peter Butler)
  • Circus Thunder (1996) original script/music by La Trobe students, (music arranged and recorded by Peter Butler)
  • Oogedy Boogedy (1997) original script/music by La Trobe students, (music arranged and recorded by Peter Butler)

Associations

  • (AMEL) Australian Music Education Lecturers
  • Assistant Director Bendigo Middle Years Singers

 

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Last Updated: May 15, 2008