Staff profile

Mr Peter Butler

Lecturer

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - Bendigo

Room/Location: 4.07 Central Services, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BA (Music) Canb., Dip Ed La Trobe

Membership of professional Associations

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

Area of study

Secondary teaching

Teaching Units

Music and Music Education

Recent Publications

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)