EDUCATION
2000 Doctorate of Musical Arts, University of California, San Diego.
Dissertation: Constructing a concert; thoughts and considerations
Research Areas: Performance analysis, Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians
Interviews with prominent new music practioners.
The performing body; social and political implications.
1997 Master of Arts, University of California, San Diego.
1995 Study at the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg.
1994 Darmstadt Fereinkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, Germany.
1990 Bachelor of Music with Distinction, University of Adelaide, Australia.
1989 Diploma of Music with Distinction, Adelaide Institute of TAFE, School of Music.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002 Artists-in-residence, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

2001 Artist-in-residence, Western Australia Conservatory of Music.
Artist-in-residence, Center for Research in the Computing Arts, San Diego.
Guest Lecturer, CrMA, Stanford Unviersity, California.

2000 Artist-in-residence, Australian Festival of Music, Adelaide Institute of TAFE.
Lectures on Percy Grainger, Keith Humble, Australian Instrument Builders, Interpretation of New Music, Analysis of Ferneyhough, Percussion masterclasses and lessons.
1999 Artist-in-residence, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu China.
Improvisation, percussion lessons and masterclasses.
1997-9 Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego.
Percussion Instruction, Twentieth Century Music, Klezmer Music, Contemporary Music Making.
1993-00 Guest Lecturer, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, Hartt School of Music (Hartford), University of Southern California (Los Angeles), Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia), Stanford University (Palo Alto), Sichuan Conservatory of Music (China). Californian Institute for Art (Los Angeles), South Oregon University, and the University of Washington.
Percussion masterclasses and instruction, percussion ensemble, and lectures on Australian Contemporary Music, Development of Percussion in the Twentieth Century, Complexity in New Music, Notation in Contemporary Music, Collaborative Music making and Improvisation.
1997 Artist in Residence, Adelaide College of TAFE, School of Music.
Percussion Instruction, Percussion Technique/Masterclasses/Repertoire Classes. Analysis, Contemporary Music Workshop.
1990-4 Lecturer, Adelaide College of TAFE, School of Music.
Percussion Instruction, Rhythm Studies, Percussion Ensemble. Developed DUCT long distance telephone percussion teaching to south-east South Australia.

1989-92 Teacher of percussion, Walford Anglican School for Girls, Woodlands School and Annesley College, South Australia. Developed cirriculum, taught individual lessons and ensemble.


PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
- SOLO
Repertoire: Solo percussion repertoire ranges from percussion classics by Xenakis, Stockhausen, Ferneyhough, Feldman, Cage to performance theatre works of Globokar and Kagel, to sound poetry arrangement for voice and percussion based on Schwitters UR Sonata, to original performance pieces by Tomlinson to improvisations on $2 toy instruments.
Commissions: Since late 80’s have commissioned and premiered more than 40 pieces for solo percussion including works by Vinko Globokar, David Harris, Erik Griswold, Anthony Pateras and many more.
Recent solo performances
2001 Homage to Xenakis – Sydney Spring Festival of New Music The Studio at the Opera House. Works by Xenakis.
National Festival of Womens Music - ANU Arts Centre, Canberra. Works by Tomlinson and Grenfell.
WAAPA Auditorium - Perth, Western Australia. Works by Xenakis, Francois, Globokar, Griswold, Tomlinson and Burt.
Virtuosic Visions - Melbourne Museum, Victoria. Works by Ferneyhough, Tomlinson, Burt plus world premiere by Anthony Pateras.
2000 Astra Chamber Music Series – solo voice/percussion arrangement of Kurt Schwitters complete UR Sonata, St.Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne.
Australian Festival of Music - Adelaide Institute Recital Room, Adelaide, Australia Works by Stephen Whittington, Quincy SD Grant, Warren Burt, Graeme Leak, Vanessa Tomlinson and Erik Griswold.
Pacific Rim Festival of New Music – Calstate University, Los Angeles. Works by Graeme Leak and Burt.
CrCA Spring Series - San Diego, California. US premiere of important works by Globokar, Kagel, plus Tomlinson and Warren Burt.
Spruce St Forum, Fresh Sounds Series - San Diego, California. Works by Griswold, Schwitters, Francois.
1999 Wien Modern - Konzerthaus, Vienna. Solo recital featuring world premiere by Vinko Globokar as well as other works.
Wien Modern - Soloist with Slovenia Radio Orchestra performing Vinko Globokar's Dialogue Uber Erde.
Select listing of other solo performance activities
1990-01 Solo performances in Adelaide, Chengdu, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Perth, San Diego, San Fransisco, Seattle, Sydney, as well as recitals in the Barossa International Music Festival - Adelaide, Frau Musica Nova - Köln, Sydney Spring New Music Festival, Darmstadt Festival of Neue Musik.
- CHAMBER
Current Chamber Music Groups
Clocked Out Duo (US/Australian duo combining sound poetry, improvisation, contemporary music and kinetic sculpture, member since 1997) - Performed throughout the USA, England, South Korea, Iceland, Spain, China and Australia. Appearances include Totally Huge New Music Festival, Musica Viva Menage Series in Melbourne, Sydney Spring Festival, Cruce in Madrid, Punkt Tonleikar in Iceland, Club Zho in Perth, and Big Sur Experimental Music Festival. First CD released Oct 2000, Every Night the Same Dream COP-CD001 which is regularly played on ABC-FM and 3RRR in Australia and KFJC in San Fransisco.
red fish blue fish (US percussion sextet, member since 1995) - Performed throughout United States and Mexico including performances at the Lincoln Centre, New York and Japan-America Theatre, LA. rfbf has a repertoire of more than 30 important percussion pieces including Stockhausen Mikrophonie, Reich Music for 18 Musicians, Drumming, Xenakis Pleiades, Persaphassa, Nono Fur Luigi Dallapiccola, and Griswold Strings Attached.
Australian Art Orchestra (Australian big band/improvising orchestra, member since 2001) - Toured “Into the Fire” to London, Copenhagen, Prague, Hannover, the Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Biennale plus premiered Sandy Evans Testimony at the Sydney Opera House
Elision (Australian New Music Ensemble, member since 1996) - regular percussionist as well soloist on 1998 Ferneyhough CD. Touring with Liza Lim’s Yu Ling Jie in Australia, Europe and Japan.
Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble (USA, member since 1997) - solo guest artist at the Weissman Art Gallery, April 2000 US tour and 2001 US and London Jazz Festival tour.
Select listing of other chamber music activities
2002 Autumn Music Festival - performed Xenakis Komboi with Michael Kieran Harvey.
2000 Aphids (Melbourne multi arts organisation) - performed in Maps and Radio 1.
1999-01 Contemporary Music Events (Melbourne New Music Organisation)
New Music Lighthouse (Melbourne New Music ensemble) Australian tour 1999.
1998 Ensemble Modern (German New Music Ensemble) - Performed as guest during the 1998 Adelaide Festival of Arts.
1996 –8 Tomlinson/McNutt Duo (flute and percussion) – Performed recitals in San Diego, LA and Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Specialised in works by Feldman and regularly performed his epic 4 1/2 hour For Philip Guston with David Shively.
1996-00 Libra (Melbourne New Music Ensemble, member since 1996) - Guest artist and casual percussionist including 1998 Sydney Spring New Music Festival.
1995-9 SONOR (UCSD Contemporary Music Ensemble) - Performed in San Diego and LA including premieres by Brian Ferneyhough, Rand Steiger, and Roger Reynolds.
1994 Armandinda Percussion Group (Hungarian Percussion Quartet) - guest performer in Sydney Spring New Music Festival.
1990-6 ACME New Music (founding member in Adelaide) - Premiered more that forty solo and chamber music by Adelaide composers.

- MULTI-MEDIA/MULTI ARTS
2002 Tomlinson/Leak/Humble/Hewitt - percussion based quartet focused on origianl materail using spacial improvisation, new instruments and theatrical devices. Premiered in 2001 Astra Chamber Music series. Also performed at Autumn Music Festival, Melbourne 2002.
2001 Double Vision – new mutli disciplinary show written and directed by Maryanne Lynch, music by John Rodgers and performances by dancer Lisa O’Neill, singer Christine Johnston and Vanessa Tomlinson. Premiered at QPAC’s Merivale Studio.
Double Venturi – collaborative project teaming up musicians with sound sculptures to create site specific works at the Footscary Arts Centre, Melbourne.
Clocked-Out Trio (Interactive real time computer music trio, member since 1997) - Performed in USA, Australia and China, including residency at Sichuan Conservatorium of Music in 1999, performances at Empty Bottle (Chicago) and Gus Lucky’s (Minneapolis) in 2000 plus Stanford University and San Diego in 2001.
2000 DADA Cabaret (Australian multi-media show) - Co-directed, co-wrote this Dada/Fluxus/free improv extravaganza featuring Kurt Schwitters epic UR Sonata, the bluepolesquartet and Ernie Althoff. Received Best Cabaret Melbourne Fringe Award and Melbourne Green Room Award.
1996-9 Global Jam (Live internet visual/audio improvisation) - Designed by Vibeke Sorrenson, Rand Steiger and Miller Puckette, funded by Intel Arts research Funds 1997-99 and musically developed by Steven Schick, George Lewis, Scott Walton and Tomlinson. Performances in Greece-San Diego, New York-Portland and in Los Angeles and San Diego.

- IMPROVISATION
Recent Improvisation Projects
The Make it up Club 4 th Anniversary Festival (February 2002) - featured solo artist including broadcast on ABC-FM
Primer Festival Internacional de Musica I Dansa Improvisades (May 2000) - guest artist performing free improvisation with dancers and musicians from around the world.
The Planet (Tuesday night venue in Melbourne featuring the cutting edge of improvised music) - regular artist in various groups and combinations.
Bucketrider Bigband – Cover of Coltrane’s Meditations and SunRa tribute concerts.
Sandy Evans not-so-big-band – Melbourne Womens Jazz Festival 2000.
1996-01 Performed numerous concerts in the USA, Australia and Europe with improvisers such as: Muhal Richard Abrahms, Anthony Burr, Douglas Ewart, Erik Griswold, George Lewis, Mary Oliver, Tim O’Dwyer, Cor Fuhler, Anna McMichael, Peter Humble, Warren Burt, Sandy Evans, Satsuki Odamura, Elliott Dagleish, John Rogers, Erkki Veltheim, Pauline Oliveros, Scott Walton and more.

- ORCHESTRAL
1995-9 San Diego Symphony, LaJolla Symphony, Freiburg Symphonie: rank and file (casual and contract) - all work on a per call basis. All work as a section percussionist.
1988-96 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: acting principal, rank and file (casual and contract). Duties varied from per call basis to contracted acting principal and section percussionist.
1989-94 Adelaide Chamber Orchestra: principal and rank and file (casual).
1990 World Youth Orchestra, Kuala Lumpur: principal percussionist and timpanist.
1990 Adelaide Festival Orchestra under Sir George Solti, rank and file.
1988 Australian Youth Orchestra – section percussionist.

COMPOSITION
Bowls (2002) - for 3 players on 12 Chinese rice bowls with water. Premiered January 2002, Chengdu Arts Centre, Sichuan Province, China. Performed by Erik Griswold, Zou Xiangping and Vanessa Tomlinson. Received 3 performances to date.
Electric Mahjong (2002) - musical theatre work for 4 players. Premiered January 2002, Chengdu Arts Centre, Sichuan Province, China. Performed by Erik Griswold, Zou Xiangping, Jiangping and Vanessa Tomlinson. Received 2 performances to date.
Old Flex (2001) - for 3 performers with instruments built by Neil McGlauchlan (gongs and lithophones). Premiered in August 2001, Footscray Arts Centre with Double Venturi.
Dear Judy (2001) - for solo balloons. Premiered during Virtuosic Visions Series at the Melbourne Museum, March 2001. Received 4 performances to date.
Zai Shuo Yi Ce (2001) - for balloons and piano. Premiered at Musica Viva’s Menage Series, Central Hall, Fitzroy Melbourne. Received 12 performances to date.
Practice (2000) - for voice and percussion. Premiered at the Centre for Research in the Computing Arts, San Diego 2000. Received 11 performances to date.
Endgame (1998) - for percussion and interactive computer. Composed in collaboration with Harry Castle as a real time installation in the Centre for Research and the Performing Arts, San Diego. Performed in China, USA, Australia and Spain.
Oooooooooooo (1997) - for percussion and voice. Premiered at Mandeville Hall, San Diego. Performed in USA and Australia. Received 5 performances to date.
Lanke Trr Gll (1997) - for four guiros and voice. Performances in USA, Germany, Australia, China and Iceland including being a featured work during Frau Musica Nova in Koln, 1998.
The Wall (1996) - for trumpet and percussion. Premiered in Mandeville Recital Hall, University of California, San Diego 1996.

RECORDINGS
2001 We Move by Intuition Clocked Out Duo – to be released.
2000 Every Night the Same Dream Clocked Out Duo - Clocked Out Productions CD001.
2000 Living in Fire, John Fonville and friends - Einstein Records 014.
2000 I Dig, Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble - Innova 548.
1999 Iannis Xenakis: Complete works for percussion. Performed by red fish blue fish. To be released on Mode Records.
1999 UR Sonata plus: Tomlinson/Schwitters with piano improvisations by Erik Griswold. To be released.
1998 ELISION Soloists: with Bone Alphabet – Brian Ferneyhough. Etcetera KTC 1206.
1997 Interregna: Mark Osborne duo and ensemble works. AXI 1998.
1995 Cage Percussion Music: including two solo percussion recording premieres. To be released on Etcetera Records.
Numerous appearances in recordings made by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
Broadcasts and live recordings for ABC FM including live broadcasts on New Music Australia.

ADMINISTRATION
2001 Coordinator, pre-concert performance for Melbourne Festival production pulse:heart:beat at the Myer Music Bowl. Includes George Brecht’s Motor Vehicle Sundown for 12 cars.
1999-01 Co-Director, Clocked-Out Productions: an international company producing and promoting new music, and releasing cutting-edge recordings. Director of the Virtuosic Visions series providing high profile opportunities for experimental musicians at the Melbourne Museum.
1999 Coordinator/Curator "SPRING"; 7 day, 13 event new music Festival in San Diego, California
Included 10 world premieres, US premiere of Barraque Sequence, production of Stockhausen's Originale, and performance of Feldman's Clarinet and String Quartet.
1998 Producer/Director Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians.
1997-8 Co-Curator Performers Forum; bi-monthly concert series, UCSD.

AWARDS
2001 Asialink Foundation Award from Melbourne University to travel to Sichuan, China.
2001 Schloss Solitude Artists Residence Grant, Stuttgart, Germany.
2000 Ian Potter Foundation Artist Development Grant.
1995-9 Graduate Student Scholarship - University of California, San Diego
1994 Queen's Trust Scholarship - for study at the Hochschüle für Musik, Freiburg, Germany.
1993 Personal Development Grant - SA Government Dept. for the Arts and Cultural Heritage.

ORGANISATIONS
Member of:
Australian Music Centre
American College Music Soceity
Percussive Arts Society

REFERENCES
Steven Schick – Professor in Percussion Performance, UCSD, Bang-on-a-can All Stars.
Phone +USA 619 534 8602, Fax + USA 619 534 8502, email: sschick@ucsd.edu
Vinko Globokar - Composer/performer/trombonist, Berlin.
Phone/Fax +49 30 4486335 email: vinkoglobokar@aol.com
Diana Harris – Senior Lecturer in Performance, Adelaide College of TAFE, School of Music.
Phone +Australia 08 84633466, Fax +Aust 08 8463 3467, email: harrisd@snet.com.au