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          Graeme Koehne

          Australian composer and music educator.

          Graeme John KoehneAO (born 3 August 1956), is an Australian composer and music educator.

          Graeme Koehne Christopher Wainwright is an arts and music journalist based in Adelaide.

        1. Graeme Koehne Christopher Wainwright is an arts and music journalist based in Adelaide.
        2. Graeme Koehne is one of Australia's leading figures.
        3. His composition tutors were Mr. John Polglase, Prof.
        4. Graeme Koehne Composers -- Australia -- Biography.
        5. Before the premiere performance of his Kelly Gang quartet, the Adelaide-born composer told the Musica Viva audience in Melbourne his years of.

          6. He is best known for his orchestral and ballet scores, which are characterised by direct communicative style and embrace of tertian harmony. His orchestral trilogy Unchained Melody, Powerhouse, and Elevator Music makes allusions to Hollywood film score traditions, cartoon music, popular Latin music and other dance forms.

          Life and career

          Koehne was born in Adelaide. He completed his undergraduate and post-graduate studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in that city, studying composition with Richard Meale – a pupil of Winifred Burston, who had been a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni.

          In 1982 he won the Young Composers Prize at that year's Adelaide Festival, gaining him national attention for his orchestral work Rainforest.[1] In 1984, Koehne was awarded a Harkness Fellowship to work at the School of Music, Yale Un