About COMA
COMA (Creative Original Music Adelaide) is an association that was formed in 2005. COMA is a musician-led, musician-focused, member based not-for-profit association. It presents a unique opportunity for the creative development and artistic endeavour of a broad range of Australian composers and performers. It is committed to presenting and raising the profile of original music in Adelaide, and indeed Australia.
COMA has been initiated by a core of local musicians who are passionate about increasing opportunities in Adelaide for emerging and established musicians who write and perform quality original music, whether this be in the genre of jazz, improvised, classical, electronic or mixed-style music, and who also feel that Adelaide's musical community would greatly benefit from the sense of unity and support that such an association and its activities provide.
The Committee
2010/2011 CommitteeCOMA has some new committee members! Their details will be here soon.. |
Emily TullochArtistic Director Emily Tulloch completed her BMus with first class Honours at the Elder Conservatorium in 2004 and is currently undertaking Masters in violin performance and Spanish at Adelaide University. She has been a member of the Zephyr Quartet since late 2005 which in 2008 has collaborated in a sold-out season with Leigh Warren and Dancers, been seen on ABCTV’s Sunday Arts program, and is self-presenting a three concert series. She has been involved in youth music ensembles for a number of years, maintaining an active role in the development of the Adelaide Youth Orchestra from its inception to 2005, acting as Concertmaster/Mentor in 2004-5. Emily has also attended many Australian Youth Orchestra programs, working with such renowned musicians as Helena Rathbone, Cho-Liang Lin and Jane Peters, and has performed with the Orchestra’s various ensembles across Australia. She has been a member of Musica Viva’s Menage committee and recently joined COMA in July 2008. |
Kate FilsellGeneral Committee Member/PO For the past 5 years Kate has been working in a professional capacity at the State Library of South Australia, wholly as an archivist and in also in the research and development of online content. She curates South Australian heritage collections including manuscripts, personal and business papers, and the State’s pictorial collections, including artworks and photographs (her favourite). Kate has a great passion for the arts. Starting university life at the Underdale campus doing a Visual Arts Degree and following her Post Graduate studies in Art History at the Art Gallery of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, she has continued to have a particular interest in Australian Indigenous art and culture. She has followed the live music scene in Adelaide with great mirth and had recently developed a new appreciation of Jazz. Kate completed a Graduate Diploma Arts and Cultural Management and hopes to provide along with her working experience, useful recommendations for the maintenance and development of the COMA organization. |
Kym GluyasArtistic Director After two years of studying Electronic Music as a Bmus Studies - Music Technology student, Kym is currently completing a Bmus in Jazz Saxophone at the Elder Conservatorium. Kym is very much a searching musician, always looking for new ways to combine elec |
Lyndon GrayArtistic Director Lyndon is an Adelaide born bass player and composer currently performing with jazz outfit The New Cabal. Originally an Honours graduate of the Elder Conservatorium, his career has taken him around the world and found him performing music ranging beyond his chosen field of study, jazz. Trained as a jazz musician, Lyndon has performed with many top Australian players including Jamie Oehlers, Ted Vining and Steve Magnusson. He has led his own trio, Triptych, for over five years now. This ensemble has recorded two albums of original music and performed around Australia, including Australia’s premier jazz festival, the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. Outside of the jazz world, Lyndon has enjoyed success with the folk/alternative country ensemble The Audreys. The band has toured extensively throughout Australia at many high profile festivals and also overseas, in the UK, France, Canada, USA and Russia. As a member of the group Lyndon has won two ARIA awards for the albums “Between Last Night and Us” and “When the Flood Comes”. Lyndon has also been able to perform with groups from a wide variety of genres, including neo-classical outings and dance based electronic groups. He is currently developing music for an ensemble featuring two double basses. |
Thomas PulfordGeneral Committee Member Tom Pulford is a saxophonist and composer who has been involved with various musical projects for the last ten years, both locally and abroad. Completing his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance at the Elder Conservatorium in 1998, Tom's acheivments include winning the Barossa Valley Winemakers' Jazz Scholarship in 2003, enabling him to travel to New York in the following year and study with saxophonists Vincent Herring and Rich Perry. Major musical projects over the years include Van Gelder, Isotope and the Mike Stewart Big Band. Tom has performed with jazz artist Vincent Herring (USA), Bob Mintzer (USA), Don Burrows, Jon Gordon (USA), Ray Vega (USA), Rhonda Burchmore, David Campbell, the Bob Johnson Big Band, the Boss Quartet, the Adelaide Art Orchestra and the Martini Orchestra. Since graduating Tom has also been involved in music education, teaching saxophone and clarinet and leading stage bands at several high schools and colleges throughout Adelaide. Tom has been a COMA member since 2005 and has recently joined the committee. |