Performing live professionally

This year, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music) students honed their performative skills by playing one of their original compositions to a virtual audience, in a professionally-lit environment with visual projection-mapping, recorded with a crew of multi-camera operators and audio technicians.

Scroll through all the artists and watch their performances below.

Get to know the artists

ALLORA

Alana Pepe, Blake Gomersall, Issy Morrison and Aidan Hopper formed ALLORA in mid-2019. They combine Indie-rock with R&B and jazz influences to create a unique sound no one can quite define. Since the start, they’ve picked up whatever has come their way and created a fan base that just can’t seem to get enough. ALLORA kicked 2020 off with a bang releasing their debut single ‘Sleepin’ In’.

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Anna Kirkman

Anna Kirkman is a young woman driven by an obsession with music, an affinity with words and a passion for telling stories. She delivers heartfelt lyrics and mesmerising vocals well beyond her years, with a maturity and presence that captures audiences instantly. Inspired by strong, Australian, female artists, Anna creates a feeling of solace through her music, pairing earthy vocals with inventive accompaniments.

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Bamboo Bonsai

Bamboo Bonsai is the solo recording project of multi-instrumentalist/producer Yusuf Memon. Taking influence equally from the funk grooves of Yussef Dayes and Billy Cobham; and the ear-melting textural approach of My Bloody Valentine and Tame Impala, Bamboo Bonsai’s diverse sonic palate creates an immersive listening experience.

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The BattleCat

The BattleCat is the solo pop project by William Wright. Taking inspiration from the likes of New Order, Client Liasion and Fleetwood Mac, he combines these vintage influences with hypnotic synths, dreamy vocals and silky guitars to create an engaging and unique sound.

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BRIA

｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ imagine ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟBria is like if Paris Hilton's dog became a pop-star. She's like if fairy floss were in the shape of a racecar. Her music sounds like platform flipflops on concrete: it slaps. Bria believes that teamwork makes the dreamwork, and if double denim were a duo, her producer James Halstead is the JT to her Britney. It's hard not to stan.

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Flora

Flora is an Indie-rock/alternative solo project by Brisbane based musician and singer/songwriter Anabel Florenciano. Blending her sweet and smooth yet powerful vocals with dreamy and psychedelic electric guitar patterns, Flora will take you through a world of soothing and melancholic melodies with her unique dark and eerie touch. Flora combines her love for heavy rock styles with her love for intricate and delicate vocal melodies.

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Jon Marsden

Jon Marsden is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He takes inspiration from the roots of early groove music. Fusing elements of soul, R&B, rock and pop to create dense soundscapes full of rich harmony and infectious rhythms.

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Nathan MT

Blending folk and indie pop sensibilities to create his own brand of singer-songwriter bliss is Nathan MT​, a 21-year-old multi-instrumentalist. Inspired by the sounds of Ben Howard and Alejandro Aranda, Nathan combines live looping of various instruments and percussive guitar playing to serenade audiences of all ages.

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Nyssa Corney

Nyssa Corney is a Brisbane based violinist who loves to create out of the box music with her classically trained violin skills. Nyssa Corney teams up with Sam Fudge and Jasmine Lunn to recreate the single Dark Reflections by Nyssa Corney. With Sam's expert EDM knowledge and Jasmine's angelic vocals, the track is transformed into an amazing sound.

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OK Pretty

OK Pretty is a pop duo collaboration of singer Madeleine Kinraid and producer Adela Lau. Their sound is a 'Hits of the 80s to Naughties' playlist sloshing around in a hot, sparkly washing machine. Artists they enjoy include Eurythmics, Perfume Genius and Santigold.

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Red Le Clerc

Red Le Clerc, a new artist from North Brisbane, combine Genevieve Hitzke's background in choral and acoustic song-writing with Blake Gomersall's lo-fi electronic production to create a series of moody indie-pop tunes. Inspired by the likes of dodie, Bon Iver, and Orla Gartland, Hitzke takes stories of human hardship and turns them into something beautiful - hopefully reminding others they're not alone.

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Rivilin

Within Substance, Rivilin (AKA Connor Woodland) creates a sonic palette that delves deep into his angst-filled, melancholic mind. It’s a powerful display of raw, striking poetry that beholds all the beauty, poise and darkly sombre elegance of Rivilin’s passionate and evocative musicianship.

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Forging a career in music

This course has led students into music industry professions such as performing, management or promotion, and social engagement. Graduates work in an eclectic range of live, recording and multimedia environments as performers, producers, composers, developers of music software and games, DJs and private instrumental music teachers.

Many find national and international success, including Ball Park Music, Cub Sport, writer producer Konstantin Kersting (Tones and I, Mallrat, The Jungle Giants, Tia Gostelow), drummers Grant Collins and Pete Skelton, and film composer Michael Edwards.