Graham Lyall

From 1963 to 1991 Graham was musical director of numerous TV variety shows on the Nine Network. He has worked on television programs for other networks, has been musical director, arranger and conductor for live and recorded performances for singers including Olivia Newton John and Debra Byrne, and lectured in jazz studies at various institutions around Australia. In 1993 he undertook a Master of Music Degree in Jazz Performance at the Canberra School of Music, ANU, graduating in 1996. In 1995 Graham was appointed Director of Music for the Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra. He is currently senior lecturer in the jazz department of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz saxophone players and arrangers Australia has produced.