Toby Wren

Toby Wren is an Australian jazz composer and performer. He performs in the Toby Wren Trio/Quartet, the Carnatic Jazz Experiment, which incorporates Indian music,[1][2] and he led the sextet Finders Keepers.[3]

Education

Wren graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium in 1998.

Career

He was selected for the Australian Composers Orchestral Forum twice, and has been a Composer Affiliate of The Queensland Orchestra. In 1997, he won the DIGF composition prize for his guitar piece "Nebbish". He was a finalist in the APRA Music Awards in 2011, in a jazz category.[4] In 2006 and 2008, Wren travelled to India to learn about Carnatic music.[1] He has written arrangements for George, Rhubarb and Chris Pickering. He has also collaborated with other artists, including saxophonist Rafael Karlen.[5]

Discography
  • Fat Lip 81 (with Babel) - 2001 [6]
  • Umlaut - 2006 [7][8]
  • Everything Must Go - 2008 [6]
  • Black Mountain - 2017 [9][10]

References
  1. Budd, Jim. "Toby Wren - Carnatic Jazz Fusion". Jazz Queensland. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. "Toby Wren : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. Varsani, Hash (26 July 2007). "High Tide – Volume 1: Live at the Brisbane Jazz Club". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  4. "Talented duo short-listed for musical prize". South-East Advertiser. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. News Limited. 9 March 2011. p. 19. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. McBeath, John (21 January 2017). "Music Reviews: JAZZ Trace Rafael Karlen Pinnacle". The Australian. p. 11. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  6. Mitchell, Roger (7 December 2008). "Jazz: EVERYTHING MUST GO". Sunday Herald Sun. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. p. 14. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. Budd, Jim (July 2006). "The Toby Wren Trio - Umlaut". Jazz Australia (originally on Jazz Queensland). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  8. Mengel, Noel (13 July 2006). "Big time beckons for Kristin Berardi". The Courier Mail. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. p. 56. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  9. Hardaker, John (22 August 2017). "Black Mountain by Toby Wren". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  10. Shand, John (5 December 2017). "Music reviews: U2, Miguel, Chief Keef, Machine Translations and more: JAZZ Toby Wren Trio BLACK MOUNTAIN". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW, Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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