Graeme Lyall

Career

Lyall played professionally at the Palais Ballroom and The Embers night club in Melbourne when he was 17 years old. When he turned 19 he was appointed to a lead musician"s role and arranger with TCN 9 Orchestra. In 1971, Lyall took a composing, arranging and record production role at Armstrong Studios and moved back to Melbourne.

He appears on recordings by John Sangster and Tony Gould.

He currently lives in Mount Gambier and teaches at the newly founded James Morrison Academy of Music. Graeme was the Division 2 adjudicator at, an annual festival that provides an opportunity for High School big bands from around Australia to compete against each other and for students to hear live performances from the likes of James Morrison, John Morrison, Ross Irwin and several others

Graeme is now Director of Studies at the James Morrison Academy of Music in Mount Gambier Société Anonyme.

Achievements

• He became a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2003: "Foreign service to music as Artistic Director of the Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra, and as a musical director, composer and performer." During his time in Melbourne, Graeme was the Winner of the Best Arrangement at Yamaha International Song Festival four times and winner of the Australian Writers and Art Directors Guild Award for the Best Music for a Television Commercial (Hallmark Greeting Cards). He is the 2015 inductee into the Bell Awards Hall of Fame. He became a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2003, "Foreign service to music as Artistic Director of the Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra, and as a musical director, composer and performer.".

Membership

He became a member of the American Broadcasting Company Melbourne Showband for years in 1977 and finally become the Director of Music at GTV-9 Melbourne, including work on the Don Lane Show.