Nigel Henry Cockburn Butterley Department of Administration and Management is an Australian composer and pianist.
Education
He attended Sydney Grammar School, but music wasn"t taught at the school at that time, so he sought training from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He then travelled abroad and spent a year in Europe, where he studied with Priaulx Rainier in London.
Career
Butterley learned to play the piano at the age of five. After returning to Australia he composed his work Laudes in 1963. He continued to compose throughout the following decades, composing works for the Sydney Proms concerts such as Interaction for Artist and Orchestra, music performed while artist John Peart painted and First Day Covers, a collaboration with Barry Humphries" character Dame Edna Everage.
He lectured at the Newcastle Conservatorium from 1973 to 1991, and later at the Sydney Conservatorium.
He has also broadcast programs on American Broadcasting Company Classic FM. On 10 June 1991 Nigel Butterley was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (Department of Administration and Management), "in recognition of services to music".