one of “the finest young musicians you could hope to hear within Australia”
- Fever Pitch Magazine, 11/11/2019
ABOUT BRIDGET
An Honours graduate of the University of Melbourne, Bridget Bourne is an award-winning Melbourne/Naarm-based percussionist and one of “the finest young musicians you could hope to hear within Australia”*. Having established herself in traditional orchestral performance, including being principle percussionist in the UoM Wind Symphony, she is now consolidating her reputation as an “excellent”* performer in the New Music realm. She has a particular affinity for explorative group performance, as evidenced in her work with the National College of Dance’s 2022 performances of Banged and Tapped, and the premiere of Caerwen Martin’s tuned cowbell octet 'i see you like rain’ in May 2022.
In addition to her engagement in the contemporary-classical sphere, she is now also consolidating her reputation as a dynamic drum kit player in Melbourne-based funk-rock band Tracksuit Larry.
As an ensemble member, she has toured to China, Singapore, Scotland, Ireland, and New Zealand as well as extensively throughout Australia. In 2018, she became the inaugural winner of the Australian Marimba Competition Open Vibraphone section and was also awarded Best Interpretation for the 3rd round duet-piece Waltz for Debby as awarded by the arranger Arthur Lipner.
She is also an internationally recognised composer, and was honoured to have her piece ‘Con Sequence’ premiered at the Australian Marimba Competition Gala Concert (2019), and the University of Minnesota Duluth Percussion Ensemble Concert (2021). *Fever Pitch Magazine, 11/11/2019
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