Secret weapon but make it subtle.
15+ years of professional expertise, award-winning string arrangements, veteran artist manager, world-class instrumental chops, and a consistent $500,000+ in funding won annually.
With intersecting skills, I lift up artists by working across the full creative and strategic spectrum.
Let's do something awesome together.
Six things I do to international standard.
1. Session work + arrangements
1. Session work + arrangements
1. Session work + arrangements
My string/multi-instrumental arrangement work appears on ARIA-nominated, Australian Music Prize-nominated, and Music Victoria Award-winning albums/projects by artists including Watty Thompson, Georgia State Line, Fenn Wilson, and more. I'm also a great hang.
2. Grant writing and strategy
1. Session work + arrangements
1. Session work + arrangements
With 15+ years’ of professional government grant writing experience, I’ve won, managed and acquitted grants of up to AUD$1M for my clients. I consistently win a cumulative AUD$500,000+ annually for the artists and organisations I work with.
3. Songwriting
1. Session work + arrangements
4. Creative production
I write structurally sharp, emotionally rich songs (incl. the Jones/Rash/Loukes/Brooks co-write, Here We Go Again, shortlisted in the 2025 International Songwriting Competition) and collaborate across genres with artists in Australia/the US.
4. Creative production
6. Comms and copywriting
4. Creative production
From long-term artist development, education and programming roles at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2012-2019) to being headhunted for the role of Advisor Writer and Commissioner for Sydney Symphony, I have world-class experience bringing ideas to life.
5. Artist management
6. Comms and copywriting
6. Comms and copywriting
I choose to represent a select roster of brilliant Australian creatives, including ARIA-award-winning Australian producer GORMIE (Alex O’Gorman; gormie.com.au), providing strategic, efficient, hands-on support that deeply respects both art and artist.
6. Comms and copywriting
6. Comms and copywriting
6. Comms and copywriting
Through my agency, Cult Copy (cultcopy.com.au), I write sharp, strategic content for artists, festivals, and cultural organisations, helping them craft a distinctive and exciting voice across all internal/external communications.
