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Graeme Lyall

Graeme Lyall (AM), is an Australian saxophonist, composer and arranger.

Lyall played professionally at the Palais Ballroom and The Embers night club in Melbourne when he was only 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 became a member of the ABC Melbourne Showband for years in 1977 and finally become the Director of Music at GTV-9 Melbourne, including work on the Don Lane Show. 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 appears on recordings by John Sangster and Tony Gould.

In the mid '80s Lyall left full time television to concentrate on teaching. He returned for special events including AFL and NRL Grand Finals, Carols by Candlelight and the Logie Awards and then full time in 1991 to be Musical Director of Hey Hey it's Saturday.

Since 1992, Graeme has taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Victorian College of the Arts and the WA Academy of Performing Arts. As well as performing, writing, arranging and teaching at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, Graeme is the Artistic Director of the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra and musical director of the 50-strong WAYJO Composers Ensemble.

He currently works and lives in Mount Gambier and works at Tenison Woods College. He is also the adjudicator of the Generations In Jazz of division 2 composing such pieces as "7-up" and "Gotcha".

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