I'm Quentin Grant, a multidisciplinary composer and performer based in Adelaide, Australia. I write, record, and produce music across film, theatre, opera, and live performance, and I enjoy shaping musical identities that help tell powerful stories. I compose in many styles and have contributed to film, television, and stage projects, often combining collaboration with a wide network of performers and ensembles. I co-direct The Firm, a Adelaide-based company, and have worked on numerous commissions and productions with Circa, Slingsby, Brink, and other leading companies. My work spans orchestral scores, cabaret pieces, and large-scale theatre, always aiming for inventive, expressive sound that supports the narrative and captivates audiences.

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I'm Quentin Grant, a multidisciplinary composer and performer based in Adelaide, Australia. I write, record, and produce music across film, theatre, opera, and live performance, and I enjoy shaping musical identities that help tell powerful stories. I compose in many styles and have contributed to film, television, and stage projects, often combining collaboration with a wide network of performers and ensembles. I co-direct The Firm, a Adelaide-based company, and have worked on numerous commissions and productions with Circa, Slingsby, Brink, and other leading companies. My work spans orchestral scores, cabaret pieces, and large-scale theatre, always aiming for inventive, expressive sound that supports the narrative and captivates audiences.

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I’m Quentin Grant, a multidisciplinary composer and performer based in Adelaide, Australia. I write, record, and produce music across film, theatre, opera, and live performance, and I enjoy shaping musical identities that help tell powerful stories. I compose in many styles and have contributed to film, television, and stage projects, often combining collaboration with a wide network of performers and ensembles.

I co-direct The Firm, a Adelaide-based company, and have worked on numerous commissions and productions with Circa, Slingsby, Brink, and other leading companies. My work spans orchestral scores, cabaret pieces, and large-scale theatre, always aiming for inventive, expressive sound that supports the narrative and captivates audiences.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer / Music Producer at ABC Closer Productions / The Art of the Game (Doco)
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Music composed, recorded and produced for film and TV projects, including The Art of the Game for ABC TV (Doco).
Composer at JK Films
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Music for documentary Stories of Recovery.
Composer at One Thousand Productions / National Geographic
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
Music for documentary feature Black Saturday.
Composer at Closer Production
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Music for short film Elephantisis.
Composer at SBS
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2009
Music for documentary Bittersweet Freedom.
Composer at Dusk (Tropfest finalist)
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2007
Music for Tropfest finalist Dusk, produced and directed by Bill Allert.
Composer / Sound Designer at One Thousand Productions
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2007
Wrote and produced soundtracks for Cyclone Alley, Black Tuesday, and The Day the Flames Came.
Composer / Music Designer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Scoring and producing soundtrack for A Concise Compendium of Wonder; theatre works across multiple productions.
Composer / Orchestrator at Louder / Brandenburg Philharmonic / Gravity and Other Myths
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Orchestral score for a physical circus company collaboration.
Composer / Librettist at Brink Theatre / Opera Co of SA / Opera Australia
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
An opera, When the Rain Stops Falling, commissioned by Brink Theatre/Opera Co of SA/Opera Australia; libretto by Andrew Bovell.
Composer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Adelaide Festival; touring to Ireland and Britain.
Composer at Adelaide Chamber Singers
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
The Angel of the Trees and Two Christmas Songs.
Composer / Musician at Slingsby / Adelaide Cabaret Festival
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas; Wolfgang for Circa; music for The Art of the Game (ABC/Closer Productions).
Composer at Slingsby
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
Scored Emil and the Detectives; concert of music for Slingsby’s 10 year celebration.
Composer at Circa
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
The Return; premiered at the Barbican, London.
Composer / Arranger at Circa / Brisbane Festival
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Il Ritorno; co-devised, composed and arranged; Helpmann Award nomination (2016 for Best Physical Theatre).
Composer at Paul Capsis / State Theatre SA
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Little Bird cabaret; co-written with Cameron Goodall and Nicki Bloom; performed as a 2015 Helpmann nominee.
Composer at Slingsby
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Carnival of the Amazing Animals; Circa (Brisbane).
Composer at Slingsby / State Opera of SA
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
Ode to Nonsense (opera).
Composer / Collaborator at Adelaide Cabaret Festival
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
You, Me and the Bloody Sea (with Cameron Goodall).
Composer / Sound Designer at Flying Penguin Productions
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
The Dark Room; theatre project.
Composer at Barking Gecko / Jute Theatre
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
This Girl Laughs; Perth and regional performances.
Composer at Slingsby
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
The Mouse, the Bird and Sausage.
Composer / Music Designer at Brink Productions
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2008
When the Rain Stops Falling; music and sound design.
Co-director at The Firm
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 2024
Co-directed a company producing new concert music; international events in Vienna (2001).
Composer/Producer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2023 - Present
Scoring and producing soundtrack for Slingsby’s triptych A Concise Compendium of Wonder, to premiere at the Adelaide Festival and internationally.
Composer at Brink Theatre / Opera Co of SA / Opera Australia
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Commissioned opera When the Rain Stops Falling, with libretto by Andrew Bovell, based on the play of the same name.
Composer/Performer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2021 - October 1, 2022
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Adelaide Festival, touring to Ireland and Britain in October 2022.
Composer/Sound Designer/Performer at Brink Productions
January 1, 2010 - Present
When the Rain Stops Falling, composer, sound designer and performer.
Music Composer at SBS
January 1, 2009 - Present
Music for SBS documentary Bittersweet Freedom.

Education

Phd. in Music, Composition at Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide
March 1, 2006 - November 1, 2009

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Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other, Education