Phil Treloar

Did You Know?

• He studied Khayal vocal music in Delhi, India at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya with Madhup Mudgalaya in 1984.
• The Jazz Co-Op, of which Treloar was a member, played over thirty engagements at Sydney's premier jazz club, The Basement.
• A complete program of the 1988 Australian Bicentennial New Directions concert series was devoted entirely to Treloar's work.
• He moved to Kanazawa, Japan in 1992, and his two-hour work Zen's Way: Through the Eye of Gogo-an – homage to Ryokan premiered there in 2004.

Biography

Phil Treloar began his musical career in the late 1960s, playing drums at Sydney venues. In the early 1970s he was active in the Australian jazz scene, performing with Alan Lee, Roger Frampton, Barry Guy, Erroll Buddle, Judy Bailey, and Bernie McGann. He was a member of the Jazz Co-Op alongside Roger Frampton, Howie Smith, and Jack Thorncraft; the group was influential in Sydney during the 1970s, playing at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, and over thirty engagements at The Basement.

In 1980 Treloar performed with the Bruce Cale Quartet, which included Bruce Cale, Roger Frampton, and Dale Barlow; two live concerts were recorded as The Bruce Cale Quartet Live (Adelaide concert) and On Fire – The Sydney Concert. He later worked with Frampton again in the Intersection group in 1984, which toured Asia. Treloar earned a B.Mus. degree in composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1988 under Dr. Graham Hair. He studied in New York with Billy Hart in 1980; in Delhi at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya with Madhup Mudgalaya in 1984; and in Colombo at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies with Piasara Silpadipathi in 1984.

He has fulfilled composer residencies and guest lectureships at the NSW State Conservatory of Music, Victoria College of the Arts, Perth Conservatory, Conservatorium of Tasmania, and Hobart College of the Arts. Treloar has collaborated with many Australian and international musicians, including Mark Simmonds, Steve Elphick, David Ades, Carl Dewhurst, Simone De Haan, Daryl Pratt, Hamish Stuart, Peter Boothman, Chuck Yates, Bobbie Gebert, Mike Nock, Dale Barlow, Michele Morgan, Scott Tinkler, John Clare, David Baker, Chico Freeman, David Friesen, Ricky Ford, Chip Jackson, and The World Drum Ensemble.