• Title
  Item 1: Geoffrey Collins interview by Vincent Plush
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  20 October 2022
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9669127
• Physical Description
  3 audio files (2 hr., 14 min) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Geoffrey Collins recounts his upbringing as an only child to English immigrant parents and his studies at the Sydney Conservatorium with Nancy Salas and flute teachers including Victor McMahon, Margaret Crawford and James Pellerite. He discusses his musical influences and collaboration with David Ahern, Teletopa, AZ Music and others.
  
  Collins talks about his music career including winning the National flute competition, 1975; appointment to Queensland Conservatorium, working with Carl Vine and Simone de Haan; being a foundation player and Board member of the Seymour Group at Sydney University, 1977; receiving the Churchill Fellowship, 1982; joining the Australia Ensemble at University of New South Wales, 1983; his various orchestra involvements including Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Australian Chamber Orchestra; and relationships with various musicians including Ross Edwards, Anne Boyd, Martin Wesley-Smith, Carl Vine, David Bollard, David Miller and others.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, on 20 October 2023
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Collins, Geoffrey, 1955-
  
• Subject
  Collins, Geoffrey, 1955---Interviews.
  Flute players--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20545745

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