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Gary Daverne ONZM | |
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 Daverne at the 2010 Benny Award | |
| Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Musical arranger, composer, conductor, director and producer |
| Website | garydaverne |
Gary Michiel Daverne ONZM (born 1939) is a New Zealand musical arranger, composer, conductor, director and producer.
He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996.[1] He held the position of Music Director/Conductor of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra from its formation in 1975 until 2010 when, on retiring, he was appointed Music Director Emeritus.[2] Daverne has also composed music for symphony orchestras, brass and military bands, children's songs and musicals with more than 500 television and radio advertising jingles, film soundtracks and pop songs.[3] Daverne is New Zealand's most prolific composer and arranger of music for the accordion.[4] As a music producer Daverne has released over forty albums achieving one Platinum and two Gold records.[5]
Since his retirement from the Auckland Symphony directorship position, he has gone back to his pop and rock 'n' roll roots as a record producer, digitally re-mastering, mainly for internet re-release on his Viscount label, archive recordings that he produced in his earlier years, along with producing new recording projects. He is still actively involved as a guest conductor with orchestras and as a musical arranger and composer.
During the 2014/15 period, Gary was musical director for three highly successful children’s musicals at the Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre in Auckland. Two of these musicals: Robyn Hood – Outlaw Princess (words by John Reynolds) and Cats of Ponsonby (words and story by Ray Prowse), Gary had composed the music for some 40 years ago but had recently revised and updated. The third show was The Rockin’ Tale of Snow White.
Other recent compositions by Gary include: Auckland March, Silver Fern March, 2nd Rhapsody for Solo Accordion and Orchestra and Dardanelle, a major work for orchestra and choir commissioned in 2016 by Turkey for their 100-year Gallipoli centenary.
In June 2015 he released his first book, From the Podium, sharing tales from his life of forty years conducting orchestras and choirs around the world. See http://www.garydaverne.gen.nz for details.
- ^ "Sounz Profile : Gary Daverne".
- ^ "Auckland Symphony Orchestra History". Archived from the original on 10 November 2011.
- ^ "SOUNZ NZ Composer Profile".
- ^ "NZ Accordion Association".
- ^ "APRA AMCOS Industry News : Gary Daverne Article".