Carl Dewhurst is an Associate Lecturer in Jazz Performance (guitar) and Rhythm Awareness at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Research interests:
- Guitar pedagogy
- Improvisation pedagogy
- Rhythm studies
- Embodiment and entrainment
- Adaptive processes
- Extended guitar techniques
- Composition
- Principal study (guitar)
- Jazz improvisation
- Jazz ensemble
- Rhythm awareness
My current research focuses on the adaptation of rudimental drum etudes to the guitar so to develop pick technique, articulation, dynamics, phrasing, dexterity, and rhythmic accuracy. Furthermore, some of this material has been re-configured from duple and triple-based sub-divisions into quintuplet and septuplet subdivisions. This process has allowed me to create an individual language of phrasing within the meters of 15 and 21 both on the drum set and guitar. These modified drum etudes and the resultant phraseology form the bedrock for a series of compositions and specific rhythms I have been workshopping and performing with the Carl Dewhurst Trio throughout 2022-23.
I will be recording an album of this work with Cameron Undy, Lisa Parrott and Alex Inman Hislop mid 2024.
- Runner up: Ike Isaccs International Jazz Guitar Competition
- Winner: Ike Isaccs International Jazz Guitar Competition – Judges and people’s choice awards (1998)
- Runner up: National Jazz Awards (2000)
- Graeme Bell Award for Best Jazz Ensemble (Australian Art Orchestra)
- Nominated for Best Jazz Album: 2011 Bell Awards & 2011 ABC Limelight Awards
- Member of judging panel: 2022 National Jazz Awards
- Member of judging panel: 2012 Jazzgroove Association JARA Awards
- Member of judging panel: 2006 Music Council of Australia Freedman Fellowship
Publications
Music
- Barker, S., Dewhurst, C. (2022). Boom! International Festival of Percussion. Boom! International Festival of Percussion. Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney, Australia: Boom! International Festival of Percussion.
- Slater, P., McMahon, M., Barker, S., Dewhurst, C. (2009). Band of Five Names Improv. 1. 2009 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues. Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Sydney, Australia: Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.
- Slater, P., McMahon, M., Barker, S., Dewhurst, C., Dae, I. (2007). 1.Improv 2.Sinawi 3.Calling 4.Daorum 5.Pansori. Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Music Fesitval.
Recorded / Rendered Performance
- Dewhurst, C. (2021). Drainpipe Blue. On , Digital, New York, United States of America: DistroKid. [More Information]
- McMahon, M., Dewhurst, C. (2019). Trapeze For Two Atoms, CD and Digital, New York, United States of America: DistroKid. [More Information]
- Barker, S., Dewhurst, C. (2017). 1. Kaihogyo, 2. Trail, 3. Cohere. On Showa 44: Kaihogyo, All major digital platforms, Sydney, Australia: MGM.
2022
- Barker, S., Dewhurst, C. (2022). Boom! International Festival of Percussion. Boom! International Festival of Percussion. Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney, Australia: Boom! International Festival of Percussion.
2021
- Dewhurst, C. (2021). Drainpipe Blue. On , Digital, New York, United States of America: DistroKid. [More Information]
2019
- McMahon, M., Dewhurst, C. (2019). Trapeze For Two Atoms, CD and Digital, New York, United States of America: DistroKid. [More Information]
2017
- Barker, S., Dewhurst, C. (2017). 1. Kaihogyo, 2. Trail, 3. Cohere. On Showa 44: Kaihogyo, All major digital platforms, Sydney, Australia: MGM.
2016
- Barker, S., Slater, P., Dewhurst, C. (2016). 3. Hill/Mind. On On Running, CD, Sydney, Australia: MGM.
2009
- Slater, P., McMahon, M., Barker, S., Dewhurst, C. (2009). Band of Five Names Improv. 1. 2009 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues. Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Sydney, Australia: Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.
2007
- Slater, P., McMahon, M., Barker, S., Dewhurst, C., Dae, I. (2007). 1.Improv 2.Sinawi 3.Calling 4.Daorum 5.Pansori. Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Music Fesitval.
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