Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2003

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STAFF PROFILE Mr Paul Holley

If you have ever attended a School concert and seen 120 members of the Grammar Community file onto the stage to join our young people in a beautifully blended major choral work, then you have heard what Mr Paul Holley can produce. Paul completed a Bachelor of Arts (Music) degree at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in 1989. During this time he began conducting student choirs, church choirs and a community choir. In 1990 he completed a Graduate Diploma of Education at QUT and also began a Graduate Diploma in Choral Conducting at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Since 1991, Paul has taught at schools in Brisbane and Mt Isa. He took on the leadership of the Grammar Community Choir in 1997, while he was the Choral Director at Brisbane Grammar School and continued this group when he moved to Brisbane Girls Grammar School in 1998. In 2000, he became the Head of Gibson House, the position he currently holds, as well as being the Director of Choirs and a teacher of Classroom Music. Until recently Paul Holley was the assistant conductor of the Brisbane Chorale and has now founded the Birralee Blokes - a choir for teenage boys. Paul is dedicated to excellence in choral education and is regularly invited to

His guest conductorships include the 13th Australian Combined Schools Music Festival this year and the Mt Isa Choirfest in 2002. He has also been invited to adjudicate Toowoomba Grammar School’s Singers Festival and the Sunshine Coast Primary Schools Festival in 2004. If you have ever seen Paul teaching young people, you will understand his popularity and if you have ever heard his music, you will understand why he is so much in demand in the community. Grammar parents, past students, teachers and other connections have also welcomed the chance to work with Paul in the Community Choir. Having a good sing is such a satisfying experience and Mr Holley makes it fun while creating a sound that is the best it can be.

conduct workshops with school and community choirs and to adjudicate festivals. He is also a committee member of the Australian National Choral Association.

The many faces of Mr Paul Holley

Mr Paul Holley conducting the Senior Choir at Open Day 2003