Bevan Leviston Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Studied conducting under John HopkinsConductor - Ars Nova of Melbourne, Monash University Choral Society, Melbourne University Choral Society, guest conductor for a variety of orchestras and choirs. Associate Conductor for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for several concerts and recordingsFounder and Director of Ars Nova of MelbourneOrganist – St Kilda Methodist Church, St David’s Arncliffe, Camberwell Congregational ChurchDiscography• Pastime With Good Company (Bonn Recording Enterprises)• Grainger The Warriors (HMV/ABC) - associate conductor to John Hopkins with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra• Various recordings for ABC Radio’s In Quires and PlacesSelection of significant works conducted• Stravinsky Les Noces (staged version)• Orff Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina• Varèse Ionisation• Hovhaness Magnificat• Lambert The Rio Grande• Britten A Ceremony of Carols, Saint Nicolas• Colin Brumby Euripides (world premiere)• Copland Fanfare For The Common Man• Ives From the Steeples and Mountains• Janáček Octe Nas• Holst Psalm 86• Vaughan Williams Mass• Fauré Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine• Dvořák Mass• Gounod St Cecilia Mass• Mozart Requiem• Haydn Nelson Mass, Mass in Time of War, Thersa Mass• Bach St John Passion (first Australian performance with period instruments), various cantatas• A. Scarlatti St Cecilia Mass• Biber Salzburg Mass in 53 voices (Largest-scale extant Baroque composition written for 2 eight-part choirs, 16 soloists and 6 orchestras)• Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art, Welcome to all the Pleasures, Funeral Music for Queen Mary• Tallis Spem in Alium (40 part motet)• Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 (polychoral cathedral performance with period instruments)• Numerous smaller scale works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance

• Professional classical music reviewer for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 for a number of years. Also occasional guest reviewer for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯.• Author of various academic articles on maths, maths education, and computing.• Writer of over 700 editions of a popular weekly newsletter with over 15,000 loyal followers.• Author of several hundred articles for the White Hat Website on topics such as Australian history and biographies, Australian inventions, architecture and engineering.• Researched, scripted, composed music for, and produced numerous video productions mainly associated with Melbourne history.• Various shorter scripts for Ars Nova of Melbourne including the popular 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

• Musical Advisor for Malthouse Theatre.• Musical Director for several amateur production of Gilbert & Sullivan.• Staging of the original mediaeval songs from the Carmina Burana followed by conducting the 𝗢𝗿𝗳𝗳 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙖 in a sold-out performance at the Melbourne Concert Hall (now Hamer Hall).• Performed one man show at 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘺• Performed a number of lengthy monologues such as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘪 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 to a variety of audiences.

• Currently attending lectures at James Cook University in the areas of Archaeology, Geophysics and Graphic Information Systems as well as being an active participant in the Queensland Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cairns Hub and the JCU Founders-In-Residence collective at the JCU Ideas Lab.

• 15 years as a tertiary maths lecturer (and later computer co-ordinator) at Coburg State College and Australian Catholic University – Clayton Campus• Author, facilitator and trainer for numbers of courses for business including topics such as change management, career transition, yield marketing, train-the-trainer, relational database management and machine learning & artificial intelligence.• Researched and conducted numerous historical tours of central Melbourne and historical venues such as the Melbourne General Cemetery.

• National Marketing Manager – Barson Computers• Marketing Manager – Acorn Computers Australia• Founder & Director – Ars Nova of Melbourne• Founder & Director – Melbourne Music Calendar• Co-founder & Director – Black Box Company• Founder & Director – White Hat Publishing

• Professional classical music reviewer for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 for a number of years. Also occasional guest reviewer for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯.• Author of various academic articles on maths, maths education, and computing.• Writer of over 700 editions of a popular weekly newsletter with over 15,000 loyal followers.• Author of several hundred articles for the White Hat Website on topics such as Australian history and biographies, Australian inventions, architecture and engineering.• Researched, scripted, composed music for, and produced numerous video productions mainly associated with Melbourne history.• Various shorter scripts for Ars Nova of Melbourne including the popular 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics, Education

B.sc Hons (physics), Dip Ed

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics, Mathematics