Harry Edwards

Harry Edwards

www.harryedwardsmusic.com

Harry Edwards is a Hobart based jazz guitarist and composer. Harry performs his original compositions with the ‘Harry Edwards Trio, ‘Harry Edwards & Isaac Gee,’ ‘Django’s Tiger,’ and as an unaccompanied jazz guitarist.

CD Recordings and Releases as Band Leader

2018 Harry Edwards Quartet (to be released August 2018)

2015 Harry Edwards Trio – Self Titled

Festivals Harry has performed at

OzManouche Gypsy Jazz Festival, Devonport Jazz Festival, Hot August Jazz Festival, Clarence Jazz Festival, Dark Mo Fo, Cygnet Folk Festival, Hobart Ah Um Jazz Festival, The Barn Loves Guitars Festival, The Taste Of Tasmania, The Sustainable Living Festival, The Tasmanian Red Wine Wknd, The Tasmanian White Wine Wknd

Selected 5-year Performance highlights

2018

• Presentation of original works at MONA
• Presentation of original works at Old Hobart Gaol Site
• Presentation of original works at Hobart Ah Um Jazz Festival

2017

• Presentation of original works at the Taste of Tasmania
• Presentation of original works at Devonport Jazz Festival
• Presentation of original works at the Hot August Jazz Festival
• Presentation of original works at the Moonah Arts Centre

2016

• Presentation of original works at Dark Mo Fo Festival
• Presentation of original works at the Clarence Jazz Festival
• Presentation of original works at MONA\

2015

• Presentation of original works at the Rosny Barn (Album Launch)
• Presentation of original works at TMAG
• Presentation of original works at Frogmore Creek Vineyard

2014

• Presentation of original works at Brisbane Jazz Club
• Presentation of original works at Smiths Alternative (Canberra)
• Presentation of original works at Sustainable Living Festival (Tas)

Grants and Awards

2014

• Art Start Grant (Australian Arts Council 2014) – Towards the study of gypsy jazz guitar in the U.S.A., France, Belgium, & the Netherlands.

• Start Up Grant (Arts Tasmania – 2014) – Towards the study of gypsy jazz guitar in the U.S.A., France, Belgium, & the Netherlands.

• Phonographic Performance Company of Australia grant (2014) – Towards the study of gypsy jazz guitar in the U.S.A., France, Belgium, & the Netherlands.

• Regional Arts Tasmania grant (2014) – Towards the study of gypsy jazz guitar in the U.S.A., France, Belgium, & the Netherlands.

Studies

2012 – Graduated from the Hobart Conservatorium Of Music with a combined B.A./B.Mus (contemporary guitar)