Clint Allen

Clint is a graduate of QUT’s Academy of the Arts where he studied trumpet under Phil Ryan, and a Masters degree from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where his research focused on crossover music. Clint was awarded a 2011 Churchill Fellowship to study contemporary trumpet performance techniques from leading practitioners involved in the creation of crossover music in the UK, Netherlands and France. Clint has also tutored both Principal and Second Study Trumpet (Classical) at the Queensland University of Technology, the QLD Young Conservatorium of Music (Griffith University) in Contemporary music composition (Composers Workshop) and directed various jazz ensembles. Clint has been the director of the UQ Big Band (at the University of Queensland) since 2007, and is a published author about contemporary music with articles published in RealTime Arts Journal (Sydney, Australia).

Clint has backed prominent artists including Don Burrows, Julie Anthony, James Morrison, Chrissy Amphlett, Tina Arena, Human Nature, Natalie Cole, Anthony Calea, Mark Diesel, Leo Sayer, Rick Price, Christine Anu and John Waters, and has travelled with various ensembles both nationally and internationally. He performed over 500 concerts while on tour with BUZZ, a brass quartet formed by Musica Viva to educate young children around Australia and develop music programs in primary schools in both city and rural areas along the east coast of Australia. He has performed at major music festivals (Brisbane Festival, Caloundra Music Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Big Day Out, Livid, Byron Bay Bluesfest, Splendour In The Grass), recorded television commercials and Sony PlayStation soundtracks, directed the Zappa/Bjork Big Band, experimental electro-acoustic music recitals, contemporary operas and numerous other orchestral and contemporary music projects.