Gregory Stott

PhD (ANU), MMus (ANU), Grad Dip. Ed. (UC), Adv. Dip. Jazz (ANU), Cert. IV Training & Assessment, AVID certified instructor (Pro Tools and Sibelius)

Jazz composition and improvisation, guitar applications of rhythmic improvisation concepts, Sound engineering and recording techniques, Jazz theory and analysis.

Conference presentations

• July 2025 – The Guitar in Popular Music conference (Academy of Contemporary Music, London and Canterbury Christchurch University). Paper presentation – The Art of Being Irrational in a Reasonable Way
• 2023 – the Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network (AJIRN) conference in Melbourne. Paper presentation – Form One Lane: Merging Guitar Practice with Drum-set Methodologies
• 2021 – presented at the 21^st Century Guitar international conference (Portugal/online). Paper presentation – A Rhythmic Practice for Guitar
• 2019 – presented a lecture recital at the International Guitar Research Centre (IGRC) conference in Hong Kong. Work-in-progress presentation of PhD research
• 2017 – presented at the AJIRN conference (Melbourne). Work-in-progress presentation of PhD research

Selected Performance Experience

• 2024 – debut performance of my original music arranged for the Test Pilots Big Band. A recording project is underway
• 2025 – two additional recording projects completed and currently in post-production. Scheduled for release early 2025. Featuring Andrew Gander, John Mackey, William Barton and other notable Australian performers.
• Curator of the National Press Club (NPC) Friday Night Jazz series (2014-present). Collaborating in regular performance with a curated roster of the best local and interstate jazz talent.
• Canberra Symphony Orchestra – guitar chair for Gala and Pops Orchestra events
• Member of the ANU jazz and contemporary faculty
• Mamma Mia – principal guitar for the Canberra season of Australian touring production.
• ABC documentary podcast (2018) – Musical performances for an ABC documentary on Frank Sinatra’s ill-fated visit to Australia
• Recording and touring with Hetty Kate & Dan McLean (2016). Guitarist on The Umbrella Man Album and toured the east coast of Australia performing many sold-out shows, including the Foundry 616 jazz club in Sydney.
• Canberra Guitar Showcase (Aug 2015) - I organised and presented a concert at the Ainslie Arts Centre featuring Canberra-based classical and Jazz guitarists. As part of the concert I also performed new works, some of which will be featured on my upcoming album.
• “The Competition” movie premiere (Dec 2014) - A movie, directed by Simon Weaving, for which I was musical director, and which also featured 3 of my original songs as well as my score.
• “Locks of Love” (2014) - Contributed musical cue to the score for the feature film Locks of Love.
• “Aodaliya Gold” movie trailer score (2014)- I composed the score for Cindy Li’s trailer for an upcoming movie about Australia’s only Chinese bushranger by JIA films
• “Bernstein on Broadway” Performance with Canberra Symphony Orchestra as part of the Centenary of Canberra Gala (2013)
• String Arranger and conductor for Meg Corson’s solo album (former The Idea of North vocalist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V1IwVi9_bA
• 2 original works are included in Tim Nikolsky’s publication “The Australian Jazz Real Book”
• Recognised in the publication “The Twang Dynasty™  - a history of plucked instruments within Australasia - circa 1830 to 2010”
• 2007 – album of original music (The Greg Stott Band – One Second Ahead), which I also engineered and mixed.
• Original works performed live on ABC classic FM
• Album tracks and concert recordings broadcast regularly on Artsound FM
• New Zealand International Jazz Festival (2010)
• Adelaide Cabaret Festival (2001)
• Sydney Olympics Festival (2000)
• National Folk Festival (several appearances)
• I have performed &/or recording with a range of great Australian and international musicians including:
  • Andrew Gander, Dave Goodman, Paul Cutlan, Giovanni Perin (Italy), Sally Marett, Hetty Kate (Paris), James Morrison, Dale Barlow, The Idea of North, Venetta Fields, Jon English, Grace Knight, Craig Scott, the late Gery Scott, Tim Kain & Minh Le Hoang (Guitar Trek), Antony Field (Saffire), Brady Blade (USA) The Canberra Symphony Pops Orchestra, John & Carl Mackey, Steve Amosa, Adam Sofo (The Voice, Delta Goodrem, Guy Sebastian), James Valentine (ABC presenter), Rhonda Birchmore, Hayley Jensen (Australian Idol), Peta Gammie, Susan deJong (NZ), National Jazz Award winner Brendan Clarke, Mike Price, Eric Ajaye, Miroslav Bukovsky, Elana Stone, Gabby Bermingham, Meg Corson, Craig Schneider, Dave Panichi, James Greening, Ben Hauptmann, Steve Allen (Cucharita), Tim Strong (USA), Kirrah Amosa, Citizen Kay and many others.
• Supporting gigs for major artists including Dionne Warwick, Shirley MacLaine, Human Nature, The Whitlams, Killing Heidi, and The Baby Animals among others
• Performing for visiting dignitaries, the governor general and past and multiple Prime Ministers of Australia (Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, John Howard and Julia Gillard)
• Presenting original works and arrangements for a number of the ANU School of Music’s concert series; and
• I have played guitar in professional pit orchestras for a number of shows including West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Sweet Charity and Cats.
• My involvement in the music industry also includes work as a professional jazz and contemporary guitarist (both as a bandleader and freelance musician), arranger, composer for television commercials, working with big bands and theatre orchestras, guitar ensemble performances and working with Latin American and flamenco musicians.

Recording, mixing, producing and live sound work

• Mix engineer for upcoming album by Australian jazz legend Vince Jones.
• Certified Pro Tools Trainer. I have taught official Avid coursework at CIT and taught previous iterations of the recording techniques course at ANU
• Extensive recording experience at HiHat Studios, CIT Studios and the ANU studio (including training on the Neve console).
• 2016 – recorded interviews and archival material for the British Museum (at Hihat studios)
• 2015 - Recording engineer for Hitmill (Germany) for their Canberra-based talent. Hitmill enlisted studios from all around the country for an international release project Hihat studios (where I was the head engineer) won the contract to record the Canberra talent.
• I have produced, engineered &/or mixed for a number of artists including:
  • Andrew Gander (Sydney) - Including tracks for his PhD research, Dr. Dave Goodman (Sydney), Rai Thistlethwaite (of Thirsty Merc) & Ben Vanderwal (L.A. & Perth), Leigh Barker and the New Sheiks (Melbourne), Meg Corson, The Strange Sound of Reality (Melbourne), Wayne Kelly, Steve Allen (featuring William Barton and Riley Lee), Reuben Lewis Quintet, Rafael Jerjen, Miles O’Connel Quartet, The Sodapops, As Famous as The Moon, Kirrah Amosa, Jo McEvilly with Movement 9, Blamey Street Big Band, In Full Swing Big Band, Pat Hutchings Big Band, Tom Vincent, Steven White (Winner 2015 Best Drummer - AUDW weekend), Zootster, Greg Stott Band, numerous student ensembles, workshops and client work in a variety of styles (jazz, rock, folk, voice over etc.)
• I have a keen interest in woodworking, in particular building classical guitars. I studied this process with Sydney based luthier Gerard Gilet and perform with a number of guitars that I have hand-built. I also have skills in simple equipment repairs, having built some effects pedals and maintained my equipment.