Malcolm GILLIES

Malcolm Gillies is a deputy vice-chancellor at The Australian National University, responsible for all educational matters, internationalization and associated student services. He was previously a pro-vice-chancellor at The University of Adelaide, and a faculty dean at The University of Queensland.

As a musician Malcolm has been author or editor of a dozen books in the analysis and history of early-mid twentieth-century music, and is best known for his research into the composers Bela BARTOK and Percy GRAINGER.

Malcolm taught or worked with many members of ELISION Ensemble during the 1980s while he was a lecturer at the Victorian College of the Arts and The University of Melbourne. He became a member of ELISION's Board in 1996 and its Chair in 2000.

Malcolm is Deputy Chair of the Australian Youth Orchestra (from 2003), and has been Chair of the contemporary music ensemble Perihelion (1992-7), Chairperson of AMEB Victoria (1990-92), President of the Musicological Society of Australia (1992-4) and Chair of the Heads of Australian Tertiary Music Schools (1996-7). Between 1998 and 2001 he was the President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and also President of the National Academies Forum.

September 2003