About
In 2024, Allan graduated from the Elder Conservatorium with a Bachelor of Double Bass Classical Performance with Honours. Since beginning studies on the double bass with Rob Nairn in 2017, he has performed with the Elder Conservatorium Symphony and Chamber orchestras, the Bishop Orchestra of National Music Camp, the Australian Youth Orchestra and the Adelaide Concert Orchestra. Recent performance highlights include principal bass for the combined ECSO and ADYO performance of Mahler 1 and Mahler 5 with AYO, as well as violone for Handel’s L’Allegro with the Fleurieu Singers. In 2024 Allan received the Gustav Reimers Prize, awarded for an orchestral instrumentalist at the Elder Conservatorium.
Allan also performs across a variety of genres. Since 2023, he has cultivated a keen interest in early music and has enjoyed playing the violone with the Elder Conservatorium Baroque Ensemble. In 2021 he was the division 1 bassist with the SA Superband big band program. He plays both electric and upright bass in several popular Adelaide bands and recently received Helpmann Academy support to record and promote an album with ‘Wake in Fright.’
Allan has been accepted into ANAM and plans to continue his studies there in 2025.
Australian Youth Orchestra
