Bernard Houston
Musical Consultant
Bernard Houston is a prolific composer and musician. Using a wide range of compositional and arranging techniques, including improvisation, orchestral composition, noise art, big band, pop and rock, he has written music for numerous film, theatre and cabaret performances.
His many film credits include "The Foal" which has screened in over 16 national and international film festivals, including the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Bernard has a passion for cabaret. He was music director for the Judith Wright Centre's "Emerge Project" from 2005 to 2009. Building on this relationship, he developed and produced "projet. Prevert", a cabaret celebrating the poetry of Jacques Prevert as part of the Judith Wright Fresh Ground Initiative with theatre director Freddy Komp. This was staged as part of the 2012 Brisbane Cabaret Festival.
From 2012 to 2014, Bernard composed for and produced the Babble-On project. These monthly cabaret performances were staged at the Library Cafe - State Library of Queensland.
Never one to do things in the correct order, Bernard finally enrolled in a composition degree in 2016, graduating with first-class honours and the university medal in 2021.
Since graduating, Bernard has developed and delivered the "Switchboard Project". This initiative brought
together painters, poets, musicians and other performing artists to co-design and co-deliver a series of sell-out arts events in Brisbane 2021.
