Dave P-B Bio
DAVID PRITCHARD-BLUNT
David originally hails from New Zealand, but now calls Australia home, where he has been Sydney-based since 1993.
Performance / Arrangement Credits
2009 Musical Director “Australian Idol” Series 7 (Fremantle)
Producer “Introducing Stan Walker” (Platinum sales - Sony BMG)
Arrangements “Metro Street” Adelaide Arts Festival
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Arrangements “Circus” P&O Cruises (Australia)
Arrangement and Conducting “So You Think You Can Dance” Final (Fremantle)
Arrangement and Production “The Biggest Loser” Final (Fremantle)
Keyboards “Le Grand Cirque” Sydney Opera House
2008 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 6 (Fremantle)
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Arrangements and Keyboards “Rocky Horror Show” (Dainty/Newtheatricals)
Arrangements Carnival Cruises (Australia)
Arrangements Damien Leith “Catch The Wind” (Sony BMG)
2007 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 5 (Fremantle)
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Piano Jimmy Barnes “Live At The Opera House” (Music Max Sessions)
Arrangements Carnival Cruises Australia
Keyboards “Pippin” – National Theatre Company
2006 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 4 (Grundy TV)
Musical Director “Burn The Floor presents Floorplay”
Keyboards Michael Crawford tour
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight”
Arrangements “Priscilla – The Musical”
2005 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 3 (Grundy TV)
“Australian Idol Concert Tour”
Arrangements Jason Gilkison’s “Ballroom”
Arrangements and Themes “Starstruck” (Ch 9)
Canberra “Live” Australia Day Celebrations (Ch 10)
2004 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 2 (Grundy TV)
Arrangements and Keyboards “Popstars Live” (Ch 7)
Arrangements Logie Awards 2004 (Ch 9)
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Keyboards “Living In the 80’s” concert with Go West, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet),
ABC and Wa Wa Nee
Piano “The Prayer” single, – Anthony Callea (Record highest selling Australian single)
Piano Anthony Callea Debut Album
Piano “Climb Every Mountain” single – Guy Sebastian
Arrangements “Strictly Dancing” (ABC)
Additional Arrangements Paulini – “One Determined Heart” Sony Music
(No. 1 album on debut)
Assoc. Musical Director “Australian Idol Concert Tour”
Canberra “Live” Australia Day Celebrations
Additional Arrangements P&O Cruises “Piano Man”
Anthony Warlow / Rhonda Burchmore Winery Series
Marina Prior Summer Concert series
Musical Director HIA Awards
Musical Director Optus Business Awards
2003 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 2003
Piano recordings “Burn The Floor”
Musical Director “Millenium Foundation” (Westmead Hospital Foundation)
Musical Director HIA Awards
Musical Director “Shout! – The Musical”
Musical Director BMW Convention, Beijing
AGSC Awards
2002 Musical Director Australia Day Council
Musical Director “Fame”, Asia tour
Assoc. Musical Director “Footloose”
Hugh Jackman Album (Phil Ramone Producer)
AGSC Awards
2001 Main Event (John Farnham, Anthony Warlow, Olivia Newton-John)
Arrangements “Shout! – The Musical”
Wizard Of Oz – Launch (Nikki Webster, Bert Newton)
Goodwill Games Opening, Brisbane
Hale and Pace Australasian tour
2000 Musical Director Joe Longthorne Australian tour
Musical Director Australia Day Celebration (Jackie Love), Australian Embassy Tokyo
“South Pacific” soundtrack (Harry Connick Jnr, Glenn Close)
1999 Darling Harbour Christmas Pageant
Macia Hines tour
Fox Studios Opening (Kylie Minogue, Jon Stevens, Human Nature, Hugh Jackman, Shirley Jones, Tina Arena)
Shirley Bassey tour
Happy Days Mega Musical (Jon Stevens, Human Nature, Rebecca Gibney, Jo Beth Taylor)
1998 Fox Sound Studio Openings (Sydney Symphony Orchestra), James Blundell tour
96-98 “Heineken Music Horizons” Hong Kong (Paul Young, All 4 One, Richard Marx, Gipsy Kings, Jackie Cheung, Faye Wong, Vanessa Mae )
1997 Trisha Yearwood tour, Shirley Bassey tour, Thelma Houston tour
1996 “The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber” Australasia and Asia tour (Sarah Brightman, Anthony Warlow)
“Sheraton Christmas” (Jackie Love, James Morrison, Tommy Emmanuel)
94-96 Julie Anthony, Marcia Hines Band, Mark Williams, 1927, D.J. Fontana, Roland product demonstrations
90-93 Cruising South Pacific and Asia (Musical Director) P&O, World Cruises CTC
87-89 (N.Z.) Billy T. James Showband (voted N.Z. Entertainer of the Decade)
85-86 (N.Z.) Auckland Queen City Big Band tour U.S.A. including Disneyland 30th Birthday Celebrations
David originally hails from New Zealand, but now calls Australia home, where he has been Sydney-based since 1993.
Performance / Arrangement Credits
2009 Musical Director “Australian Idol” Series 7 (Fremantle)
Producer “Introducing Stan Walker” (Platinum sales - Sony BMG)
Arrangements “Metro Street” Adelaide Arts Festival
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Arrangements “Circus” P&O Cruises (Australia)
Arrangement and Conducting “So You Think You Can Dance” Final (Fremantle)
Arrangement and Production “The Biggest Loser” Final (Fremantle)
Keyboards “Le Grand Cirque” Sydney Opera House
2008 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 6 (Fremantle)
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Arrangements and Keyboards “Rocky Horror Show” (Dainty/Newtheatricals)
Arrangements Carnival Cruises (Australia)
Arrangements Damien Leith “Catch The Wind” (Sony BMG)
2007 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 5 (Fremantle)
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Piano Jimmy Barnes “Live At The Opera House” (Music Max Sessions)
Arrangements Carnival Cruises Australia
Keyboards “Pippin” – National Theatre Company
2006 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 4 (Grundy TV)
Musical Director “Burn The Floor presents Floorplay”
Keyboards Michael Crawford tour
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight”
Arrangements “Priscilla – The Musical”
2005 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 3 (Grundy TV)
“Australian Idol Concert Tour”
Arrangements Jason Gilkison’s “Ballroom”
Arrangements and Themes “Starstruck” (Ch 9)
Canberra “Live” Australia Day Celebrations (Ch 10)
2004 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 2 (Grundy TV)
Arrangements and Keyboards “Popstars Live” (Ch 7)
Arrangements Logie Awards 2004 (Ch 9)
Arrangements “Carols By Candlelight” (Ch 9)
Keyboards “Living In the 80’s” concert with Go West, Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet),
ABC and Wa Wa Nee
Piano “The Prayer” single, – Anthony Callea (Record highest selling Australian single)
Piano Anthony Callea Debut Album
Piano “Climb Every Mountain” single – Guy Sebastian
Arrangements “Strictly Dancing” (ABC)
Additional Arrangements Paulini – “One Determined Heart” Sony Music
(No. 1 album on debut)
Assoc. Musical Director “Australian Idol Concert Tour”
Canberra “Live” Australia Day Celebrations
Additional Arrangements P&O Cruises “Piano Man”
Anthony Warlow / Rhonda Burchmore Winery Series
Marina Prior Summer Concert series
Musical Director HIA Awards
Musical Director Optus Business Awards
2003 Arrangements and Keyboards “Australian Idol” Series 2003
Piano recordings “Burn The Floor”
Musical Director “Millenium Foundation” (Westmead Hospital Foundation)
Musical Director HIA Awards
Musical Director “Shout! – The Musical”
Musical Director BMW Convention, Beijing
AGSC Awards
2002 Musical Director Australia Day Council
Musical Director “Fame”, Asia tour
Assoc. Musical Director “Footloose”
Hugh Jackman Album (Phil Ramone Producer)
AGSC Awards
2001 Main Event (John Farnham, Anthony Warlow, Olivia Newton-John)
Arrangements “Shout! – The Musical”
Wizard Of Oz – Launch (Nikki Webster, Bert Newton)
Goodwill Games Opening, Brisbane
Hale and Pace Australasian tour
2000 Musical Director Joe Longthorne Australian tour
Musical Director Australia Day Celebration (Jackie Love), Australian Embassy Tokyo
“South Pacific” soundtrack (Harry Connick Jnr, Glenn Close)
1999 Darling Harbour Christmas Pageant
Macia Hines tour
Fox Studios Opening (Kylie Minogue, Jon Stevens, Human Nature, Hugh Jackman, Shirley Jones, Tina Arena)
Shirley Bassey tour
Happy Days Mega Musical (Jon Stevens, Human Nature, Rebecca Gibney, Jo Beth Taylor)
1998 Fox Sound Studio Openings (Sydney Symphony Orchestra), James Blundell tour
96-98 “Heineken Music Horizons” Hong Kong (Paul Young, All 4 One, Richard Marx, Gipsy Kings, Jackie Cheung, Faye Wong, Vanessa Mae )
1997 Trisha Yearwood tour, Shirley Bassey tour, Thelma Houston tour
1996 “The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber” Australasia and Asia tour (Sarah Brightman, Anthony Warlow)
“Sheraton Christmas” (Jackie Love, James Morrison, Tommy Emmanuel)
94-96 Julie Anthony, Marcia Hines Band, Mark Williams, 1927, D.J. Fontana, Roland product demonstrations
90-93 Cruising South Pacific and Asia (Musical Director) P&O, World Cruises CTC
87-89 (N.Z.) Billy T. James Showband (voted N.Z. Entertainer of the Decade)
85-86 (N.Z.) Auckland Queen City Big Band tour U.S.A. including Disneyland 30th Birthday Celebrations