Antony Dyer

Biography Tnee is a charming and unique musical artist with a contagious enthusiasm for creativity and spontaneous invention. His unique skills and allure have bestowed him with critical success for his performance of Sweet Sour and Saucy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2013) with his long time collaborator and life partner Melissa Western. Building on the success of Sweet Sour and Saucy, the duo were awarded a grant from the Playing Queensland Fund and have since successfully toured their cabaret to over twenty regional towns around Queensland. Tnee has most recently been involved as musical director for 'Oh Lady be Good' and 'Songs for Sarah Conner' in the 2015 Queensland Cabaret Festival. He has worked with Opera Australia as an assistant musical director/composer on their production of Yarrabah the Musical. He has also worked as a musical director with WOT Opera (2014), helping to facilitate the rapid creation of student-lead operas. He has a Bachelor of Arts, Advanced Dip of Jazz Performance from JMI and recently attained a Grad Dip in secondary education with distinction at QUT. He is known for his captivating emotional expression as a virtuosic jazz pianist in solo and group performances around his hometown of Brisbane. Tnee is also frequently commissioned to compose music, his most recent Mummy who am I, is featured in a recently published book. He is a respected jazz educator jointly responsible for the highly successful jazz engagement program Talkin’ Jazz from 2006 - 2010. Tnee is a full-time musician/performer working in a variety of rolls from session playing on jazz recordings to fronting covers bands for corporate work. Musical Improvisation | Piano | Voice | Synthesisers | Composing | Arranging | Looping | Recording | Audio Production (Logic) | Film Production | Teaching (Classroom/Private) | Mentoring | Community Facilitation | Syllabus Design. Highlights 2015 Queensland Tour of Sweet Sour & Saucy and Lissa and Nee Nee’s Adventure time to: Brisbane, Logan, Tambo, Roma, Wandoan, Miles, Maryborough, Gympie, Redcliffe, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Longreach, Blackwater, Dysart, Moranbah, Sarina, Childers, Ipswich, Warwick. 2015 Australia Day performance of Lissa and Nee Nee’s Adventure Time in the Courier Mail Piazza Southbank. 2014 Woodford performances of Parlour Club Piano Bar and Sweet Sour and Saucy 2014 Moreton Bay Regional Council Library Tour of Lissa and Nee Nee’s Library Adventure to: Arana Hills, Albany Creek, Strathpine, North Lakes, Woodford, Caboolture, Bribie Island, Burpengary, Deception Bay, Redcliffe. 2014 Canterbury International Arts Festival performance of Sweet Sour & Saucy and Lissa and Nee Nee’s Adventure time in the Speigeltent (UK). Music Director - WOT Opera Sydney 2014 Bobby Brookes Wilson - Little Richard Tribute Twin Towns Gold Coast 2014 ArTour Showcase Brisbane Judith Wright Centre 2014 International Women’s Day - MC/Performing Brisbane Town Hall 2014 Lissa and Nee Nee’s Riverside Adventure Woodford Folk Festival 2013 Sweet, Sour & Saucy Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 Lissa and Nee Nee’s Riverside Adventure Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 Assistant Music Director - Opera Australia Yarrabah the Musical; Cairns 2013 The Keapers – Original Compositions Brisbane Jazz Club 2013 Jesse Green Feat Tnee & Hanlon Brothers Brisbane Jazz Club 2013 Lissa and Nee Nee Riverside Adventure Powerkids Brisbane Powerhouse 2013 The Keapers – supporting Vince Jones Gold Coast Arts Centre 2013 Lissa and Nee Nee / Minx Moxy Woodford Folk Festival 2012 Baby Loves Music and Movement Out of the Box Festival - QPAC 2012 Oh Lady be Good UK National Rural Touring Scheme 2012 Songs from the Heart State Library Queensland 2011 Ella meets Marilyn Brisbane Jazz Club 2010 Premier’s Senior’s Christmas Concert Cairns; Brisbane 2010 Close to You Brisbane Cabaret Festival 2010 Of War and Love State Library Queensland 2010 Premier’s Citizenship Ceremony Suncorp Stadium Southbank 2009 Lush Life Edinburgh Fringe Festival; UKNRTS 2009 Lord Mayor’s Gala Ball Brisbane Town Hall 2009 Melissa and Cunning Accompanist Adelaide Fringe; Sydney; Melbourne 2008 Tim Rodger’s Support Act – Australian Tour Brisbane Jazz Club 2007 Mischievous Minx Brisbane Cabaret Festival 2006