Dr David Cashman
PhD, MMus, GradCertAdEd, BMus
PhD, MMus, GradCertAdEd, BMus
Dr David Cashman is a Sydney-based pianist, educator, researcher, and advocate. His area of research is live music performance and industry, particularly in regional areas and the performance practice thereof. He is an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and a founding member of the Regional Music Research Group.
The Regional Music Research Group grew out of a conversation in 2016 between David, Professor Andy Bennett, and Dr Natalie Lewandowski-Cox. Since then, it has grown to include ten academics from six institutions all fascinated by music in the regions. The RMRG holds online symposia on matters of interest to regional musicians, and publishes its own set of research papers.
More information is available from the RMRG website at https://regionalmusic.github.io
Featured publication: Andy Bennett, David Cashman, Ben Green, and Natalie Lewandowski, eds. 2023. Popular Music Scenes: Regional and Rural Perspectives. Springer.
The cruise industry is among the largest employers of professional musicians. Many musicians find employment aboard these floating pleasure palaces sometimes for a few months, sometimes for many years.. However, little research has been undertaken on such employment. Dr Cashman wrote his doctoral thesis on this area, followed by a book in 2020 with Phil Hayward.
Featured publication: David Cashman and Philip Hayward. 2020. Cruisicology: The Music Culture of Cruise Ships Lexington.
Live music is an underresearched area of the music industry. Part of Dr Cashman's research involves the performance practice of Live Music.
Featured publication: David Cashman and Waldo Garrido. 2020. Performing Popular Music: The Art of Creating Memorable and Successful Performances Routledge.
David is a known Sydney-based pianist with regular performances. Below are some of his recordings.
David is a known Sydney-based pianist with regular performances. Below are some of his recordings.
This composition juxtaposes an industrial and machinelike off-beat synth with the highly organic sounds of modern jazz.
Personnel: David Cashman Wurlitzer electric piano and composer/arranger, Waldo Garrido Bass, Ed Rodrigues Drums, Lee McIver Trumpet, Richelle Booth Sax, Marc Brown Trombone, Greg Simmons, Mixing Engineer
Recorded at Western Sydney University.
Soundcloud Link
This composition was inspired by the fragrant evenings of the Central Coast of New South Wales.
Personnel: David Cashman Wurlitzer electric piano and composer/arranger, Waldo Garrido Bass, Ed Rodrigues Drums, Lee McIver Trumpet, Richelle Booth Sax, Marc Brown Trombone, Greg Simmons, Mixing Engineer
Recorded at Western Sydney University.
Soundcloud Link
An old song of mine given a new treatment with Dr Kristina Kelman.
Personnel: David Cashman Wurlitzer electric piano and composer/arranger, Waldo Garrido Bass, Ed Rodrigues Drums, Lee McIver Trumpet, Richelle Booth Sax, Marc Brown Trombone, Greg Simmons, Mixing Engineer
Recorded at Western Sydney University.
YouTube Link
One of my favourite French late-romantic composers, Cécile Chaminade. She's often overlooked, I guess partly because she embodied the late Romantic at a time when Debussy and Ravel were looking forward to the 20th century. Her gender, unfairly, probably had something to do with it too.
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I have a weakness for Haydn. He's one of classical music's cheerful jokers, if you're in on the fun. This E♭ Sonata is a personal fave. Written in 1789/90, it's Haydn at the height of his powers, writing happy, joyful music.
Youtube LinkDavid is also an active arranger, arranging for The Escher Set and a range of clients.
For further information, please drop him an email.
My other great love is motorcycling. I ride a Royal Enfield Himalayan in Australia. I regularly travel the world riding with Dalma. We maintain a blog and do some videos about this, which you can check out at Two Wheels In.
David and Dalma's adventures as they travel the world.
(On motorcycles)
