About
Nathan Cummins is an award-winning composer, orchestrator, conductor, and performer, based in Adelaide, South Australia. He specialises in crafted orchestration for video games, film, and television with a focus on live and vibrant textures across multiple genres and mediums. His original works and orchestrations have featured prominently in media and in the concert hall, including performances by the Australian String Quartet, the Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, and the Gold Coast Philharmonic Orchestra. His orchestrations have been used in concerts and recording sessions throughout the world.
Nathan's research interests include accessible forms of music performance and composition using virtual reality technologies. He was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy in Sonic Arts and Music Composition from the Elder Conservatorium of Music in 2021. Previously, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Composition) with First Class Honours, studying under Graeme Koehne AO, John Polglaise, Charles Bodman Rae, and Luke Harrald.
Nathan is a leading figure of the Adelaide music scene and is amongst Australia's leading directors, arrangers, and organisers for concerts involving music related to video games. As a player of many different instruments, he has instrumental residencies in ensembles of various genres and has appeared as a session musician in many studio recordings on trumpet, sousaphone, voice, and as a conductor. He is the Artistic Director of the Woodville Concert Band.
Nathan is currently composing and orchestrating music spanning many genres, from Classical, Choral, and Electronic, to Jazz and Big Band, for a number of creators around Australia, including film directors, dance choreographers, game designers, studio producers, composers, and lyricists. He is always keen to be involved in new projects, whether composing, orchestrating, conducting, recording, or performing.
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