Murray Hickman
Murray, a founding member of Strike, graduated from the Wellington Conservatorium of Music in 1993, then studied with Michael Askill at the Institute of the Arts at the Australian National University, before becoming an Assistant Lecturer in Percussion at the ANU in 1996-97.
Murray has been Principal Timpanist with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, recorded solo and chamber works for the Anthology of Australian Music on CD, and toured the USA as soloist with the National Band of NZ.
He has performed for Chamber Music New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Wellington Sinfonia, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Saxcess, and the New Zealand Percussion Ensemble.
Murray has composed many of STRIKE's pieces
- Awakening A birth of life. The Dawn of a new day awakes, players rise from the ground.
- Rotos A piece that experiments with players rotating around the cube, with one-upmanship playing the very distinctive "Roto toms".
- Ignition Fire, one of the four elements Strike incorporates in their show, makes this piece a concoction of rhythm and light. (Murray Hickman/Tim Whitta)
- Triangles Named after the visual patterns the performer makes while playing this piece, Triangles is a solo piece based on the Japanese Taiko style of drumming.
- Water Bass'd Water Bass'd uses the natural reverb of water and its pitch bending qualities in this unique water piece.
- Finale / The End As the title states this is the finale of the show and is non-stop rock from beginning to end.