Michael Askill
OriginAustralia
Occupation(s)Percussionist

Michael Askill is an Australian percussionist. He is a founding member of Synergy Percussion and Southern Crossings. He has been a principal with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.[1]

Along with Nigel Westlake he was nominated for the 1991 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for Road to Xanadu - The Genius That Was China.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Southern Crossings
(with Michael Atherton & John Napier)
  • Released: 1987
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Sandstock Music (SSM 026)
Australian Percussion
  • Released: 1987
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Great Island records (GIR LP 003)
Australian Percussion Music Vol 1
  • Released: 1988
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Southern Cross Records (SCCD 1021)
Roads to Xanadu - The Genius That Was China
(with Nigel Westlake)
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Label: ABC Records (846 219–2)
Fata Morgana
(with Omar Faruk Tekbilek)
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Celestial Harmonies (13110-2)
Shoalhaven Rise
(with Riley Lee & Michael Atherton)
  • Released: late 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Sun (15019-2)
Free_Radicals: \\ Voices, Percussion & Didgeridoo
(with David Hudson, Alison Low Choy & Alison Eddington)
  • Released: 1997
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Sun (15027-2)
Salome
  • Released: 1998[2]
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Sun (15031-2)
Rhythm in the Abstract - Selected Pieces 1987-1999
  • Released: 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Sun (15030-2)
  • Note: Compilation
Space - Music for Bells, Cymbals and Gong
(with Fritz Hauser)
  • Released: 2006
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Celestial Harmonies (13262-2)
Invisible Forces
  • Released: 2008
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Black Sun (15032-2)

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1991 Road to Xanadu - The Genius That Was China (with Nigel Westlake) Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album Nominated [3]

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Craig, "Artist Biography by Craig Harris", allmusic
  2. ↑ Patterson, John W., "AllMusic Review by John W. Patterson", allmusic
  3. ↑ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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