Experience

The British School Warsaw

• Poland
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Music Teacher

  • Aug 2020 - Present



Freelance

• Tenor

  • Feb 2006 - Present

  Blake Parham is a Polish based Australian tenor. A young artist at the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School in 2017. He holds a masters degree in music from the Elder Conservatorium University of Adelaide, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. ​ Blake has performed the roles of ‘Toby’ in George Palmer’s Cloudstreet (State Opera of South Australia SOSA - Workshop), ‘Remendado’ in Carmen (Queensland Symphony Orchestra), ‘The Messanger’ in Aida (Australian International Opera - Tour of China), ‘Pedrillo’ in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and ‘Eisenstein’ in Die Fledermaus (Opera Bites), 'The Prologue' and 'Peter Quint' in The Turn of the Screw (Dartington), ‘Basilio’ in Le Nozze di Figaro, ‘Vasek’ in The Bartered Bride, and ‘Pluto’ in Orpheus in the Underworld (Rockdale Opera), ‘Goro’ in Madama Butterfly (Opera Projects, Sydney), and ‘Monostatos’ in Die Zauberflöte (Cover: Opera de Baugé). He has also appeared in the chorus for several productions with SOSA including Moby Dick (Heggie), Hamlet (Dean), and in the 'Lehrbuben' for Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Blake’s concert repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah (Newcastle Cathedral), Dvorak’s Stabat Mater (Illawarra Choral Society), Beethoven's Choral Fantasy (Dartington), Bach’s Cantata BWV182 (Sydney Conservatorium), Walton’s Façade (Vacation Chamber Orchestra – England), Jenkins’ The Armed Man and Gounod’s St Cecelia Mass (Adelaide Philharmonia), Schubert’s Mass in G (Sydney Conservatorium), Mozart’s Requiem (Central Coast Philharmonia), and Copland’s Old American Songs (Beecroft Orchestra). Blake has appeared in concerts with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the University of St Andrews, the Dundee Cathedral, the Polish Musicians Association (Warsaw), the Polish Embassy in Canberra and at the Sydney Opera House. Awards include the George Boland Scholarship, the 5Mbs Young Virtuosi Award, runner up in the Australian Vocal and Concerto Competition, and an Arts SA Grant to study with Peter Coleman-Wright.



Freelance (Self employed)

• Writing and Editing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Musicologist and Historian

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  Blake recently completed a PhD entitled, 'The Invisible Man: Roman Palester', at the University of Sydney on a full Australian Postgraduate Award. Previously he completed a Master of Philosophy degree researching Polish émigré composer Andrzej Panufnik at the University of Adelaide and also holds a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours from the same institution. He has held teaching/academic positions at the Avondale University College, the Wollongong Conservatorium, Cranbrook School, and the Kings School. He has presented papers at conferences all over the world, including, at the University of Glasgow, the University of South Australia, the Lithuanian Composers Union, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (UMFC), the Krakow Academy of Music, the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance, the University of Melbourne, the Perth Cathedral (Scotland), and Griffith University. He has published articles with the Lithuanian Composers’ Union, the Cambridge Scholars, and has pending publications with the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny. In 2012, at the invitation of Lady Camilla Panufnik, Blake worked on the revitalization of the Panufnik Archives in London. Blake has received awards and grants from the South Australian State Government (Arts Department), the Herbert Johnson Travel Grant, the Grant in Aid Scheme, ARS Music Australis, the Dundee City Council, the Sydney Savage Club, the Sydney University Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, the Walter and Dorothy Duncan trust, and was a recipient of the prestigious George Boland Post-graduate Scholarship at the University of Adelaide. He has severed on the board of the Musicology Society of Australia (South Australian Branch), the Elder Conservaotirum of Music Postgraduate Board, and was one of the founders and the first Vice President of the Adelaide University Sound Exchange Club.



Avondale University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Humanities Lecturer

  • Apr 2015 - Sep 2018



Wollongong Conservatorium of Music

• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2018



The King's School

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Music Tutor

  • Apr 2015 - Jul 2018



Cranbrook School

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Music Tutor

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2018



Musicology Society of Australia - SA Branch

• Student Representative

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014



Faith Lutheran College

• Australia
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Music Tutor

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2014



Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide

• Student Representative -Postgraduate Board

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013



No Tenors Allowed (Opera Company)

• Producer and Associate Director

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2011

  'The Double BIll', (2010) Rated “4Stars” (Ewert Shaw, The Advertiser and Richard Flynn, ATG) 'Opera Goes West' (2011) "A well devised, cleverly realized, relocated and rearranged trio of operas, presented by a talented and dedicated team of practitioners. Don't miss out" (Barry Lenny, Glam) 'The Double BIll', (2010) Rated “4Stars” (Ewert Shaw, The Advertiser and Richard Flynn, ATG) 'Opera Goes West' (2011) "A well devised, cleverly realized, relocated and rearranged trio of operas, presented by a talented and dedicated team of practitioners. Don't miss out" (Barry Lenny, Glam)



Xavier College South Australia

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Voice Teacher

  • Jan 2008 - Sep 2011