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{{Short description|Australian conductor}}
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'''David Banney''' (born 1968, [[Brisbane]], Australia)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The doctor, the conductor, the musical educator |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/03/20/4201674.htm |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> is an Australian [[Conducting|conductor]], [[composer]] and music educator. He is involved with various organisations and [[Musical ensemble|ensembles]], including the [[Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle|Christ Church Cathedral]], the [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] Music Festival, the Christ Church Camerata, and the Newcastle Cathedral College of Music. Banney is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]], Australia.

== Career ==

=== Music ===
Banney is the director of music at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, and the conductor of the Christ Church Camerata.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Bios |url=https://www.cccamerata.com.au/bios |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=christchurchcamerata |language=en}}</ref> He is the [[Artistic director (music)|artistic director]] of the Newcastle Music Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-01 |title=About Us {{!}} Newcastle Music Festival |url=https://www.newcastlemusicfestival.org.au/aboutus/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> Banney has conducted various ensembles in Australia, including the [[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]], [[Canberra Symphony Orchestra]], [[Opera Queensland]], [[Queensland Ballet]], [[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]], and the [[West Australian Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name=":1" /> He has worked extensively with youth orchestras, including the [[Queensland Youth Orchestras]],{{Cn|date=March 2023}} the [[European Medical Students' Orchestra and Choir|European Medical Students Orchestras]],<ref name=":1" /> the Sydney Youth Philharmonic,{{CN|date=March 2023}} and the Newcastle Strings Orchestra. As a composer, Banney has written for orchestra, [[Chamber music|chamber ensembles]], and choirs.{{Cn|date=March 2023}}

=== Symmetry ===
In 2015, Banney completed a [[PhD thesis]] entitled ''Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking in Music''.{{Cn|date=March 2023}} He has collaborated with other scholars for research, publishing with [[Giuseppe Caglioti]] on the subject of [[thermodynamics]] in music, and with Roger Smith on the subject of [[symmetry breaking]] in the synchronisation of [[Myometrium|uterine muscle]] behaviour during [[Childbirth|human labour]].{{Cn|date=March 2023}} In 2018, Banney was appointed an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-16 |title=Staff Profile |url=https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/david-banney |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.newcastle.edu.au |language=en}}</ref> where he taught the course "Einstein, Bach and the Taj Mahal: Symmetry in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities".<ref>{{Cite web |title=CARMA Event |url=https://carmamaths.org/eventprint.php?n=1147 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=carmamaths.org}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*Winner of the ABC Young Conductor of the Year Award (1995)<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
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