Brendon Walmsley

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Brendon Walmsley
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active2000-present
Labels
  • Festival Records

Brendon Walmsley is an Australian singer-songwriter.

Contents

In 2011, Walmsley released The Best of Brendon Walmsley, an 18-track collection, including "Remember January", a song commemorating the 2010–11 Queensland floods. [1]

In 2013, Walmsley was cast as "The Phantom" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical The Phantom Of The Opera in the 2014 Empire Theatre stage show. [2]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums
TitleAlbum details
A Little Time [1]
Never Say Never [1]
  • Released: 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Compass Bros., Festival Records (D34342)
Bottle Tree Lane [1]
  • Released: January 2004
  • Format: CD

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums
TitleAlbum details
The Best of Brendon Walmsley [1]

Awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. [3]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003 "Never Never"Most Performed Country WorkNominated

Country Music Awards of Australia

The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. [4]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2000"Rose & Rodeo" by Brendon WalmsleyNew Talent of the YearWon
2001"Last of the Big Gun Drovers" by Brendon WalmsleyHeritage Song of the YearWon
2002"Never Never" - Brendon WalmsleyHeritage Song of the YearWon

Current Work

Brendon is currently working as a Pastor at HumeRidge Church of Christ in Toowoomba.

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References

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  2. "Brendon Cast As The Phantom". Brendon Walmsley. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. "Nominations 2003". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  4. "Past Award Winners". Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.