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Mark Grandison (b. 1965) entered the Elder Conservatorium at Adelaide University in 1983, studying with Richard Meale, and completed his first orchestral works in 1987 and 1988 for the National Orchestral Composers' Schools. Having completed a Master's degree in composition and a graduate diploma in education in 1990, Grandison began secondary music teaching, becoming Co-ordinator at Marryatville High Special Interest Music Centre in 1993.

Grandison moved to Sydney in 1994 to become Director of Music at Kambala in Rose Bay. This involvement in music education initiated a series of orchestral and band pieces for youth and community groups. In these works, he sought both to challenge and engage young and non-professional players by combining some of the idioms associated with contemporary art music with an accessibility and rhythmic energy found in traditional scores. Grandison balanced this output by continuing to write more complex and technically demanding music for professional-level ensembles. The orchestral works Freefall and Fanfare Emergent won the 2001 and 2003 3MBS National Orchestral Composition Awards. In 2006 his Suite Bacchanal reached the final six in the international symphonic band composition contest Coups de Vent, consequently leading to European performances and publishing. Grandison has recently completed a Violin Concerto for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Grandison's works have received numerous broadcasts on ABC-FM, the MBS-FM national network and ABC Radio National. A wide range of professional and community ensembles have commissioned and performed his works, in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, United States and Europe.

Mark Grandison — current to October 2009