Melbourne Musos TV Show

This show along with his band "The Instrumentaale" playing all things Frank Zappa (1994-1999) gave Mr. Quinlan the opportunity to interview, film and (sometimes play) with some of the world's leading musicians, including Frank Zappa veterans Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman and Alan Zavod; Drumming legend Billy Cobham; The Ensemble Modern, Dom Famularo, Trilok Gurtu, David Jones, Virgil Donati, ex-Jethro Tull members Dave Pegg and Martin Allcock, Fairport Convention and many other fine local and international musicians.

Chris Quinlan composes and plays all styles of music, from Contemporary Music, Jazz excursions, to Modern Percussion Music through to his return in 2006 to writing for Orchestra with the completion of his First Symphony as well as "The Inner Child", a ballet in three movements. He has also written various Orchestral pieces for Piano, Flute, Wind Ensemble and String Quartets.

He has also played in musicals such as Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, Kismet, The Flower Drum Song, The Wiz and others. His music has been used on SBS-TV and has been featured on the Melbourne Composer Series on 3PBS FM Radio and has had his music played on ABC-Radio National and used for art exhibitions and Short Film Scores.

As well as this, Chris, is a specialist in playing the complex music of Frank Zappa, regarded as some of the most difficult pieces in the current idiom; because of this, he has visited Europe guesting and filming European bands playing the music of Frank Zappa. Chris also led the percussion section of the Essendon City Band for five years (1989-1994) travelling and touring, performing in numerous festivals, tours and Australian Band Championships.

Mr Quinlan has also written for Beat, Mixdown Monthly and DRUMMER magazines; as regular Drum specialist he provided monthly articles dealing with various aspects of percussion; from playing tips to overviews of Percussion music from around the world.

Chris Quinlan's website (www.chrisquinlanmusic.com) was selected for preservation by the "PANDORA" Archive of the State Library of Victoria in 2001 as a "Website of National Significance".

Chris received a nomination for "Australian of the Year" in 2013.