Gus Macmillan has worked in the arts industry over the last 18 years as a composer, musician and sound designer. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he spent most of the 90’s, performing as a multi-instrumentalist with Blue Grassy Knoll, and conceived, co-wrote and produced live scores to the silent films of Buster Keaton. These shows received five star reviews at the 1999 and 2000 Edinburgh Festival and have toured internationally ever since. In 2004 he completed a Graduate Diploma Course in Sound Design at Victorian College of the Arts, working with sound and music in a variety of different of art forms including dance, theatre, film, documentary, circus and puppetry. He is composer-in-residence for Red Span Dance Company. He has his own recording studio and continues to write, perform, and teach music. Gus also has an Honors Degree in English and a Masters Degree in Australian Studies, and was the 2005 Guildford Banjo Jamboree’s two-tune pick-off champion.