Roslyn Louise Bygrave was born on 1955 and is an Australian singer-songwriter.
22 Facts About Rose Bygrave
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Roslyn Louise Rose Bygrave grew up in the small town of Willaura in the Western District of Victoria and later attended secondary school and art school in Ballarat and Melbourne, majoring in painting and printmaking.
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Rose Bygrave later joined the Goanna Band, rising to prominence as keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter alongside Shane Howard and Marcia Howard in the early 1980s.
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Rose Bygrave's songwriting debut on that album was a haunting ballad called "On the Platform"; the 'B' side to the single "Solid Rock".
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Rose Bygrave issued a solo single, "Maybe Midnight", in June 1989 and commenced work on a solo album but nothing eventuated due to artist management difficulties.
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Rose Bygrave began performing solo in 1991 and worked as a sought after session musician.
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From 1998 to 2000, Rose Bygrave contributed several songs to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series SeaChange.
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Goanna reprised with a third album, Spirit Returns, in 1998, to which Rose Bygrave contributed three songs.
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Between 1998 and 1999 Rose Bygrave was involved as a mentor in the Aboriginal Song Lines program which fostered emerging indigenous musicians.
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In mid-1999, Rose Bygrave produced and released her first solo album White Bird.
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In 2000 at the Woodford Folk Festival, Rose Bygrave was invited to be the soloist with the choir during the famous fire event.
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In 2002, Rose Bygrave performed as the support act for Luka Bloom on his Australian National tour.
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Rose Bygrave collaborated with Promoter Sandy Merrigan at Deacon University to produce the event which featured artists including Ross Wilson, Goanna, Dave Steel, Tiffany Eckhardt, Git, Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo, Marcia Howard and members of the Balinese community in Geelong.
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Rose Bygrave supported Dennis Locorriere and Paul Brady on their respective National tours.
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In 2006 Rose Bygrave initiated and worked with Victorian regional communities producing six free concerts in drought effected regions.
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Some of Rose Bygrave's songs have selected for use on various soundtracks.
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In 2011, Rose Bygrave collaborated with long-time friend and Goanna member Marcia Howard, to produce a CD called Pearl.
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Howard and Rose Bygrave continued to work together with Jon Emry playing Drums, Isaac Barter- Bass and Matiss Schubert on Mandolin and Fiddle.
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In 2014 Rose Bygrave wrote and arranged the anthemic song Carry Memory, for a 60 piece Choir from the Geelong region.
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In 2015 Rose Bygrave was invited by long time friend and legendary Aboriginal musician Bart Willoughby, to perform as part of his band on his 'We Still Live On' tour.
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Rose Bygrave contributed vocals and keyboards during this tour and backing vocals on the corresponding CD.
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Rose Bygrave has been playing music all her life; professionally for over 40 years.