Angus McKean is an Australian Drummer, Percussionist, Producer and Musical Director based in Melbourne, Australia. Over the years, Angus has curated and refined a style of drumming that objectifies his spirited, passionate, and kind personality. His outspoken love and professional attitude towards music has lent him to many styles of music including Pop, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Dance, Rap/Hip-Hop, Free Improvisation, Electronica and more.
Drumming has been taken Angus across Australia, Europe, and America, and continues to do so. Angus currently performs with artists such as Kiwat Kennell, The Archie Roach Foundation 'Singing our Futures', Ishan Merchant, Now-Hear-This, Maeve Grieve, Ed Moon, El Nova and more. He has also performed with The Black Jesus Experience, The Pearly Shells, Finding Caspar, Sparky and The Bluestones amongst others. This has taken Angus to experiences such as St Kilda Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Moomba and more. Notably, in 2020, Angus was nominated for Young Australian of The Year for his efforts with ‘Music For The Mountains’. At the age of 17, Angus directed and organised a ‘three stage, 32 act’ music festival in New South Wales to raise funds for 2021-2020 Bushfire relief.
The roster included artists such as Taylor Henderson, Rumours, Curly Mills and more. Concurrently, Angus is an in-demand musical theatre Drummer, Percussionist and Musical Director in Australia. Most excitingly, Angus has been granted the role of Assistant Musical Director for ‘Heathers: The Musical’ coming to Melbourne in late 2023 with OCPAC. However, Angus’ previous shows include (and are not limited to) 'The Boy From Oz (WMTC)', 'Stranger Sings: A Parody Musical (Broadway-Transfer), 'Legally Blonde (WTC)', ‘Spring Awakening (WMTC)’,'The Venetian Twins (Malthouse Theatre), 'School of Rock' (SATM), 'On The Rise: A New Musical (Melbourne Fringe), 'The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical (STAM)', 'Nunsence 2: The Second Coming (Paragon Players 'Footloose (UMMTA)', 'High School Musical', 'The Addams Family (UMMTA)', 'Disney Presents: Mary Poppins (SB)', 'You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (UMMTA)', 'One Man Two Guvnors (MGS) and more. Through careful guidance and tuition from Dave Beck (Hamilton, Wicked, & Juliet), Daniel Farrugia (Shane Warne: The Musical, The Cat Empire) and Shannon Ford (Beetlejuice, Next To Normal, Kimberly Akimbo), Angus loves all things musical theatre and finds great solace when performing whether in, or out of the pit.
About this program
Led by First Nations artist and creative Kiwat Kennell, The Exchange, is an advice show on how to navigate the complexities of the music industry. Join members of our creative community, as they share their experiences, struggles and successes in this industry. Kiwat will explore the common grounds, commonalities and connections that exist within the arts and share music, advice and inspirations from leading experts and performers.
