Kidman, Olivia Newton-John, Russell Crowe and Keith Urban performing a one-time-only rendition of I Still Call Australia Home with John and his orchestra. Foreman hosts the annual Schools Spectacular which airs on the Seven Network (previously on Nine). Foreman performed as a soloist at the Schools Spectacular when he was a high school student. Since 2019 Foreman was host of Australia Day Live from the Sydney Opera House on ABC TV. Live performance Foreman conducted the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra for their Not New Year's Eve Concert at the Sydney Opera House and their New Year's Eve Concert at Hamer Hall in Melbourne in 2012 until 2017. In 2019 he took over management of the Australian Pops Orchestra and conducted the orchestra's 2019 New Year's Eve Gala Concert, which featured Harrison Craig, Marina Prior, Silvie Paladino and Denis Walter. He performed as a jazz artist at the Montréal International Jazz Festival in 1995 and the Santa Barbara International Jazz Festival in 1998 and 1999. Foreman has been musical director for theatre shows for The Production Company, including The Boy From Oz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hello, Dolly! and Anything Goes. Creative director and television producer Foreman became Creative Director for Australia Day in Sydney in 2015. An evening concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House on Australia Day 2015 featured Jessica Mauboy, Guy Sebastian, Sheppard, The Veronicas, Russell Morris and James Morrison. He was Creative Director for the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Asia Pacific Special Olympics Opening Ceremony in Newcastle, which featured Human Nature, Marcia Hines, Doug Parkinson, The McClymonts and local Newcastle performers. Together with manager Richard Macionis, Foreman was Executive Producer of the Network Ten special, John Foreman Presents Burt Bacharach'' in 2007. Other roles Ambassador, Music: Count Us In Ambassador, Special Olympics Australia. Board Member, Talent Development Project (TDP). Discography Bibliography References 1972 births 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century pianists Australian conductors (music) Australian pianists Australian television personalities Living people People from Newcastle, New South Wales Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni