Shelton Murray will accompany the Australian Chamber Orchestra on their American tour this month.

A 22-year old didgeridoo player, Shelton Murray, will visit America for the first time this year – joining the Australian Chamber Orchestra on its tour of The Reef Revisited.

Murray grew up in the Northern Territory’s Central Arnhem Land, where his passion for the didgeridoo came from his cultural heritage and family traditions. He began learning the instrument at the age of five from his father, Lazarus Murray, who studied with famous didgeridoo player David Blansi. Seventeen years on, and Murray is now joining one of the nation’s most accomplished ensembles, the Australian Chamber Orchestra in the U.S. to perform a live soundtrack for The Reef Revisited, a 2012 film production of surfing footage at Western Australia’s Ningallo Reef. “It’s exciting for me, travelling over to America, it’s going to be my first time,” he said in an interview with ABC. “I’m really looking forward to the States and meeting other people from different places.”

Richard Tognetti, lead violinist and artistic director of the ACO, is enthusiastic to have Murray joining the orchestra for its American tour. “When you...