 In 1978 he was appointed Head of the School of Composition Studies at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music.Banks's best-known works include Nexus, his major 'Third Stream' composition, the "Sonata da Camera" for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, and cello (1961 - dedicated to Matyas Seiber); a Horn Concerto (1965); a Trio for horn, violin, and piano (1962); and a Violin Concerto (1968).He died at his home in the Sydney suburb of McMahons Point, after an eight-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.