Two of our great wind band conductors, Dr Jo Heaton and Dr Jemima Bunn, have restarted the Melbourne Wind Ensemble for a special concert. This group features an amazing line-up of accomplished musicians and I’m honoured to be performing on lead alto saxophone with some doubling on soprano. The program has a wonderful blend of […]
The Rotary Club of Greater Geelong is having their annual fundraiser for youth mental health services with an evening of live jazz. I will be performing some standards with a sextet including local musicians Kym Dillon on piano, Zac Barter on bass and John Seal on Vibraphone. Friday May 23rd, 6:45pm to 10pmTickets available at […]
In early January young musicians from Geelong and the surrounding area will come together for a great week of music camp. In its 43rd year, this day camp provides a valuable experience for musicians with outstanding conductors, instrumental specialist tutors, fun electives and an opportunity to make some great friends. This year I will be […]
The final concert for the 2024 season by the Geelong Concert Band will feature the Workshop Band, Community Band and Senior Concert Band performing a set before combining together for a grand finale. The workshop band will be performing works and the end of their first year of learning, including the wonderful relaxing composition by […]
Dutch ‘avant pop’ composer JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis, 1951) is considered an ‘outlaw’ in new music, whose work ‘makes many a hip-hop artist look sedate’ (Wall Street Journal). Jacob has been a frontrunner in combining video, multimedia and music for 30 years. With his use of soundbites from documentaries, news items and popular tv-shows he […]