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Afterglow Trail Run

I’m looking forward to performing some motivation sax tunes for the marathon runners at this year’s Afterglow Trail Run. It’s always a fun event with lots of creative costuming and use of lights, as well as an amazing run along some of the best parts of the Great Ocean Road. Saturday 28th November I’ll be playing […]

Golden Plate Awards

It was great spending an evening playing the Ben Calderazzo at the 2015 Golden Plate Awards. A good combination of jazz guitar with me doubling tenor sax and clarinet out at St Anne’s Winery in Myrniong.

Studio Concert

We are celebrating the beginning of spring with a concert featuring my clarinet and saxophone students. It’s a great performance opportunity for students with exams coming up and for those wanting to share the results of their hard work this year. Thursday 15th October, 7pm Shenton Theatre, Geelong High School Cnr Ryrie and Garden streets […]

The Mexican Connection

I had the pleasure of attending a concert by Dr Michael Duke and David Howie, presenting new compositions for saxophone and piano. Duke is a phenomenal musician and educator having studied at Indiana University and currently is a senior lecturer in saxophone at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Funded through a grant from the Council on […]

Learning Styles in Instrumental Music

I’m heading out to Mt Scopus Memorial College to run a workshop on learning styles in instrumental music. Have you ever had a student not be able to do something when you’ve given crystal clear instructions that have worked on every other student? By understanding visual, auditory and kinesthetic approaches to tasks, teachers are able […]