Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 9 minutes to read Kate Wadey pours her heart into her music to deliver authentic sonic waves that stop you in the moment and get you in the feels. You’re missing out if you have not yet experienced her nostalgia-inducing voice and evocative music. There’s something […]
March 30, 2024 Belvoir St Theatre Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Holding the Man is the memoir of Timothy Conigrave, written after the death of his lover John Caleo from AIDS in 1992, and published a few months after his own death two years later. It tells the story of their 15 year love […]
March 28, 2024 Sydney Town Hall Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) On Maundy Thursday, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs under Associate Music Director, Dr. Elizabeth Scott, reminded us why Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is one of the most revered in that classical music genre. The concert begins with the now familiar Acknowledgement of […]
Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 5 minutes to read Jess Green is a creative force. Her career spans so much between her Art-Pop project, Pheno; her post-grad research for the Equity in Jazz Program at the Sydney Conservatorium; connecting with young music lovers in children’s programs such as Musica Viva’s Two […]
Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 12 minutes to read In a picturesque corner of the Southern Highlands, amid the tranquil landscapes of Robertson, resides Amber Kenny—an artist, mother, and spirited musician carving her path in the bustling world of music. As she embarks on her journey towards recording her debut album […]
Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 10 minutes to read The seeds of music were planted early for Emma Donovan when, as a child in the 80’s, she started singing in her uncle’s legendary Indigenous Australian band, The Donovans. From small things, big things grow…and on Emma’s career grew to include her […]
Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 13 minutes to read Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby is an interview series that unveils all the beauty, complexity, challenge, wonder and joy interwoven into the experience of musicians who are mothers. I chose this title, because often times when we think of […]
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Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 5 minutes to read Keyna Wilkins’ vast artistic output is extra impressive when she reveals how much time each day she has to dedicate to her music in between life and raising her twins. She keeps it short an sweet in this interview where she shares how […]
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Motherhood & Music- Not just the Lullaby Approx. 8 minutes 30 seconds to read Things happen to all of us that are beyond our control- sometimes these things are unpredictable and scary. Sometimes unfair and incomprehensible things happen and there is not much support. So much goes unspoken- only dealt with in whispers because if […]
This Easter, Sydney Philharmonia offer you a concert that embraces the uplifting energy and the healing power of choral singing. Fauré’s Requiem is paired with a revival of John Peterson’s Shadows and Light, an SPC commission inspired by both the texts of the requiem mass and the headlines of September 11, 2001. But the key to the […]
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Multi-ARIA award nominee composer and Tar (Iranian lute) virtuoso, Hamed Sadeghi brings with him 6 world-class musicians for a brand-new work. Through his melancholic and spellbinding compositions, Sadeghi offers a unique and dazzling dialogue between a plucked section (tar, percussions, double bass) and a woodwind/brass section. The multi-generational ensemble led by Sadeghi and comprised of […]
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Motherhood & Music – Not just the Lullaby Approx. 10 minutes to read Jenny Eriksson, my next interviewee, is passionate about keeping music of the Baroque and Renaissance alive on her instrument of the time- the viola da gamba. She performs as a member of the Marais Project, Elysian Fields (a jazz-Baroque group) and Da […]
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