Renata Arrivolo is the new tutor for the Music Foundations classes at Open Academy including Music Fundamentals, Ear Training and Sight Reading classes. We asked her a few questions about her own musical journey and her classes. How did you first encounter music and piano? What were the steps that drew you into the world […]
Lea DeLaria “Boo Boo” From OSTNB @ City Recital Hall for Vivid 2018! “(DeLaria) swings hard, and scats and bends notes in a style that suggests a no-frills Betty Carter on steroids.” The New York Times Lea DeLaria, “Big Boo” on Orange is the New Black brings her live show to Sydney for one night only. Known for […]
Mazzy Star’s long awaited Australian debut is coming! “Music for lovers, music for broken hearts….” They are an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Monica, California, in 1989 from remnants of the group Opal. For almost 30 years, California’s Mazzy Star have been the enigmatic heart of the underground psychedelic music scene. Driven by their distinctive […]
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Vivid Ideas will captivate Sydney over 23 days and nights from 25 May to 16 June. Dan Goods – Game Changer Dan Goods is the Director of the Museum of Awe and the visual strategist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. If you want to hear how science and creativity can come together to make meaningful […]
Experience Sydney’s independent music scene during Vivid. Head off the beaten track and into our villages. From Surry Hills to Newtown, Sydney’s favourite neighbourhood haunts have gathered emerging live acts as well as unique audio-visual gigs. So get ready to rock, roll, mosh, sway or swing! 1. Pair curated drinks with live tunes at Cake […]
Vivid Ideas will captivate Sydney over 23 days and nights from 25 May to 16 June. Dare Jennings – Game Changer Dare Jennings is one of Australia’s global success stories. He is the founder of Mambo clothing, Phantom records and Deus Ex Machina, yet according to Dare, he has no business knowledge to share. So […]
Yemen Blues’ intoxicating music merges West African rhythms, influenced by Yemeni culture and melodies with jazz and funk to evoke a connection to places you may have never visited. Sitting in a musical crossroads of Middle Eastern traditions, the group paints a musical canvas with deep laments and jubilations to present a complex and resolutely […]
Word in Hand is… Sydney’s premier and most diverse performance and storytelling gig, held on the first Tuesday of every month at the Red Rattler in Marrickville. Expect to see poetry, rhyme, song, movement and more by artists from across the nation and the world. Their work will light a fire under your belly and […]
Nothing Compares 2 PRINCE came to the Sydney Opera House on Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th of April in celebration of the two year anniversary since his passing. “It was a riot. We utterly enjoyed the show.” Odi – Sydney “Wow! Such an impressive line-up of talent, beautiful musical arrangements and spine-tingling energy…the emotion was […]
Haitian Jazz Latin Party in Sydney! Live Music, Food & Dancing By popular demand, Haitian French Canadian singer Athésia is organising a Haitian party in Sydney. Escape the cold and warm yourself up to the aromas of Haiti. Discover Haitian music and dance on the rhythms of Compas, Mini Jazz, Twoubadou, Zouk and Meringue to name a few. Enjoy […]
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Sydney-based saxophonist and composer Matt Keegan has been announced as a recipient of the 2018 APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund. The $100,000 fund will support nine Australian composers to create new works to reach audiences both locally and globally. Keegan will use the funding to support the creation of a new work for the cross-cultural ensemble The Three Seas. […]
Both Sides Now: Celebrating the Songs of Joni Mitchell! They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot… Singer, songwriter, painter, poet, activist and voice of a generation, Joni Mitchell is an essential part of the soundtrack to the twentieth-century. She grew up with folk music in the 60s, she railed against injustice in the […]