The new series, Changing the Face of Jazz, focusses on young Australian women who have been making their names as jazz instrumentalists in the past few years. All of them have participated in projects which were aimed explicitly at encouraging more young women to study jazz and think about it a as a musical career. […]
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A global-fusion of cultures and rhythms, independent Sydney 8-piece Masha’s Legacy create music that celebrates both unity and identity in modern day Australia. With the beginnings of the group culminating over 6-years ago, this collective has evolved into a captivating live act with both live dancers and talented musicians. It’s a show that brings to life exhuberant and […]
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Image: Pianist Jann Rutherford performing in Sydney in the 1990s. Photo copyright Joe Glaysher Over the past decade the face of jazz in Australia has been changing, slowly but surely. While we are used to seeing women singers fronting bands, there have been few women playing the instruments we associate with jazz-trumpets, saxophones, pianos, basses. […]
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After enchanting jazz fans with her 2015 Impulse! Records debut, We Could Be Lovers, Sarah McKenzie returns with the sensational follow-up, Paris in the Rain. Like before, the 28-year-old, Melbourne, Australia-born singer, pianist, composer and arranger teams with the acclaimed Brian Bacchus – who has produced classics for such stars as Norah Jones, Lizz Wright, […]
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Fulgurites and Smithsonian butterflies Summer thunderstorms and Rom-coms set Tim wondering; can lighting really produce glass? Turns out the answer is YES and that glass is called a Fulgurite…. And Chantelle shared her last Panama adventure, with an interview conducted in the steamy Butterfly Research Laboratory of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute https://www.si.edu/ResearchCente…/Tropical-Research-Institute Boiling Point […]
‘My Leonard Cohen’ was the toast of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, with sold-out shows and rave reviews from critics and fans alike. The show returns to Sydney at the Sydney Opera House, Playhouse from Monday February 6 2017. Performed by Stewart D’Arrietta and a six-piece band, featuring some of Australia’s best rock musicians. D’Arrietta’s […]
Lennon – Through A Glass Onion returns to Sydney to celebrate 25 years on the international stage. The music, the mystery and the memory of John Lennon, starring John Waters and Stewart D’Arrietta. It’s been 25 years since John Waters and Stewart D’Arrieta first performed “Through A Glass Onion” on the small stage at Sydney’s […]
The Open Academy’s Summer term starts in February at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The program offers many short courses designed to give adults the skills and knowledge to pursue their musical interests, curiosity or to find a creative outlet for their talents in a collaborative group learning environment catering for beginners right through to experienced […]
Nigel Kennedy, the world’s most famous classical, jazz and rock violinist will perform Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons + Dedications in Australia this summer at the Sydney Opera House. Some 26 years after releasing his breakthrough recording of Vivaldi’s The New Four Seasons, which sold over three million copies (the best-selling classical record ever), Nigel […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
MARGARET OLLEY This Arts Thursday, celebrate the life and contribution of the beloved Australian artist Margaret Olley. Margaret Olley: Painter, Peer, Mentor and Muse on exhibition at the SH Ervin Gallery tells of Olley’s life not only as an accomplished artist herself but also as a friend and supporter of many of her own contemporaries […]
Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 11 January 2017 was ginstress, Elly Baxter, co author and researcher for Mother’s Ruin, a cabaret being performed for a short season for this year’s Sydney Festival. Listen to the conversation here: That was Part 1 and here is Part 2: […]