Community to come together for a candlelight vigil in wake of Bondi Junction tragedy A candlelight vigil, supported by Waverley Council and the NSW Government, will be held on Sunday 21 April to allow community to come together and honour the victims of the Bondi Junction tragedy. The vigil will begin at 5.30pm on Sunday […]
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Neil James Murray is one of the founding member of the Warumpi band that has performed for 20 years and produced 3 ground breaking albums and held down a successful solo career since 1989. He was awarded the 2017 Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist of the Year and is regarded as one of Australia’s finest singer songwriters. Neil […]
Australian vocalist and composer Gregg Arthur follows in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, and Tony Bennett as one of the great interpreters of The Great American Songbook. He joined Eric Gyors and Virginia Lowe from Wenesday Drive to speak about his experience on stage, his last album and artists with whom he has […]
Rebecca Scott combines a busy schedule of working as a music therapist and teaching privately with her role as a tutor for the Open Academy. She joined Dan Barnett from Blow to speak about the Open Academy program and her career as a musician and encourages anyone who wants to make music to sign up ! […]
The Cooks River is the most urbanised, concretised and polluted river in Australia. Now, it is being very slowly brought back to health. On this episode of The Sydneyist Elizabeth Farrelly asks should rivers have rights? Guests: Dr Andrew Thomas, Executive Officer and Jason L’Ecuyer from the Cooks River Alliance. […]
Good music is by my side every day: The voice of John Lennon helps me through sad days, the musical diversity of ABBA makes me smile, I listen to Coldplay with my friends and dance to Queen songs. Music is great! Life is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music.And death […]
Demon Ducks and Pandemonium!! Conductor Christoph Altstaedt and Soprano Rachelle Durkin.Music by Ligeti, Vines, Gruber. Music that weaves fantastical tales and breaks all the rules. Get ready for a delightful evening you’ll carry in your heart forever. Guiding you on this magical journey is the conductor extraordinaire, Christoph Altstaedt, and the enchanting Soprano, Rachelle Durkin. Music by […]
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Review by Clara Esnault The French Film Festival runs in Sydney from March 5th to April 9th. Organised by l’Alliance Française, the festival promotes french films released recently. March 14th was a special night at Palace Cinemas Moore Park: the Ladies Night headlined by the movie The President’s Wife. In front of the cinema, the […]
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“Along Came Love” or “Le Temps d’Aimer” in french, is produced by Katell Quillévéré. The movie is inspired by Katell’s family history. The main actors are Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste. I caught a screening at Palace Cinemas Moore Park last week, and it was truly captivating.. The festival runs until April 9th in Moore […]
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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 […]