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'The way Tsiavos talks, like his music, is a flow of weighty ideas and metaphysical reflections....audio odysseys that have made him one of Australia's most enigmatic and interesting musicians and composers.' Mike Sweet, Neos Kosmos www.nicktsiavos.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216023925-DENP68M5SIQRAGZT1HVZ/David+Brown+-+by+Brian+O%27Dwyer.jpeg Artists - David Brown David Brown has been involved in the Melbourne avant-garde, art rock/punk rock scene since the mid-seventies. The focus of his solo project “candlesnuffer” has increasingly centred on the development of composing techniques which meld opposing streams like conventional electroacoustic methods with noise and rock and also the development of a vocabulary of tiny acoustic sounds enlarged outside their normal context. He has continued to develop a vocabulary that runs the gamut from rock bassist through experimental guitarist to sound artist and has recently completed a PhD project researching the use of electroacoustic compositions in a public hospital Emergency Department. www.candlesnuffer.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445002418407-CLVUQYFXZQYV9MNHKPDT/CarmenChan_Colour.jpg Artists - Carmen Chan Carmen is a musician and artist who creates thoughtful responses to site-specific stimuli. Her graphic scores for music performance maintain a steady focus on relating to both people and place. Carmen’s work has been featured by the International Alliance of Women's Music and she has presented performances both locally and internationally in festivals, galleries, music venues and community settings. Carmen's work was also exhibited at Melbourne Now at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2014. Carmen presented her project “Do You See What I Hear?” at Festival of Slow Music 2014.   www.StudioKacher.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216337384-4I9G2QQNTYAULTZFJOOR/Steve+Magnusson.jpg Artists - Stephen Magnusson Winner of the 2013 Melbourne Prize for Most Outstanding Musician, Stephen Magnusson is considered one of Australia’s most accomplished, versatile and distinct musicians with incredible technique and an astoundingly beautiful tone. Stephen has worked with many artists including Charlie Haden, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ricki Lee Jones, Sinead O’Connor, John Cale, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Paul Grabowsky, Vince Jones, Katie Noonan, Lisa Young, Christine Sullivan, Michelle Nicole, Martin Breeze, The Assumptions Trio, Megan Washington, Paul Kelly, Jim Black, Mike Nock, Barney McAll, Enrico Rava, Arthur Blythe and many others. As a part of the Katie Noonan trio Elixir, the ensemble won the ARIA for Best Jazz Album in 2011 He has released over 9 records, with his latest – MAGNET – awarded the 2013 Bell Award for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album. www.mag.net.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216039631-7F9H5YV04U454E2175GI/Clinton+Green+-+photo+by+Joel+Cheung.jpg Artists - Clinton Green Clinton Green makes something akin to music. Formerly recording under the moniker of Undecisive God, Clinton has been a mainstay of Australian experimental music since the 1990s. Over this time he has worked with unconventional approaches to guitars, turntables and found objects as tools for new forms of musical expression. He also works with dancers, theatre and performance artists in improvised collaborative situations. Clinton runs the Shame File Music label and writes on/researches historical and contemporary aspects of Australian experimental music. www.ClintonGreenMusic.com   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442215913664-C8P0ZGV9MJCD12YCOT29/Craig+Westwood.jpg Artists - Craig Westwood Craig Westwood is an Australian singer, song writer and musician known for co-founding early 90’s seminal heavy stoner doom metal outfits Christbait and Dern Rutlidge. It was during the mid 90s that Adam Simmons first worked with Craig providing saxophone on Christbait’s 1996 acclaimed LP “Dirtypunkmuth” as well as his 2004 solo debut “Saturday Night Believer”. Craig’s many and varied bands and solo projects span well over 20 years with acts such as Craig Westwood and The Godless Few, Sealfinger, Budd, The Ruiner along with guest collaborations such as Blood Duster and The Pennsylvania Dutch. Craig is still actively recording and releasing music. www.craigwestwood.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442215992118-3XAMADWSXKX7ITROKKXL/Dan+Warner.JPG Artists - Dan Warner In the ‘90s Dan Warner was known for his alt-country band The Warner Brothers (later Overnight Jones) and, also, his duo Dan & Al – famous for lengthy local residencies. In 2005, Dan recorded his debut solo album, A Likeness Of You, followed closely by a second, Night Parrots. Around that time Dan also toured the world as singer/instrumentalist in The Larrikins, an outfit that performed Jen Anderson’s soundtrack for the Australian silent film, The Sentimental Bloke. When at home, Dan presents Warner Corner each Sunday afternoon on Melbourne's community radio station, 3RRR FM. His third solo album, Fall Into The Sky, is out now. www.danwarner.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216124803-O64XT6IQGQKJJ4UAU4K2/Simon+Charles.jpg Artists - Simon Charles Simon Charles (1984) is a composer and performer, whose work integrates experimentalism, composition and performance. His compositions typically explore Just Intonation, and incorporate electro-acoustic media. Commissions include works for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Speak Percussion, Callum G Froerer, Lizzy Welsh. His work has been presented at the Next Wave Festival, ALC Festival for Contemporary Music, This is Not Art Festival, the MCM New Music Studio and the ANAM Quarttethaus. His solo performances often use sine tones and reel-to-reel tapes to explore tuning systems developed through Just Intonation. His work in electro-acoustic improvisation is documented in Melpomene, by Footsoldiers (duo with Alisdair McIndoe), released through Ivory Tower Records. www.sibercha.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216045838-SFK1XO00LFXGNS19T3OI/Imogen+Manins.JPG Artists - Imogen Manins Cellist Imogen Manins is rare amongst players of her instrument. She moves freely from classical repertoire to improvised genres, and treats both areas of music-making with wonderful finesse and artistry. Her acclaimed concert series in the Melbourne Recital Centre with pianist Tony Gould has for the last five years had as guests a diverse range of renowned artists including Slava Grigoryan, Riley Lee, Marshall McGuire, Gian Slater, David Griffiths, David Jones, Eugene Ughetti and Graeme Lyall. She has made recordings on ABC and Move Records labels, winning an APRA/AMC award for 'Instrumental Work of the Year' in 2009. www.imogenmanins.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216085764-L6REXQLZ3SLCMRY7PFIS/Jeff+Raglus.jpg Artists - Jeff Raglus Jeff is one of a unique group of contemporary artists who divide their practice equally between music and the visual arts. Encompassing all that is pop, Jeff's work constantly blurs the boundaries between fine and graphic art. Jeff is a multi instrumental musician, who has toured overseas and around Australia many times with variousensembles., inclding The Eskalaters, The Nicest People, The Black Sorrows, The Bachelors from Prague, Fogg, The Feeling Groovies and The Beachniks. He also plays with the Rebecca Barnard Band, and the RossMcLennan Orchestra. In 2009 he released his only solo album Bellatrix which was a top seller for Head Records. Since 2010 he has mostly played with his partner in love and crime Victoriana Gaye. They have released 4 albums in 6 years and constantly perform. He has a least one solo art exhibition every year and partakes in several group shows. www.jeffraglus.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216282633-C4IQLT06DQ30BIMPTTCX/Simon+Lewis.jpg Artists - Simon Lewis Working and recording with musicians from all around the globe, Amanaska is a cross cultural exchange of musical ideas and grooves. Simon Lewis is the creative force behind Amanaska and has released 17 independent CDs under various monikers, and has produced music for TV and Film. Amanaska mixes elements of electronica with jazz and funk then fuses them with various musical languages from around the globe. Amanaska blends the sounds of contemporary and traditional cultures with the deep earthy tones of the didgeridoo to create a uniquely Australian soundscape in a celebration of life and cultural diversity. www.amanaska.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216045490-0C6IV8917AHMADQL37TX/Ernie+Gruner+by+Ruth+Krawat.jpg Artists - Ernie Gruner Ernie Gruner is a violinist with a passion for improvisation and world music. He formed improvising violin trio Bowlines and is inspired by visual art, theatre and dance improvisers. He’s improvised for over 15 years with Melbourne Playback Theatre Company, and performed or created music for theatre productions including Café Scheherezade, Progress and Melancholy etc. Ernie specialises in klezmer, other styles include middle-eastern, balkan and celtic. Bands include Bohemian Nights, Saray Iluminado, Klezmeritis. Ernie was profiled in Seth Jordan’s book “World Music: Global Sounds in Australia”. He has over 75 recording credits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216275745-KQFUQ4BN3VIFMQ4N4P9G/Steve+Law.jpg Artists - Steve Law Steve Law has been producing electronic music in Australia since the early 1980's. During that time he has gained a reputation as one of Australia's foremost electronic artists, creating and performing a wide variety of music over the past few decades. Steve formed the techno project Zen Paradox in 1992, releasing numerous recordings during the nineties, backed up with extensive and successful overseas tours. He won the inaugural ABC classic FM computer music award in 1996, and was named best live electronic act at the 2000 Australian Live Music Awards. Steve has collaborated with many other local and international artists, both live and in the studio, and has continued to release music on various labels around the world. http://www.solitary-sound.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216285116-SXC6MCGA9NISIA0TYLWN/Steve+Purcell.jpg Artists - Steve Purcell Bassist, vocalist, song writer and band leader, Steve Purcell is a living fossil from Melbourne's hectic 1980's music scene and a proud member of the "5000" club (5000+ gigs and counting) Although ancient , he continues to gig regularly with his band The Pearly Shells and many others as well as hosting recording sessions for his Melbourne roots music label "Belmar records". Besides his talented dinosaur mates, he enjoys playing with the constant stream of great young players Melbourne throws up and even remembers when Adam Simmons was one of them (!) www.thepearlyshells.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216331212-WOXHFPJEX5OVUYNRXTUN/Todd+Anderson-Kunert.jpg Artists - Todd Anderson-Kunert Todd Anderson-Kunert’s practice encompasses performance, installation and releases. He is obsessed with noises and their emotive implications. www.toddanderson-kunert.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216393768-TNRLXWHNF0D4FTQK4Q20/Wang+Zheng-Ting.JPG Artists - Wang Zheng Ting Wang Zheng-Ting, graduated from Shanghai Music Conservatory and completed a MA at Monash University and a PhD (Ethnomusicology) at the University of Melbourne. He teaches Chinese Instrumental Music at the University of Melbourne and has been invited as a visiting scholar to the City University of New York. He is also the director of the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble. As a solo performer on the Sheng, he has performed many recitals including: New York’s Lincoln Center. He performed with Venice Chamber Orchestra, New Zealand String Quartet, Christine Sullivan. His book Chinese Music in Australia-Victoria (1850s to mid 1990s) was published. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1442216354209-NDLENFX87WOBTLG7JW4V/Warren+Burt.JPG Artists - Warren Burt Warren Burt is a composer, improviser, instrument builder, software designer, video maker, sound poet, writer, educator and a few other things. He lives in Daylesford and works in Melbourne and teaches at Box Hill Institute. www.warrenburt.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999335561-G2KE95PHLB5H7J5JTA9D/Andrew_Ogburn.jpg Artists - Andrew Ogburn ANDREW OGBURN is a pianist and composer. He has performed across Australia, and on stages in many countries around the world, including at the iconic New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.   Andrew has composed a great deal of music across a vast array of genres including comtemporary and avant garde classical, jazz, blues, country, gospel, funk, and electronica. Andrew has performed and recorded with many Australian blues, roots and rock luminaries and along with Suzannah Espie was voted “Blues Performer of the Year” (Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society) travelling to Memphis U.S.A. to represent Australia in the 2008 International Blues Challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999397469-A306ZLO46VV1ED2YZDUV/Aviva+Endean+2.jpg Artists - Aviva Endean Aviva Endean’s performances spans a wide variety of musical styles and contexts including experimental and improvised music, creating immersive sonic environments, chamber music, folk music, theatre, and inter-arts collaborations. Aviva’s own projects have included Quiver New Music ensemble, The Barons of Tang, Mamushka, In the Half Light (a show for immersive lighting and solo clarinet), The Intimate Sound Immersion (for one blindfolded audience member at a time) and The Perfect Human (for acapella voices and lo-fi lighting). Aviva’s music has taken her around the world several times including performances in Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Mexico, across the USA, Canada and Europe for major festivals and concert series. www.avivaendean.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999407079-2S39F0FBOZAWY1XT87GP/Barry+Cockcroft.jpg Artists - Barry Cockcroft Barry Cockcroft is an internationally recognised saxophonist and one of Australia’s most widely performed and recorded contemporary composers. He has been concerto soloist with the United States Navy Band and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and is a Selmer Artist and a RICO International Artist. Barry has over 140 published works and is a member of the International Saxophone Committee, supporting the triennial World Saxophone Congress. Barry’s close association with over 120 composers has led to the publication of more than 1,000 new works over the past 18 years. An enthusiastic traveller Barry has visited over 65 countries and continues to compose and perform. www.barrysax.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999698245-85YPJ28D6PXP4CMZ99Q0/Brian+O%27Dwyer+2.jpg Artists - Brian O'Dwyer Brian is a Melbourne based improviser and experimental percussionist. Having worked within numerous genres, Brian seeks to explore freedom in sound and embrace the moment of music creation allowing context and environment to dominate expression. Brian has released many solo and group based recordings through his independently run music production company Bleeemo Music and continues to promote and push experimental music from Australia. bleeemo.bandcamp.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999781539-SDK1MB5JEX38QASQGO3L/Caerwen+Martin.JPG Artists - Caerwen Martin Caerwen (MMusPerHons) is a cellist and composer/performer who works both nationally and internationally as a new music specialist and improviser. Caerwen has worked at most of Australia’s major festivals and venues and with many of Australia’s top musicians and actors. Current ensembles include Arcko Symphonic, Silo String Quartet, Bolt Ensemble, Ruth Roshan Tango Noir, and The Elissa Goodrich Birds Duo. Caerwen is the artistic director of Silo String Quartet which she founded in 1998. Caerwen also teaches primary, secondary and tertiary level. www.caerwenmartin.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999773546-8VIAJ3AQEF1XGJ061PAF/Carl+Panuzzo+3.jpeg Artists - Carl Pannuzzo Carl Pannuzzo, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, autodidact, songwriter and educator, is in demand nationally and internationally, performing/recording with many artists and projects as varied as Bob Sedergreen, Opera Australia, Mia Dyson, Stephen Magnusson, Paul Grabowsky, Vika and Linda Bull, Kavisha Mazzella, Casey Bennetto, Cirque du Soleil, Fred Smith, Tripod, Checkerboard, Acapelicans and Music Outback. As a creator, interpreter and improviser, Carl is recognised as a sensitive, dynamic and fearless singer, a quickfire musical mind and affable and engaging stage presence. Carl enjoys being a messenger for the articulate truth of music and delivers it with a balance of respect and abandon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999925284-MBOQ4PZPBXMU2ZISSEW1/david_jones.jpg Artists - David Jones David’s multi-genre career spans 40 years. He is renowned for his virtuoso solo drumkit performances. A regular guest artist with Australia’s Symphony Orchestras, several composers have written pieces especially for David. In 2010 he received the prestigious Melbourne Prize for Music Award. In 2013 he was made Honorary Fellow at the Victorian College of the Arts and in 2015 he joined the staff of the James Morrison Academy of Music in Mt Gambier. Since 1984, David has uniquely integrated his meditation practice into his music. With his partner Carmen Warrington he has created many guided meditation CDs for ABC Music. www.davidjonesdrums.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1444999866282-KTMO5O63NRIDA7Y75F2I/David+Chesworth.jpeg Artists - David Chesworth David Chesworth makes music, sound art, video, installation and performance. He also collaborates with other artists, in particular Sonia Leber with whom he has created a number of large-scale public art commissions using the human voice as a principal medium. Earlier he co-founded seminal post-punk experimental group Essendon Airport and his early vinyl releases included the post-punk Lo-Fi 50 Synthesizer Greats and Layer on Layer. He is also known for composing a series of experimental opera’s including three works with Chamber Made Opera. Chesworth and Leber’s two channel video work Zaum Tractor is currently being exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale - All The Worlds Futures. www.leberandchesworth.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000096159-IQN5JIAF6NDL0496GTBE/Carolyn+Connors+-+by+Brigid+Burke.jpg Artists - Carolyn Connors “Carolyn Connors somehow manages to produce her voice with inhaling, exhaling, multiphonics, a range from the deepest chest voice to a pitch audible only by dogs, anything one could conceive of for the human voice box plus a sense of humour...extraordinary”….”proves she needs no electronics to transition from a clear vocal tone to inhuman white noise”...”the extraordinary throat-singing of Carolyn Connors”...”Fresh, exciting, moving, and unique” www.carolyn-connors.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000179175-4K43EUODEW2HV05CQF0Q/Domenico+de+Clario.jpg Artists - Domenico de Clario Domenico de Clario is an interdisciplinary artist, writer and musician. He was born in Trieste, Italy, in 1947 and migrated to Australia in 1956. He was awarded an MA (1998) and a PhD (2001) in Performance Studies from Melbourne’s Victoria University. He taught art at PIT/RMIT (1973-1996) and was Head of Contemporary Arts at Perth’s ECU (2001-6) and at Monash University (2006-9). From 2009 until 2012 he was Director of Adelaide’s Australian Experimental Art Foundation. Since 1966 de Clario has presented more than 300 solo exhibitions, installations and performances and received numerous grants and residencies, including the Australia Council Fellowship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000246973-AFNO01BSC3BAGTSUHV92/Deb+Kayser+pic.jpg Artists - Deborah Kayser One of Australia's most adventurous sopranos, Deborah Kayser's music practices span the centuries from Ancient Chant, the Baroque, to Contemporary explorations on and off the stave. As a long term member of Elision, Kayser has been at the cutting edge of New Music performance both nationally and internationally. With companies such as Chamber Made Opera, Aphids, and Not Yet It's Difficult, she has explored extending the possibilities of how the voice is used in these arenas.Kayser is also a long-time collaborator with Nick Tsiavos. They have toured all over the world, recorded critically acclaimed cds and are regularly broadcast over the radio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000367838-9XB8712URXVPEYVVCLFD/Gelareh+Pour.jpeg Artists - Gelareh Pour Gelareh Pour is a Persian Kamancheh and Qeychak player, singer and songwriter. Born in Tehran, she has received degrees from the Art University of Tehran (Bachelor of Music) and University of Melbourne (Masters of Ethnomusicology). Gelareh has performed in Iran, Tajikistan, Europe and is now based in Australia. Since arriving in Melbourne, Gelareh has begun collaborating with some of the country’s most innovative experimental musicians, releasing her debut album in 2013 and her second full length album in 2015. Gelareh is currently performing with a variety of groups around Melbourne and recently formed ‘JIVIR’ featuring Adam Simmons and Brian O'Dwyer and is in the process of producing her third album with this trio. www.gelarehpour.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000466031-E0AEVZBTU9ZAQLYTWHLH/George+Butrumlis.jpg Artists - George Butrumlis George Butrumlis has played the Piano Accordion since the age of six. He was an original member of Jo Camilleri's Black Sorrows. George's band, Zydeco Jump, has been a feature on the Australian music scene for over 20 years and has appeared at most major Australian music festivals. George has worked and recorded with a diverse group of artists He has just returned from Europe and a very successful concert tour in Austria and Switzerlandperformingzydeco and concerts with long time friend and colleague, accordionist Otto Lechnerand his Wiener Zieharmonikaaccordion orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000653475-AWVNXPGQM8DR64QRVBL6/Graham+Barker.jpg Artists - Graham Barker Wearing my Billy London suit, I played with Adam in the late nineties and early noughties. It was a joy, so I’m particularly excited to be 1% of A Hundred Duets. I joined my first band in ’68, singing my own blues. Over the next decade, noted colleagues in the playground included: Bomba Davies, Bill Tharle, John Grant, Rick Puchala, John Lee, John Moon, Steve Walsh and Darkie Wilson. I jumped on the swing in ’89. Later I met Adam on the monkey bars and we hung out. Lately I’m enjoying the seesaw of soundtracks and guest spots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000689382-6ZLL3C3AHDZ5X1MESQAD/Hugh+Harvey.JPG Artists - Hugh Harvey Originally from Adelaide, drummer Hugh Harvey (B. Mus. Honours) relocated to Melbourne in 2004 and has become firmly entrenched in the Melbourne music scene. A versatile sideman fluent in many styles, Hugh is a member of Julien Wilson’s B for Chicken, Adam Simmons’ Origami, Mingus Amongst Us, ATM15 and The Meltdown, and has performed nationally and internationally with CW Stoneking, Ali McGregor, Vika Bull, Chris Wilson, Flap!, Rita Satch and many more. Hugh was nominated for the Freedman Fellowship in 2013, was a semi-finalist in the National Jazz Awards in 2011, and attended the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445000801955-48ZKT8X4WNUFOCTOMT0T/jeremy+dullard.png Artists - Jeremy Dullard Jeremy likes Balinese Gamelan. He likes the way it sounds. He likes the way it is formed. Layers of loops at different speeds, intertwining and overlapping. Broken and reassembled patterns of digital rhythm, pitched and un-pitched. It looks like maps, and graphs, and LEGO in Jeremy's head, as does the world through his eyes. He formed the community orchestra "Gamelan DanAnda" specifically to explore and share the unique construction and cooperative experience of this music with the people of Melbourne. Tonight however, in conversation with Adam S, Jeremy will strike the gongs alone. www.gamelan.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001230101-0687V177GXYWPSQ8XG8I/Joe+Talia+2.jpg Artists - Joe Talia Joe Talia is a drummer and composer based in Melbourne. He first established his reputation as a drummer in jazz and improvised music fields in which he is now active as a member Andrea Keller Quartet and in numerous collaborative projects, including a long-term duo with Oren Ambarchi. His longstanding musical partnership with Ned Collette has resulted in four records, on which Talia acts as both drummer and producer. Talia also works in the realm of electro-acoustic composition, working with reel-to-reel tape machines and other analogue devices. www.joetalia.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001127787-L9D105AZ5YKIX2FN82E2/Josh+Owen.JPG Artists - Josh Owen Honed in the musical melting pot of Melbourne’s thriving music scene, Josh Owen is one of the busiest guitarists on the local scene and 2015 sees no sign of slowing down. Drawing on a wide variety of influences from his own musical journey, Josh is as comfortable as a solo troubadour as he is in a large ensemble, and plays a wide variety of guitars including taking up the ‘Novax’ eight stringin the last two years. The sensual urban soundscapes of soul and reggae is where he truly feels at home. Josh Owen has played countless numbers of massively successful shows at every major festival around Australia and New Zealand, with tour supports for popular local and international acts from Adrian Belew to Simply Red and The Mick Fleetwood Blues band to name a few. He has also put out four independent releases. He has played guitar for several national and international artist including Reggae legends Ernest Ranglin and the late Bunny Rugs of Third World as well new school Jamaicans Tanya Stephens and Junior Kelly. Other artists include internationally acclaimed Toni Childs and local legends Richard Clapton, Ross Wilson, Normie Rowe, Joe Camillerri and Russell Morris. and Daryl Braithwaite. 2015 also saw Josh performing locally and internationally with the Room8 productions of ‘Let’s get it On : The Marvin Gaye Story’ as well as the Etta James show featuring the star Australian performers Andrew DeSilva and Vika Bull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001215504-1KP69AHKMRMF26Z9L0OV/John+McAll.jpg Artists - John McAll John McAll graduated with a Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM in 1983 John McAll launched his debut recording as band leader and composer in June 2009 with 'Black Money' on independent label Audacity Media. He followed this with an ABC Jazztrack album 'Alter Ego' which was rated four stars Sydney Morning Herald John McAll has performed internationally in New York City, UK and throughout Europe. He regularly works withthe Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Brian Abrahams' District 6, Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Rebecca Barnard and Jane Clifton. In August 2012 John joined forces with Joe Camilleri create a big band named The Voodoo Sheiks. Then became Keyboardist for Camilleris band The Black Sorrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001289556-KPLXXJ2PH1RC1HVDY47I/Kavisha+Mazzella+-+Hopper.jpeg Artists - Kavisha Mazzella ARIA award winner and songbird Kavisha Mazzella original song's lyrical ingredients include humour, poetry, social justice and the spiritual. combined with the voice of an angel. Singing in English and Italian, she will take you on an uplifting boundary riding journey of well-craftedstories and songs ringing with echoes of Celtic, Fado and Gypsy influences that will strike a resounding chord within. With 6 solo albums under her belt, she has sung and given vocal workshops at national music festivals and abroad. In 2011 Kavisha was awarded an Australia Day Honour for her contribution to music and reflecting the experience of refugee, multicultural and indigenous communities through performance. www.kavisha.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001484657-SS1JQWBRYHULQ8PQ7PNG/Matt+Earl+-+by+Elizabeth+Myring+1.jpg Artists - Matt Earl Height 183cm Weight 88kgs Instrument: Drums Experience: 20 years   Talented, unique, versatile and proficient on both sides of the body. Matt is a graduate of The Victorian College of The Arts. He has toured North America, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the UK with Australian and International bands for over two decades. Album credits include: Ruby Hunter, Ali Mills, Sally Dastey, Neil Murray, ASQ, Kadoonka, BOOF, The Pearly Shells, Tonchi and The Cameron Earl Quartet. Currently performing with: Leah Flanagan, The Sideshow Brides, Hummingbird, Melbourne BBQ Orchestra and The Band Who Knew Too Much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001854448-6TESFVJR7OL3K0UT8OXW/Paul+Williamson+-+Photo+by+Leo+Dale.jpg Artists - Paul Williamson Paul Williamson (tenor or baritone saxophone, vocals) has played jazz, R&B, blues and rock since the late 70’s with artists as diverse as Vince Jones, Dire Straits, Jo Jo Zep, Men At Work, Deep Purple, Way Out West, Renee Geyer. He has also worked with US artists like Cornell Dupee, Jimmy McGriff, Lucky Peterson, Big Jay McNeely & Duke Robillard. Paul formed the Hammond Combo in 199, produced 5 CDs, performed around Australia and internationally and are still performing Rainbow Hotel Fitzroy. He maintains a busy freelance performance and recording and continues to maintain several long running residencies and loves playing Golf… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001880797-RXDTZ6R8FIUY1L8M1R7V/Pete+Lawler.JPG Artists - Pete Lawler Pete was born in Canberra in 1963 and as a precocious 15 year old performed in the pilot episode of a TV show for teenagers called 'Pinball'. The show failed and thus he was luckily spared from becoming the Danny Bonaduce of his generation. On moving to Sydney, he played in a traditional Irish band called 'The Gingermen' then joined folk-rockers Weddings Parties Anything. Since then he has played with Tim Rogers and the Temperance Union and has toured with Jimmy Barnes. Nowadays he presents a fortnightly spot on 3RRR called 'Pumped Fulla Shit'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445001918569-RIE9HBKDHRQC7SV4IBA2/Phil+McLeod.jpeg Artists - Phil McLeod Philip is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer and teacher. He has toured the world playing with his band Blue Grassy Knoll and their live soundtracks to Buster Keaton films. He has also played Double Bass with the Spaghetti Western Orchestra, Cello with Snuff Puppets, Accordion with Russian Criminal band Vulgargrad. He has composed music for The State Orchestra of Victoria, ABC Radio and Red Stitch Theatre. He has recorded and contributed to many CD’s and movie soundtracks including Australian films Animal Kingdom and Noise. He holds a music teaching position at Melbourne Polytechnic (formerly N.M.I.T.) in Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445002035985-JDOD4WBW0VUZITB8UF3T/ronny+at+wang.jpg Artists - Ronny Ferella Drummer/composer/bandleader Ronny Ferella can found in all nooks and crannies of the Melbourne music scene. His constant musical curiosity and commitment toensemble musickeeps him involved in many projects,, be it performingjazz , electro acoustic improvised music, afrobeat, or as a sideman to some of the country’s finest rhythm and blues players. He performs regularly with the groups Wayfinders, Omelette, The Michelle Nicolle Quartet, Palaver, Big Fela and Continental Robert’s Blues party. Ronny is also busy as an educator, taking ensemble studies and improvisation classes at VCA, Monash University and Melbourne Polytechnic. ronnyferella.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445002073154-IPRVM8QJINMOMA5WTSRU/Noriko+Tadano.jpg Artists - Noriko Tadano Noriko Tadano plays both traditional Japanese folk songs (Minyo) as well as original pieces on the Tsugaru Shamisen (Japanese Banjo). She has been playing Shamisen since she was 6 years old and has performed in Japan, Europe, Canada, Tonga, Fiji and at festivals and events all over Australia. While traditional Minyo depicts the life and feelings of 'older' Japan, centring around the themes of love, family and the close connection with nature, Noriko's original pieces explore feelings and experiences through melodic notes and heart pounding beats. She has also performed a solo performance at the Sydney Opera House in 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445002122723-1OBM32BW16DSPZPEHLTC/Whitt+-+by+Selina+Williams.jpeg Artists - Whitt Raised on a diet of his older brothers & sisters record collection. Left the little town for the big smoke in the mid 80's as a teenager, learned to play guitar and got involved in the DIY punk scene in Melbourne's inner north in the early 90's. With 2 best friends from High School formed a band as a way to get into punk gigs for free. Now has been 25 years playing with those friends and various other folk (Horns of death anyone, Adam?). Topping Triple J hottest 100 in 1996, producing many albums and touring throughout the 1990s and 2000s across Australia, Japan, UK and US. (with little apology to Janet) www.spiderbait.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445002739839-R6KB62L1LUSJCYTIRZSB/phil+bywater.jpg Artists - Phil Bywater Phil Bywater is a Tasmanian born saxophonist. His experience is diverse, encompassing jazz and world music, free improv, reggae, funk, rock and contemporary classical music. He has toured extensively in Australia and overseas, released three CDs with his own bands, and recorded on scores of independent releases and soundtracks for film and television, and is Academic Program Coordinator at Collarts (The Australian College of the Arts). A longtime member of Adam Simmons Toyband, Phil performs with a range of highly regarded ensembles, including Bart Willoughby Band , Fallingwater Trio, States of Play, Bywater-Hustas duo, and Big Fela Afrobeat Orchestra. www.philbywater.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003211801-WGYXOI62XD4NKX8CJGH7/Andrea+Keeble+pic2.jpg Artists - Andrea Keeble Andrea Keeble is a violinist, composer, educator and artist. She has extensive performing and recording experience in orchestral, small ensembles and solo playing of a diverse array of musical genres and artists, touring nationally and internationally. Highlights include Silo String Quartet Carnegie Hall, USA, and National tour of The Black Arm Band “murundak” 2008. Andrea is a member of Cosmo Cosmolino, Collider, director of Ad Hoc Music Collective and plays with The David Chesworth Ensemble and BOLT Ensemble. She released “Teeter”, a CD of original compositions in 2011. Andrea is a teaching artist with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Monash University and AMEB examiner. www.andreakeeble.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003234203-4KCAL4SMFEPAGYR2PSJY/James+Hullick+pic.jpg Artists - James Hullick James is one of Australia’s leading culture creators, attracting increasing national and international attention as sound artist, sculptor, composer, curator, community arts worker and published researcher. He is the artistic director of JOLT (professional sound art organisation) and The Click Clack Project (a community sound art organisation). His work is marked by a commitment to social engagement, particularly with the inclusion of people of all abilities in professional sonic arts making. This has been most notably achieved through his direction of the Amplified Elephants ensemble for sound artists with an intellectual disability. www.joltarts.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003241158-7ONR3BJ8Y0X3YBH0CBP1/Kutcha+Edwards+pic.jpg Artists - Kutcha Edwards As one of Australia’s most respected and renowned Indigenous singer/ songwriters and proud Mutti Mutti man, Kutcha Edwards performs music that’s a fusion of his beautiful voice and soulful arrangements. Joined by Dan Fox whose guitar and vocal skills abound, Kutcha shares songs and stories that illicit an audience connection and sense of belonging. Kutcha’s dulcet tones, his tales both poignant and comic, making for an unforgettable concert experience and an encounter with a remarkable Aboriginal man. www.kutcha–edwards.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003236902-LQ375IM7SMY2ESF01BE7/Leah+Scholes+pic.jpg Artists - Leah Scholes Leah is passionate about imagination, delight and pathos, and pursues the integration of visual and physical theatre in her work. She is the Artistic Associate of Barking Spider Visual Theatre, and co-founder of the The Sound Collectors (percussion duo) and The Flying Tapirs (theatrical-music duo). Leah’s career highlights include working and touring with Speak Percussion, Nick Tsiavos Ensemble, Strange Fruit, Chunky Move, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and studying sabar and djembe drumming in Dakar, Senegal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003284123-D696ADGNNEY8A9LUJBP5/Mary+Doumany+High+res.jpg Artists - Mary Doumany Mary Doumany is a Victorian based composer, harpist, singer and lyricist. Her music, particularly her harp and her vocal works, have been performed and recorded extensively. Her compositions have appeared on ABC releases, and her work features on Australian and international film soundtracks, among them, ‘Shine’ and ‘The Truman Show’. Mary has also worked in multiple genres, collaborating with David Hirschfelder, Jeremy Alsop, Joe Chindamo, Doug de Vries and David Jones among others, to create albums of original, critically acclaimed music. www.marydoumany.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003304630-ZSQZO1PWJ9HL0Z2TQCAM/Michael+Kieran+Harvey.jpg Artists - Michael Kieran Harvey Michael Kieran Harvey was born in Sydney and studied piano with Alan Jenkins, Gordon Watson, and at the Liszt Academy, Budapest, under Sándor Falvai. His career has been notable for its diversity and wide repertoire. Harvey's compositions have been performed in Europe, the UK, North and South America and Asia. As pianist Harvey's awards include the Grand Prix in the Ivo Pogorelich Piano Competition, USA (1993 - the world's richest at the time), the Debussy Medal in the Guilde Francaise Concours Paris (1986), the Australian Government's Centenary Medal (2002), and the 2009 APRA award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003393749-9ABNZ3F8A91H05X64Q4F/Monique+diMattina+pic.jpg Artists - Monique diMattina A Fulbright scholar, Monique lived in New York, working with many Jazz and Pop greats, before returning to Melbourne in 2009. Since then she has released two exquisite solo piano albums ("The thinking person's zen escape" - The Village Voice- and"Calm notes with a sharp intelligence" - BBC Radio 4) and two critically acclaimed albums in her more frequently performed singer/songwriter incarnation - the latest, Nola's Ark, being recorded in New Orleans with musicians from the bands of Harry Connick Jnr and Dr John. www.moniquedimattina.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445003383534-2P6URVWBA5R8L8KERONU/Tony+Gould.jpg Artists - Tony Gould Passing through many periods of music in the last 50 years, Tony Gould has developed his own distinctive style, which insists on the primacy of melodic material, the complex and glorious world of harmony and of playing things differently each and every time. He is an influential teacher, though not always in the most traditional sense, preferring to lead by example rather than to stand and lecture and as such has inspired many students who have then gone on to their own influential paths. He is himself influenced by many musicians past and creative beings such as Bach, Rosalie Gascoigne, Stravinsky, Robert Hughes, Mahler and Jackson Pollock. www.tonygould.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445333210579-GUEAU4YUSURBOWK2RK9S/Victoria+Bilogan.jpg Artists - Victoria Bilogan Quickly... Victoria is a classically trained pianist from Ukraine. She ended up involved with Bi-2 (originally Shura B2), which outgrew Melbourne and become on of Russia's biggest bands. She has earned her Masters in Piano Performance and is working in her duo Mobius regularly and tours internationally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445333519719-FD9OC5QBWOBSEEKD6WPL/Tom+Fryer.JPG Artists - Tom Fryer Tom Fryer was born during a full moon on the 27th of January 1961, which is coincidentally the same birth date as that of our beloved Mozart. This has led him to believe that he is in fact the reincarnation of the same and he has therefore spent most of his life ignoring functional harmony focussing instead on dysfunctional harmony, much to the chagrin of anybody that has heard him perform live. He is a polymath speaking 17 languages fluently, including several forgotten Norwegian dialects from isolated communities in the far North of Scandinavia. His Doctoral Thesis "The Mathematical and Dietary Relationships between Insect Calls and Dagamba Drum Rhythms", has won him outstanding recognition in the fields of Ethnomusicology, Mathematics and Entomology. In his spare time he loves to play the guitar. www.tomfryer.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445333674177-VNPCPDJR0M1W15PEF9JD/Wendy+Morrison+copy.jpg Artists - Wendy Morrison Pianist and composer, Wendy studied at the Royal College of Music in London andlived in Italy for a number of years, where she performed regularly as a soloist, accompanist and chamber player before returning to Australia in 2000. Her first move into composition dates to the early 1990s, and she has since collaborated with visual artists, poets, composers, choreographers and video-artists in Australia and Europe, and in 2001 was a major prize winner in the Onassis Foundation’s International Competition for the Composition of Music for Choreography. Wendy has performed in Australia, Italy, France, England, Ireland and Cuba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445333875501-8WV2Z8Z3MA1K63HXB0Q5/Tim+Pledger.jpg Artists - Tim Pledger Tim Pledger is a Melbourne musician, composer, bandleader and educator. He is the leader of the dynamic original bands “Bohjass”, “Bohjass Upas Militia”, “Sandwich Jesus” and “The Boys”. Tim also runs a Bossa Nova band “Menina Flor” and a European Folk band, “Yurodivye”. Tim is a regular member of “lo-res” and has played in Latin American Balkan Brass bands. Tim recently finished his Masters of Music Degree at the V.C.A. Tim has written works for large orchestra, solo piano, chamber ensembles and films. As a creative musician it is an honour to play with Adam again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445333994130-VDGVG02HN4JQWZMMDQ41/Theo+Carbo.JPG Artists - Theo Carbo Theo Carbo is a young guitarist/composer who lives in Melbourne. He began playing guitar at age seven and now at 15 has worked with the likes of Carl Allen, Cyrille Aimee, Graeme Lyall and James Morrison. When he was 13 Theo became the youngest ever recipient of the Pat Corrigan Scholarship, allowing him to record an album with James, Harry and John Morrison in Sydney. Theo was also one of the six soloists to be chosen as a future finalist at Generations in Jazz, 2015. As a member of both the Victorian State Schools Spectacular Orchestra and the National Youth Jazz Academy he has performed at venues such as Bennetts Lane and Hisense Arena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334036286-RW0TBQDHF15N543DW7CS/Sue+Johnson.jpeg Artists - Sue Johnson Sue Johnson is a composer, pianist, vocalist and musical director who lectured in improvisation at the VCA for over a decade mentoring many young Melbourne improvisers. Sue co-founded award winning vocal group Coco’s Lunch touring worldwide. She composed for theatre show Still Awake Still touring the US. She has produced numerous albums of new work in collaboration with great Australian musicians and early in her career won the Montsalvat Yalumba Jazz Medal. Her current passion is directing and improvising with massed voices. This is a rare return for Sue performing improvised piano in this special duet with Adam Simmons. www.suejohnson.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334079948-EW33JR0IW14BPWL6J0IJ/Shobha+Sekhar.jpg Artists - Shobha Sekhar Shobha Sekhar is a distinguished Indian Classical performer, composer, teacher and journalist renowned for her creativity and deep passion for the Art form. Her solo concerts across continents, lecture Demos and master classes at International Forums have won her critical acclaim and recognition. She lectures at University of Melbourne and Melbourne Polytechnic and is the Resident Director of Kalakruthi School of Music. Her lectures are very popular as she not only teaches singing techniques but also introduces the students to the principles and practice of ‘Vocal’ Yoga . Shobha is the Vice President of FIMDV (Federation of Indian Music and Dance Schools of Victoria) Kalakruthi.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334139444-HQQA2FSG7SMLA1SRRJ55/Sam+Lemann.jpg Artists - Sam Lemann Originally form Perth, Sam’s influences of swinging jazz, country, folk, blues and island sounds creep effortlessly into his guitar work and more recently his ukulele playing. Currently a regular member of Grace Knight’s band, but over the years Sam has played with Linda and Vika Bull, Ross Wilson, Tom Burlinson, US Bluegrass Banjo legend Bill Keith and can often be spotted on a Melbourne stage with Hetty Kate, Olivia Chindamo, Jane Clifton, Andy Baylor, Lisa Miller, Michelle Nicole, The Bsharp Big Band - to name a few. When not enjoying a light lunch in Acland St or practicing his Ukulele over in Hawaii, chances are that Sam will be in a recording studio somewhere adding to his list of over 80 CD appearances. www.samlemann.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334157753-GGIELTH3SXUH8LHMC3XU/Roger+Bergodaz.jpg Artists - Roger Bergodaz Roger Bergodaz has been working in the Australian music scene for the last 20 years. Starting out as a Drummer for countless Melbourne bands throughout the 90’s, the new century saw a move more toward Production and Engineering. Roger now spends most of his days making Records for people like Tex Perkins, Mick Thomas, Matt Walker and Raised By Eagles…and playing Bass for The Lost Ragas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334194238-KW3AYGZPVFGSHHD3ZJ51/Ren+Walters.jpg Artists - Ren Walters Ren Walters is a musician, artist, tutor and current PhD student in improvisational performance practice and an Honorary Fellow at VCA and MCM University of Melbourne, 2013.Currently performs with THIS Ensemble and organizes CURRENT bi-annual experimental performance event and hosts and convenes the General Assembly of Interested Parties. www.currentmusic-event.com www.gaipsite.com   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334213003-8FQGRMY3OOJAND67U4CK/Ray+Pereira.jpg Artists - Ray Pereira Ray Pereira is regarded as one of the leading percussionists in this country; Ray played an influential role in popularising Afro Cuban and African drumming and was one of the first musicians to teach traditional West African rhythms. He has performed and recorded with a number of top artists including award winning singer/songwriters Paul Kelly and Archie Roach, Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winning film composer David Hirchfelder, contemporary singers Kate Ceberano and Cristine Anu, soul/jazz singers Renee Geyer and Vince Jones He is currently working on The Afro Lankan Drumming System with Sri Lankan Drummer Kanchana Karunaratne. www.raypereira.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334250910-A1EOZPK1HZ6BT1NLJUO6/Pete+Daffy.jpg Artists - Peter Daffy Aussie bush dance music, trad bluegrass gospel singing, 1920's pop music for ukulele, many attempted "world music" projects and trashy 70's/80's pub rock have all been part of Peter Daffy's musical journey. A jack of all trades and master of none, he has spent nearly 30 years trying to play as many different styles as he can and remember as many songs as his old brain will handle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334283506-CO9N1S0AX8MDE9TT8TL1/Paul+Grabowsky.jpg Artists - Paul Grabowsky Paul Grabowsky is one of Australia’s most distinguished performing artists - an acclaimed pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He has composed for over twenty film scores including Innocence, Shiner, Last Orders and most recently, Eye Of Storm, as well as theatre including Love In The Age Of Therapy, and Presidents Land. He is the founder of the Australian Art Orchestra with which he tours internationally, collaborating particularly with traditional and contemporary indigenous performers. He has won numerous awards, including several ARIAs and the Melbourne Prize For Music in 2007. He was Artistic Director of the Queensland Music Festival from 2005-2007 and of the 2010 and 2012 Adelaide Festival. www.paulgrabowsky.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334402045-06ZGV4B8DW5BAGHBUQSP/Mal+Webb.jpg Artists - Mal Webb Around the world and into your brain, vocal adventurer, multi-instrumentist and looping beatboxing songwriter Mal Webb sings his songs about all manner of stuff, using all sorts of vocal techniques, guitar, mbira, slide trumpet, trombone, chromatic harmonica and a loop recording pedal called Derek. It's a lip to lung journey through the physics, physiology and phrivolity of all the sounds a face can make. Sideways yodelling, beatbox, harmonics, throat singing, uvular fluttering, advanced clapping. He's like Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin and Cole Porter playing scrabble. Ebulliently eclectic. Nefariously varied. Family fun free from facile frippery. "You're a freak!"-Ani DiFranco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334424387-TMTJ2VP4HT1O2ZNDY2B5/jonathan+zion.jpg Artists - Jonathan Zion Graduating from VCA in 1992 on electric and double bass Jonathan has performed both nationally and internationally including tours to New Zealand the United States, Canada, Russia, Japan and Europe. Jonathan has been a regular member and contributing composer of Melbourne based, original jazz / improvising ensembles: “kadoonka”, “The Situationists”, “Facelifter”, Anton Delecca Quartet and the Luke Howard Trio, performing at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Wangaratta Jazz Festival and the Half Bent Festival. In 2005 Jonathan began working with Pete Murray and The Stonemasons and tours with them extensively as well as being a member of the Ian Moss Trio. In 2007 he toured nationally with Deborah Conway’s “Broad” and worked on the Adelaide festival preview of Eddie Perfect’s musical “Shane Warne”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334454777-907B67W6AIXQ9CMXFXDH/Joe+Chindamo.jpg Artists - Joe Chindamo Joe Chindamo's playing has adorned more than 60 films, including Pharlap, Man from Snowy River 2, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Evil Angels and Babe. He has accompanied Shirley Bassey, recorded with Vince Jones, Olivia Newton John, Christine Sullivan and Yvonne Kenny, orchestrated and conducted a string orchestra for Peter Andre, and played with Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Caroline O'Connor and Don Burrows. In June 2002 Joe's talent was recognised by the Australian music industry when he was awarded the Australian Entertainment 'MO' Award for Instrumental Jazz Performer of the Year and was renominated in 2004. He has just recently returned from New York, having performed with Zoe Black at Carnegie Hall. www.joechindamo.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334477223-FI7V5EBR50S09KTT7ZXJ/Graham+Lee.jpg Artists - Graham Lee Graham spent most of the 80s on pedal steel with ARIA Hall Of Famers The Triffids and has been involved in memorial shows and re-issues for that band in the past few years. Non trad pedal steel player by circumstance rather than choice. Long standing member of the Blackeyed Susans which band plays fairly frequently around Melbourne and other parts. Always interested in something different, Graham first came into contact with Adam through David Chesworth's opera Cosmonaut for which they were both part of the band, attempting to follow David's graphical scores. This lead to the odd show as part of Adam's conducted improvisational troupe, and now to this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334559736-WS3RH7RTCMLYG1EPT76I/Eva+Popov+by+Lucy+Spartalis.jpg Artists - Eva Popov Eva Popov usually performs under the moniker of Hello Satellites. She performs intricate, original folk music that is both touching and intriguing. www.twobrightlakes.com/artists/hello-satellites/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445334843018-CBUGF8PFO11BZ9OBWCLD/Anita+Hustas.jpg Artists - Anita Hustas Anita Hustas is a double bassist, composer, visual and sound artist specializing in the creation and performance of contemporary work, including graphic scores, improvisation, and cross-disciplinary collaborative projects. Anita has won many awards and scholarships, been the recipient of Arts Victoria and Australia Council funding for composing, recording, touring and concert presentation. Anita has collaborated with many fine artists both locally and internationally, and currently lectures at the VCA and the University of Melbourne, as well as her own private practice. www.anitahustas.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445335661995-7GW9QR08DZJK7UCWK4QZ/Timothy+Phillips.jpg Artists - Timothy Phillips Conductor/Percussionist Timothy Phillips has lead a varied career in his native Australia and in Germany. Performing with orchestras, ensembles and in solo shows he has a special affinity with the music of our time. He is the founder and director of the Arcko Symphonic Ensemble was a founding member of the acclaimed ensembles Est!Est!!Est!! and Klammer Vier, conducts regularly for the Amplified Elephants and the Bolt Ensemble and has appeared at the leading festivals of the world as both a conductor and performer. Timothy has created music for several theatre shows for Westside Circus and DVA Theatre and has given the premiers, both Australian and World, of numerous works for solo percussion, orchestra and larger ensemble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445335756207-262NHCIAD12W3WPEN9FB/Emma+Franz.jpg Artists - Emma Franz Emma Franz is an award-winning nonfiction filmmaker and jazz singer-songwriter with twenty-five years experience in stage performance, television and cinema. She is a hybrid nonfiction cinema director and producer, a cinematographer, scriptwriter and editor. A number of music and film projects have taken her across 6 continents and 33 countries, providing the opportunity to associate and work with a diverse range of people from various cultures, social and economic structures, and political histories. Best known for her music film, Intangible Asset Number 82, Emma is currently completing a feature film project on guitarist Bill Frisell. www.IntangibleAsset82.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445335828027-GOVU2FFT5PRO0OF9VGS5/Belinda+Woods.jpg Artists - Belinda Woods Belinda is an improvising musician/composer. Predominantly a flautist, Belinda performs with many ensembles including original groups Lo-Res and Saveja, Bohjass and the BOLT Ensemble. A current PhD candidate at the VCA, Belinda was awarded a Creative Victoria Scholarship for excellence in 2015, was a recipient of an APA from 2011-2013 and a finalist in the 2011 APRA Professional Development Awards. Artistic director of the Make It Up Club from 1993 – 2007, and Project Manager for the Click Clack Project and Jolt Arts 2010-15, Belinda has played a major role in supporting and enhancing the development of the Melbourne music scene. www.belindawoods.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445336168431-HLG571ADO0IWUOYEQEN6/Niko+Schauble.jpg Artists - Niko Schauble Niko Schauble is a sought after contemporary composer and musician in Australia and abroad. In addition to leading his own ensembles Niko has performed and recorded with many of the world's leading artists. Since the mid 1990's Niko has also established himself as an in demand composer, arranger and producer for Film and Television while continuing to write for international soloists, ballets and ensembles, ranging from saxophone quartets to symphony orchestras. Niko’s work has been documented on more than 50 CD's and a host of Australian and international awards confirm his standing as one of the world's top performers and composers. Niko owns and operates PUGHOUSE STUDIOS, a state-of-the-art recording studio in Thornbury. www.pughousestudios.com/niko/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445336412130-3MPSLZ6NVI8QANVMDZED/Anne+Norman.jpeg Artists - Anne Norman Anne Norman is a shakuhachi performer working in a diverse range of music creation with a passion for spontaneous improvisation with musicians, dancers, visual artists and tea masters. Originally trained on flute, Anne took up shakuhachi in Japan in 1986, studying three lineages of bamboo flute with later studies at Tokyo University of the Arts. Anne toured Japan in September this year supported by the Australia Japan Foundation. Anne also performs in schools nationwide presenting interactive Japanese music and story-telling shows. She is featured on many CDs and has performed in concerts and festivals in Australia, Europe, America and Japan. www.annenorman.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445336606556-SWQY6E986TO07TGPEEWL/Valanga+Khoza.JPG Artists - Valanga Khoza Valanga Khoza left South Africa in 1976, exiled along with many other young people because of their struggle against apartheid or racism. The music and stories he has since created reflects the places he has been and the people he has touched throughout his journey across the world as a refugee, finally settling in Australia. Valanga charms his audiences with humour and wit, telling stories that are embellished by beautiful music form many traditional instruments such as the kalimba, marimba and shijoro (jaw harp) aswell as irresistable rhythms from the guitar, percussion and Valanga’s velvety voice. Valanga has performed and warmed audiences of adults and children at selected world music events and in many schools across Australia and the Pacific. Aswell as recording six albums of original music, he is also the author of well known “Gezani and the Tricky Baboon” republished by Ford Street in 2014. www.khozaentertainment.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445336893683-OE3CM063ZHZ1L54XXIZS/Julien+Wilson.jpg Artists - Julien Wilson Julien Wilson completed the VCA Improv course in 94. For a while he played lots of music in Fitzroy and spent some time in Zurich before a happy coincidence introduced him to Jerry Bergonzi in Italy. From there he went to study with Jerry and some other incredible teachers in Boston, but really he was just trying to be as close as possible to NY where he moved as soon as he could. In 2001 he returned to Melbourne and now lives the suburban dream with his wife and daughters. In 2013 he started his own record label called Lionsharecords. www.julienwilson.com   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445336988838-DZERP5J4HUCNGV3UWSIO/Lisa+MacKinney.JPG Artists - Lisa MacKinney Lisa MacKinney has been playing guitar and organ in various musical ensembles for over twenty years. Her solo project, Mystic Eyes, explores the textural and musical possibilities of drone, and she plays guitar in Taipan Tiger Girls with Ollie Olsen (synthesisers) and Mat Watson (drums). MacKinney is also an historian whose doctoral thesis is the first ever scholarly study of New York pop group the Shangri-Las. She currently works as a classical buyer and freelance writer, and writes regularly for Australian classical music magazine Limelight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445337317057-EPZQAOUNUVZHR1YYDTIH/Kynan+Robinson.png Artists - Kynan Robinson As a musician, composer educator and artist, Kynan has crafted his own unique voice both inside and beyond the Australian music scene. As a session musician he has recorded and toured the world with numerous acts. It is as a composer and creator of his own work that his very personal and unique voice can be heard. Kynan’s musical projects almost always include other art forms. Kynan has released over 8 albums of his own crossing genres with ease. While full of references to past and present culture his sound can be described as a sound of "becoming". Kynan and Adam have been playing music together for 15 years, giving each other a very personal understanding of the others creative process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445337573479-4USN5DT0U4CKP888S5KJ/Howard+Cairns.jpg Artists - Howard Cairns Howard Cairns has been a constant player on the Mel live music scene since the mid 1980's. Starting in the Roots RnB scene Howard has traversed many genres and is now happily involved in a diverse range of projects. While usually seen playing Double Bass Howard also plays sousaphone and has recently begun playing the English concertina left to him by his late father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445337771994-U6U8ZXRHB99JTYY0E6AB/Janet+English.jpg Artists - Janet English Raised on a diet of her older brothers Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd records. Left the little town for the big smoke and got involved in the DIY punk scene in Melbourne's inner north in the early 1990s. She borrowed a friends bass guitar and with 2 best friends from High School formed a band as a way to get into punk gigs for free. Now has been 25 years playing with those friends and various other folk (Horns of death anyone, Adam?). Topping Triple J hottest 100 in 1996, producing many albums and touring throughout the 1990s and 2000s across Australia, Japan, UK and US. www.spiderbait.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445337957428-140ICBSXWRWPXPBQIP8A/Robin+Fox.jpg Artists - Robin Fox Robin Fox works with sound and light in performance, installation and ‘other’ contexts. Works range form audio-visual laser shows, interactive public art installations, composition and design for contemporary dance and general synthesis. Recent works include the RGB laser show, Double Vision – (a duo with Atom tm), Double Blind – (Stephanie Lake’s new work), the vinyl release of A Small Prometheus on Editions Mego and the establishment of M.E.S.S. (Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio). www.robinfox.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445338028436-D7HCP44J7VC53UEY36F3/Mo+Wood.JPG Artists - Mo Wood Mo Wood has played guitar for 11 years and is now 22 yrs old. Being a bit of a genre spanner (or maybe just a spanner), he plays in Rui Pereira's (The Drones) current outfit RIGHT! as well as Melbourne indie pop outfit Crepes. Currently working as a painters labourer in the cultural hotbed of Ballarat, Wood continues to take inspiration from a wide range of musics including Progressive country, Space Jazz and Rock n'Roll as well as sanding and filling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445338784578-YEUF9TJZGYQ5T8VS0XY1/Sarah+Curro.jpg Artists - Sarah Curro Besides all the conservative orchestral things one can do as a violinist, Sarah’s non-traditional ventures focus on the constant discovery, purchase and promotion of new compositions of every art form but most of all music. Through the fascinating and unique instruments of Melbourne Luthier Paul Davies, her solo series VOLUME, now in its 8th year, showcases these works in thoroughly modern venues to an ever-widening audience. Sarah hopes to continue this emotional and financial commitment to her arts community. www.volumeconcert.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445338917278-K50GWBR6N8CTH0K95YKI/Steve+Warner.jpg Artists - Steve Warner At age 10 Steve began tapping incessantly on things until his folks gave in and bought him a drum kit. Later a swap to electric guitar, Hendrix & Clapton. Teen years: endless nights on a reel to reel with every instrument he could lay his hands on. Twenties: acoustic guitar, folk, jazz, Celtic, World, teaming up with lute players, classical guitarists, oboeists & bazoukiists. Made an album, re-releasing on vinyl+ this year by Fire Records UK and Buttercup Records ANZ. Thirties: composing, recording& producing for television & video. Forties released “Sketches of Paradise”. And now? All this and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445338574393-GXJ50EUXFBE3X51GSTV1/Peter+Knight.jpg Artists - Peter Knight Australian trumpeter/composer/sound artist, Peter Knight, is a multidisciplinary musician who has gained wide acclaim for his eclectic approach, which integrates jazz, world music, and experimental approaches. Peter’s work as both performer and composer is regularly featured in a range of ensemble settings, he also composes for theatre and creates sound installations. In 2013 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra. Perpetually curious, Peter’s practice defies categorisation; indeed he works in the spaces between categories, between genres, and between cultures developing an international following for his work with nine albums in as many years showcasing a diverse range of ensembles and approaches: “Hard to categorise… hauntingly memorable” The Wire (UK). www.peterknightmusic.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445509263212-EXOKXIH66UB2NGS62PSC/Eugene+Ughetti.jpg Artists - Eugene Ughetti Eugene Ughetti is a Melbourne based percussionist, composer and artistic director of Speak Percussion and co-director of The Glass Percussion Project. His particular focus is new and experimental music and hybrid art collaboration, he has worked professional in most European nations, U.S.A, throughout Asia and Australia. Eugene has collaborated with choreographers, animators, dancers, installation artists, actors, instrument builders and artistic directors and has commissioned many new compositions. His work with Australian new music ensembles includes ELISION, Libra and The David Chesworth Ensemble. Eugene is a founding and active member of International groups Ensemble Laboratorium, Grenzelos, the Swiss/Australian Collectables and the Lucerne Festival Percussion Group. www.speakpercussion.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445600270189-TMBUAJXE16FN8K0E84NR/Matt+Doll.jpg Artists - Matt Doll No Stranger to the New Wave, Matt Doll is back in his latest incarnation as a Lone Rider with a New Solo Record complete with Dark 80’s - infected tracks. With The Mavis’s and The Blow Waves amongst his successes, Matt Doll’s new sound is a blast from an unforgettable New Romantic past with a taste of a Future Tomorrow where Juliette dances under an Egyption Sunset… In a time where we talk about Pop Musik, Matt Doll has fused his Uniquely Alien Version of it with Beautiful Tales of Desire and Darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445481049344-06SDWVIFYYZ91UQ59EYN/Lachlan+Davidson.jpg Artists - Lachlan Davidson Completing A.Mus.A on Saxophone in 1979, Lachlan graduated with distinction from The Victorian College of the Arts in 1983. Performing solos with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, lead Alto sax with The Australian art Orchestra and the Daryl Mckenzie Jazz Orchestra and many T.V. (Dancing with the stars-all seasons) and concert performances (Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, John Farnham, George Benson) also on many C.D’s and films. He currently teaches at Caulfield Grammar School(where he recently accepted the enormous challenge of Conducting the school’s production Les Miserables). He also teaches classical Saxophone and composition at Monash University and runs The Monash University Saxophone bigband (Saxband). He arranges music for “Dancing with the Stars” and for Big-bands and Orchestras etc. (MSO, SSO, film, T.V. and many schools) He is a published composer and writes songs too. Lachlan loves creating and performing music. Lachlan is also a Mini Quest Catamaran Champion and can juggle four balls at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445509077964-GS1THSVXCLUKVPYVI7LC/Angus+Leslie.jpg Artists - Angus Leslie Angus Leslie is a singer, guitarist producer and composer who’s attempted dabblings in multi-instrumental prowess often leave him weeping with his tail between his legs. Most overworked and underpaid as leader of the 10 man new-jack/AOR ensemble Sex on Toast, he can also be heard on records by the avant-grindcore band Combover, Bär McKinnon's (Mr. Bungle) Umlaut, and lately has been working as producer and musical director for dark-pop chantuese Tanzer and as a modified James Brown in the Cactus Channel-lead tribute to the hardest working man in showbiz, The K.B's. Also somewhat active in the experimental scene Angus has been terrorising audiences with his one man solo experience Tiny Horse as well as a variety of improvised groups including but not limited to Chi La La, Robert, Daddy’s Room and the SOT Big Band (Conduction Ensemble). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445509156417-F5V60KO7HDC9T0T87F0U/dan+witton.jpg Artists - Dan Witton Dan Witton has worked as an actor, physical performer, musician, composer, sound designer and web developer. Dan co-founded desoxy theatre with Teresa Blake in 1990, creating work and touring around Australia and internationally. Companies that he has worked with include: Malthouse Theatre, State Opera of SA, Australian Opera, State Theatre Co SA , ADT, Circus Oz, The Seymour Group, Etcetera , ABC Television, Belvoir St Theatre, Playbox, The Mambologists, SBS:Eat Carpet, Magpie Theatre, Strange Fruit, The Blue Grassy Knoll, Cosmo Cosmolino, Not Yet Its Difficult, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, The Urban Dream Capsule, Chamber Made Opera, David Chesworth/Wax Media, The Wikimen, the Ennio Morricone Experience, Jumpstart, Performing Lines, Jenny M Thomas and The Wikimen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445509754260-3MUPE1Z2VEFOBH3YU4MG/Dure+Dara.jpg Artists - Dur-é Dara Dur-é Dara Dur-é Dara is held in high regard in hospitality, philanthropy, music and the women's movement. She is respected for her tireless energy and enthusiasm in all of these fields. In the food industry. she is renowned for her devotion to the ethics of food and service, in which she is a pioneer. She has been involved in jazz and experimental music with such luminaries as Brian Brown, Ted Vining, Ren Walters, David Brown and her long time partner, David Tolley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445509790330-JWKZ5DDAJLNDN9BJMGJT/Bruce+Haymes.jpg Artists - Bruce Haymes Founder/Member of "Bachelors From Prague" 1985-91…House band for ABC TV's "Big Gig" Member of Paul Kelly band....1994-2003....also member ofVika and Linda Bull band, Renee Geyer band2000-2013 and Archie Roach band 2012-2014 Played on over 150 albums ( including James Reyne,Mark Seymour, Archie Roach, Leo Sayer,etc.)….and 15 filmsas session musician Member of "The Triffids" touring party 2010-2012 ARIA award for writing music to film "LANTANA" Sole music advisor on Sydney Olympic Planning seminars Music Director of "Nukkan Ya Ruby"... Sydney Festival 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445510097729-Q8KNBAYJZV9WX7W7FBWZ/Myles+Mumford.jpeg Artists - Myles Mumford Myles Mumford is a well known Melbourne Record Producer and Engineer. His work has been extensive across all mediums of music creation from the Avant Garde to Pop by way of Jazz, Indie, Rock and more. He is especially known for his musical and collaborative approach to recording, and his ability to create a sense of presence and space. His experience in experimental sound art and the theatre inspires many of the unusual methods Myles utilises to capture the essence of artists’ performance and informs the interaction of art and technology in the recording process. His productions can be heard all over Australian radio regularly receiving critical acclaim, feature single, feature album or album of the week in a variety of contemporary media. www.mylesmumford.tumblr.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445510143271-56JX9HHZZON7SYFWVICW/AdamSimmons.jpg Artists - Adam Simmons   Adam Simmons is one of Australia's most prolific and varied artists, whether as an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist performing in a myriad of ensembles, creator of his unique musical sculptures or specialised educator in improvisation, instrumental technique and shakuhachi. Adam covers a wide range of sounds and genres – from piccolo to contrabass clarinet, from screaming, bluesy tenor sax to meditative sounds of shakuhachi, death metal to swing, musician to sculptor. Since graduating from VCA in 1992, Adam has steadily worked in Melbourne with influential groups such as bucketrider (thrash/punk/free jazz), The Pearly Shells (big band swing), BOLT Ensemble (new music), Compared to What (funk/acid jazz), Bennetts Lane Big Band (contemporary big band), Nick Tsiavos Ensemble and the Australian Art Orchestra, as well as the likes of Spiderbait, Kutcha Edwards, The Mavis’s, You Am I, Gotye, Greg and Murray of the Wiggles, and somehow ended up on a Katie Noonan CD without even knowing it! www.adamsimmons.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445510955704-IM4VGEQRV1GMHU9TB2T5/Brae+Grimes.jpeg Artists - Brae Grimes Brae studied and graduated from the Bachelor of Music and Honours courses at Monash University he is ready to make an impact on the creative music scene in Australia. He has been active in many contemporary music ensembles including; Arcko Ensemble, The James Osborne Jazz Collective, Martin Martini's Vienna Project, Monash University Big Band, Monash University New Music Ensemble, Tim Willis' The End, and more. He has also shared the stage with many other local and international artists including; Jon Abercrombie, Jim Black, Rob Burke, Gerald Cleaver, Ronny Ferella, George Garzone, Tony Gould, Mark Helias, Vince Jones, Gianni Marinucci, Steve Sedegreen, Scott Tinkler, and others. www.braegrimes5tet.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445511093386-W7PL6M3RWMFTBCNRKBCZ/greg+spence.jpg Artists - Greg Spence Greg is well known in the Australian commercial music scene and is currently the trumpet player on Australia's No.1 rating show, the international smash hit, Dancing With The Stars, and John Foreman’s new music show, The Big Night In. Greg has professional theatre experience including shows like Chicago, Mame, Funny Girl, Fame, Annie and many more. His versatility in commercial, jazz, Latin American, funk and classical playing has made him an in demand session trumpeter with a long list of credits including national advertising campaigns for the Boag’s Beer Company, the Ford Car Company, Panasonic and so on. Greg is a Melbourne based trumpet player/teacher who graduated with a degree is performance from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1996. Since then he has appeared on many of Australia's top rating television shows including In Melbourne Tonight, Hey Hey it's Saturday, the TV Week Logie Awards, The Mick Molloy Show and Carols by Candlelight. Greg is a member of Shrewd Brass, a popular brass quintet with the educational Musica Viva In Schools Program. He is lead trumpeter for the B# Big Band, James Morrison’s favourite Melbourne big band and Los Cabrones and Romberos, two of Australia's premier Latin American ensembles. He has also toured with and performed alongside international stars such as Shirley Bassey, Micheal Buble, James Morrison, Hugh Jackman, Jerry Lewis and Wayne Newton. www.mysterytomastery.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445599929989-5O4OKYF69OICHTSPR889/Gerry+Hale.jpg Artists - Gerry Hale Gerry has been a professional string player for 35yrs but in 2005 decided to hang up his touring shoes and opened The Guitar Gallery,38 Johnston St,Fitzroy. The shop specialises in stringed instruments of all descriptions, (not just guitars). Gerry has played behind some of Australia's finest writers and performers at all the major festivals/venues in the country. In 1996 he formed an Australian bluegrass band called Uncle Bill and recorded the first successful crossover over CD entitled Special Treatment,featuring entirely homegrown writers that Gerry had worked with over the years,one of them,Paul Kelly, took his idea a step further and recorded Smoke in 2001,with Uncle Bill as his band. After stepping into retail Gerry turned his attention to another love... Dan Hicks. Gerry recorded a tribute CD, Vivando,which quickly caught Dan's attention and subsequently brought him to Australia to performed sold out shows in Melbourne and Brisbane. “What do you do when you form a coverband and then your hero comes and plays in it!!” Gerry teaches fiddle, banjo and mandolin at The Guitar Gallery Fitzroy guitargallery.com.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445600006675-SVC9Y1RHTQBRJ6445V03/Adrian+Sherriff+w++Trombone+-++Photo+Tobias+Titz.jpg Artists - Adrian Sherriff Adrian Sherriff is a performer, composer, teacher and multi-instrumentalist [brass, winds, percussion, electronic music (laptop/Ipad/analog/theremin) and voice]. He is a Lecturer at NMIT in Melbourne; teaching music technology, intercultural music and performance (in which he directs the institute’s Electronic Music ensemble). Adrian has toured throughout India, South East Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. His current performance projects include: an acoustic trio exploring Carnatic metric formulations within jazz contexts, Kewti, a microtonal/polymetric trio with trombone, fretless guitar and drums. and Pausa II, an electroacoustic duo exploring real time visualisation. He is currently a musical director of the Australian Art Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1446866315420-L10VUB2B2LK4UO15URRE/Matt+Bailey.JPG Artists - Matt Bailey http://www.100251.com.au/imogen-manins daily 0.75 2015-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445129130906-537JY5HHUN212MFD2TPS/Imogen+Manins.JPG Imogen Manins http://www.100251.com.au/nick-tsiavos daily 0.75 2015-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445130125059-8H1TMT4PTJA8PXY142NV/image-asset.jpeg Nick Tsiavos http://www.100251.com.au/imogen-manins2 daily 0.75 2015-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ef79b7e4b03426064a1408/1445129130906-537JY5HHUN212MFD2TPS/Imogen+Manins.JPG Imogen Manins2 http://www.100251.com.au/audio daily 0.75 2015-12-02 http://www.100251.com.au/video daily 0.75 2016-03-09 http://www.100251.com.au/read-me-encore daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/507c1fdb84ae362b5e7be351/1377710645188-W6F7VW5TN6XZ26N626WB/Darren+Bridgett+%2820130828%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/507c1fdb84ae362b5e7be351/1377710441515-L3YD83X83ELBMUJHKA5F/The+Collective+Quarterly+%2820130828%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/507c1fdb84ae362b5e7be351/1377787389525-6YIGWYZ7Y1R2VXYGXYWO/Olasky+%26+Sinsteden+%2820130829%29.jpg Read Me