Music Education &
Performing Arts Consultant
This is a commemoration of 70 years of composition from one of Australia’s finest composers, Ann Carr-Boyd. There are solo works for cornet, viola and piano, as well as the chamber works The Razz Suite, Cool Valley and The Boulevarde Waltz (the latter of which appears both in string quartet form and solo piano form). … Read more
Australian pianist, Anna Goldsworthy began the study of piano with an Adelaide teacher, Eleonora Sivan. This charming disc is music emanating from Goldsworthy’s 2009 memoir, Piano Lessons. In it, she relives her childhood and development as a pianist, noting the significant moments and pieces that impacted on her. “After I published Piano Lessons, I was overwhelmed by … Read more
Online delivery of courses seems to be the way of the future. Music educators need to look carefully at all which is on offer in the cyberworld. One such product is The Contemporary Music Course from New Zealand-based composer, Clive Cockburn (former guitarist with the rock band, The Avengers). This is a comprehensive online course … Read more
Portuguese composer and pianist, Antonio Vargas (b 1951) has composed extensively with his young career divided into two parts: jazz music (up to about 1991), and music for film, opera, orchestra and chamber music. These two divisions are based on his life being cast between study at the Rotterdam Conservatoire (until 1990) and teaching in … Read more
Published by the Australian Music Centre, 2008 Paperback ISBN 9780909168650 This new collection of essays tackles an often mentioned but surprisingly little analysed topic. It consists of eighteen refereed papers by prominent composers, artists and academics, divided into three broad sections: Buddhist and Judaic-Christian Overtones – Traditional Asian-Pacific Culture and European Avant-Garde Influences; Pacific Corporeality … Read more
From the opening title track, we hear a powerful duo showing the wide vocal differences in colour between these two acclaimed artists. Solo moments from tenor Hobson in The Holy City and O Holy Night are quite splendid, as are the many rich and sonorous sounds from bass Tahu Rhodes. Some of the contrasts in … Read more
The title of Yvonne Kenny’s new CD pays homage to a legendary city of great classical music. In particular, the content on this recording sees on operetta and contains some of the genre’s greatest songs, such as Vilja, The Nun’s Chorus and the Merry Widow Waltz. Of the 18 tracks, five are by Franz Lehar, … Read more
Australians seem to be forever on a quest to discover themselves. Australian identity is uppermost in our collective psyche. Gavin Lockley is a new voice in Australian composition, and in this two CD set, we have a symphonic work of large proportions which captures the history of Australia from the Dreamtime, through the arrival of … Read more
More than a Christmas album, Voices of Angels is a mix of traditional and new music for the festive season, with a sizeable chunk of Australian repertoire and also a number of surprises along the way. Other than the traditional music such as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Come, All Ye Faithful, and Il est ne le … Read more
John Martin has compiled a collection of rags, dances, blues and other miniatures from composers as widely known as George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Elena Kats-Chernin and Ann Carr-Boyd to newer discoveries such as Phillip Wilcher (the “fifth Wiggle”). They are all highly melodic, some showing feats of virtuosic flair, whilst others are interesting journeys of … Read more