we're half way through an artist in residence program at the moment.. that is, the sunwrae trio... myself on vibraphone, luke richardson on double bass and emily rosner on harp. we're preparing for the 'primavera tour' in september, which heads up the east coast of australia.. performing in Ballarat (our preview show), Melbourne VIC, Corowa NSW, Albury NSW, Sydney NSW, Port Macquarie NSW, Uralla NSW, Bundagen NSW, Byron Bay NSW, Brisbane QLD and Eumundi QLD. for details of dates etc., please check out out official website...
for now and this coming week, we'll be based in regional victoria (ballarat), at the 'backspace' arts venue.. for those that know, it's the old police station in camp street, behind the art gallery. it's a cultural initiative of the city of ballarat, providing us with a space to rehearse from, developing our music for the tour. we're holding some workshops this week for the local music students here and presenting a performance on thursday august 19 at the helen mcpherson smith theatre. the students from the university of ballarat's live production course will be recording and filming us during the performance too.
so it's been great this past week to focus on the music, arranging some pre-existing compositions of mine, especially for the trio, as well as learn a couple of brand new works i've written since i had the amazing experience of my residency in brazil. the tour's looking to be absolutely fabulous!! in the meantime, here's our promo flyer for the ballarat show...
i'll post some pics of the events during the week as they unfold...stay tuned for more!
rae
