3 more shows to go...

the past few weeks have flown by, with many exciting ventures to add to my list! we started the tour on may 5th, playing sydney, port macquarie (camden haven music festival), vietnam, alice springs, adelaide and an exclusive house party on our return, in hawthorn, victoria.our shows have been fabulous musically.. just gotta keep working on the finances. tell your friends to come to our final 3 shows!!! we really need the budget to balance this time!

so. ho chi min was just awesome! crazily busy city of course and we had many exciting things to do.. there were three highlights..
1. performing at the ho chi minh city opera house for VIPs (including the governor general of oz)!!

2. collaborating with vietnamese artists Dinh Linh, Tuyet Mai and The Dung, playing traditional instruments, including the bamboo flute, dan bau (monochord zither), dan tranh (16-chord zither), dan nguyet (two-chord guitar) and dan da (lithophones), among others.

 3. performing for and meeting the students at koto, a hospitality house for disadvantaged youth in vietnam. check out the amazing work a group of aussies are doing over there!! http://www.koto.com.au/

thanks so much to the australian consulate in ho chi minh for making all this happen!! very inspiring and fulfilling experience overall.

and since we've been back in australia i've heard word that i'll be moving to london in september this year.. it's all rather new and exciting in amongst such a busy period during the tour, so i haven't quite nutted out the hows just yet! i'll be doing some serious fundraising to make it happen.. it's for a masters course in music leadership at the guildhall school of music & drama. yay! sounds like a fabulously ideal course for me as the activities are so varied, allowing me to follow a variety of musical paths, including composition, performance, collaborations across arts disciplines and cultures, workshop leading etc... so good i can't wait!

in the meantime, i'm waiting on weather sunwrae's eavesdropping concert series will go ahead in melbourne this year.. it comes down to funding now unfortunately. in the past i've gone ahead anyway regardless of funding, however this time the venue is rather pricey to hire and since i'm moving countries, i can't afford to take such a risk before i go... keep you posted on the results soon!!

see you in brisbane on june 3rd at the judith wright centre, byron on june 4th at the byron theatre/community centre (still not sure why it's called a 'community centre'!), and melbourne for the tour finale, presented by the new music network, on thursday june 9th at iwaki auditorium, ABC southbank centre!!!

http://www.sunwrae.com for details and info...
over and out for now.
rae :)