Price Range: $42 – $45
Presented by the Australian Girls Choir.
The Australian Girls Choir (AGC) is one of the most dynamic choirs in the country and trains 3500 girls aged between 5 and 18 years in singing, dance and drama across eighteen rehearsal venues in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
The AGC is most recognised as the choir chosen by Qantas to represent the “Spirit of Australia” in their hugely successful ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ advertising campaigns.
The AGC has built an enviable reputation for inspirational performances around the world on their eleven International and eleven National tours, and during television appearances, recordings and hundreds of performances at major Australian events. The girls have performed with many Australian stars including Hugh Jackman, John Farnham, Delta Goodrem, Olivia Newton-John, Troy Cassar-Daly and Marina Prior; they have entertained dignitaries including Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II, and the Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. They also wow audiences at their regular appearances at major events including ‘G’Day USA’ Australia Week, AFL Grand Final, Bledisloe Cup, Carols by Candlelight and Carols in the Domain.
The choir is renowned for its exceptional vocal quality, as well as its ability to incorporate choreographed movement in its performance. The Australian Girls Choir will present both a Matinee and Evening Concert on Saturday November 21.
Time:
Matinee: 2:30pm
Piccolo level, Vivo level, Allegro level, Avanti level, Camerata and Performing Choir.
Performance: 7:30pm
Prelude level, Concert level, Camerata, Performing Choir and specialist group Canto.
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Little Bushman and Tama Waipara
21st November 2009, 3.30pm, at the Arts Centre, BlackBox Theatre.
Price Range: $10
Presented by Creative New Zealand.
Little Bushman are consummate performers who make sixties-influenced, psychedelic and blues-infused music with a distinct New Zealand roots flavour.
The band continues to build its reputation for electrifying live performances and blend their beautiful, layered songs with extraordinary improvisational skills. Regular fixtures on the music festival circuit, Little Bushman never fail to blow away audiences with their profound musical ability drawn from the band members’ jazz background, and tenure in seminal New Zealand bands like Trinity Roots.TAMA WAIPARA
Tama Waipara is a ground-breaking singer/songwriter. The first Māori to graduate from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, Tama signed as premier vocal artist to New York/German-based label ObliqSound launching his debut album Triumph of Time at New York’s Central Park Summerstage in 2004. His latest project is a stage show and album called Sir+Plus and The Requirements, which premiered at the Auckland International Festival of the Arts this year and has already received rave reviews for its lush combination of 50s pop and 70s soul. Tama’s vocals are sweetly soulful possessing a distinctive intonation inspired by a wealth of legendary song stylists and balladeers like George Benson, Bill Withers, Jimmy Scott, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Kate Bush and Nina Simone.
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Richard Mogu and Guests
21st November 2009, 5pm, at the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio.
Price Range: $15
Presented by the Australasian World Music Expo.
Hailing from Amazon Bay, Central Province in Papua New Guinea, Richard Mogu is a talented bass player and vocalist now based in Port Moresby.
Along with Airi Ingram and other PNG musicians, he is one part of the mega group TRIBE OF JUBAL. Mixing funk, Soul and traditional grooves combined with Richard s haunting vocals, strong social and political messages he leads the way in contemporary music from PNG and is a rising star of the region.Ykson’s music is an astonishing mix of rap, blues and reggae sounds combined with traditional Kanak rhythms. Born in Noumea’s working-class district of Montravel, the birthplace of New Caledonia’s new music, Ykson uses daily life as one of his main topics of inspiration. His words speak to dislocated children and social housing inhabitants the world over, emphasising one constant theme: a positive view of the world born from a disconcerting poetic vision. A writer, composer and performer, his music is fed by many influences from blues, rap, and jazz, to funk, reggae, hip-hop and traditional songs.Tabura is a wandamen word from Manokwari (West Papua) meaning a cone shell . It is found along coastal island shores in the Pacific island and is used in Melanesian culture as a symbol that gives off sound to call on people from different clans and bring them together for special occasions. Here it is used to name a group of new and emerging young West Papuans based in Melbourne who invigorate traditional West Papuan dance, music and song, to promote, strengthen and retain their Melanesian culture. All performers costumes and instruments – which include and guitar, ukulele and string bass – are handmade and represent their enduring culture.
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Archie Roach
21st November 2009, 7.30pm, at the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio.
Price Range: $27
Presented by the Australasian World Music Expo and the Arts Centre.
Archie Roach is a singer and songwriter of remarkable strengths and insights. A storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, Archie relays and retells intimate real life stories as well as traditional stories of the Dreaming.
Having survived a personal history that would have left most artists scarred and defeated, Archie Roach has emerged as an extraordinarily gifted Australian artist with a truly visionary talent. The haunting beauty of Archie’s music is nothing short of mesmerising.
Over the past two decades, Archie has consistently and extensively toured Australia including participating in regional Indigenous cultural festivals in every state. Archie has contributed to many benefit concerts and to raising awareness about issues of equality and justice that affect the whole community and carry the weight of the nation’s troubled past. Archie has toured with Paul Kelly, Weddings Parties Anything, Crowded House and international artists Billy Bragg, Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, Patti Smith and Bob Dylan. More recently, Archie has toured with The Black Arm Band – presenting music of the Australian Indigenous experience here and abroad.
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Indigenous Australian Film Screening
22nd November 2009, 11am -12.30pm, at the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio.
Pricing: FREE. General public admission subject to availability after admission of AWME delegates
Presented by the Arts Centre.
11.00am – 12.00pm Film Screening
12.00pm – 12.30pm Q & A discussion
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Djan Djan and Dya Singh
22nd November 2009, 3pm, at the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio.
Price Range: $35 – $49
Presented by the Arts Centre in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria.
Experience Djan Djan & Dya Singh in a cross-cultural fusion of contemporary Indian sounds.
First coming together in a recording studio in 2008, Djan Djan features kora player Mamadou Diabate, slide guitarist Jeff Lang and tabla player Bobby Singh.
Individually recognised for their musical talents, Djan Djan is quickly building a reputation for their live performances and recordings. Mamadou Diabate, the cousin of legendary musician Toumani Diabate, is a master kora player. Bobby Singh is one of Australia’s leading tabla players, and along with blues legend Jeff Lang, an internationally renowned masterful guitarist, Djan Djan create musical alchemy drawing together their virtuoso skills.
Dya Singh, a renowned world music group, base their music on Sikh (spiritual), Punjabi and North Indian origins, while embracing musical influences from many parts of the globe including blues, jazz, folk, country and Australian indigenous sounds. Headed by Dya Singh, the group has produced twenty albums in seventeen years. Dya Singh was also awarded ‘Male Artiste of the Year’(2000) by the Australian World Music Organisation. With incredible vocals, the music of Dya Singh is captivating.
Staged in conjunction with the Australasian World Music Expo.
Time:
Free pre-show programs from 3pm
Mainstage performance 5pm
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