After recently reading Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein I thought I would start increasing my memorisation skills. Currently I'm learning a line a day of Andy Scott's KBM for an upcoming performance in July and I will write an article on the whole process at the end. If you have had any experience with memorising music […]
I'm playing West Side Story with St Michael's Grammar School which at the Athenaeum Theatre. The music is spectacular with very catchy rhythms and lots of jazz influence (very nice for saxophones). Come along and see the film that made every guy want to be tough in a gang that does pirouettes! West Side Story […]
I was in Washington DC and fortunate enough to listen to a performance by the Marine Chamber Ensembles in the Sousa Band Hall. The Marine Band was established in 1798 and had Sousa himself as their 17th Director who made them one of the first music ensembles to make sound recordings. They only take the […]
Stay tuned for a new saxophone work by Lorenzo Alvaro to be premiered in 2012. Lorenzo is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and he is working on a 3 movement sonata for soprano saxophone and piano. I’m looking at premiering it later in the year with Amir Farid – concert details will […]
If you haven’t been to the zoo and are looking for an excuse to go, the summer twilight series is as good a reason as any. On Sunday 19th Feb at the Melbourne Zoo I’ll be playing with Marina Prior and Kane Alexander with some favourite hits from musicals and classic big band numbers. Show […]