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el Bigote Rizado and Saturnalian Suite were premiered at the AUSTA Reading Day in Brisbane on the 7th of February. el Bigote Rizado is a rollicking gypsy/mariachi tune that is quite accessible and technically achievable for most high school orchestras. The better your group, the faster you play it! Saturnalian Suite is pitched more at primary or low high … Read more

I played some violin for this fantastic soundtrack by local composer Daniel O’Brien. Looks like it should be a cracker of a Zombie Flick. Check it out in 2016! Here is the trailer:

The Romanian Community here in Brisbane are so lovely. It was a little scary playing Romanian folk music to such discerning listeners. Lucky they had enjoyed a few wines first. It was a great day. Thanks for inviting us to perform. Thanks To Aliona for singing the beautiful song, Lume Lume with us.[slideshow_deploy id=’361′]

Doch are getting back together for some shows at Woodford and The Brisbane Powerhouse. Should be great shows. Hope to see you there.

It’s time to register for the 2015 AUSTA National Conference. There are plenty of brilliant sessions to attend including masterclasses with Michele Walsh and pedagogy workshops with Loreta Fin. I’d love to see you at one of my sessions on Gypsy Jazz music or on Romanian Gypsy music. Bring your violin or viola! Go to … Read more

Following the success of “Five Little Grooves”, “Monster Grooves” are High School A/B standard pieces that allow hip string players to bust out in Funk and Gypsy flavours. The backing CD comes in two tempos – practice and performance. These new compositions were very well received at the recent AUSTA Reading Day and are already … Read more

Will Eager (cimbalom) & The Camerata of St Johns will premiere my new piece for cimbalom and strings, “Hora Emisfera Sudica” at the Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music. The concert takes place in picturesque Tyalgum at 2:30pm on Sunday the 8th of September.

As part of the Perth Festival, Laique played in Albany as part of the Great Southern Playmakers. It was great to mingle and play alongside such greats as George Washingmachine, Howard Cairns, Ian Date, Nigel Date, Ewan McKenzie, Charlie McCarthy, Sarah Clare and many others.

The AUSTA Reading Day for 2013 has taken place at Somerville House, and again we saw excellent writing by local composers such as Stephen Chin, Timo Jarvela, Matthew Hoey, Keith Sharp, Michael Stocks, and Neridah Oostenbroek to name just a few. I was proud to show off my new concertinos for solo violin, viola, cello … Read more

We played at the Folklorica Tent at Woodford yesterday. Will’s cimbalom sounds amazing. It was great to know that our instruments and fingers still work at 120% humidity and 42 degrees celcius.