Canberra Jazz blog

They were happy. I was intrigued and amused to watch the various faces, sometimes concentrating, often smiling, actually doing both. Aus...

They must be the niftiest dressed band around Canberra, but that's part of the gig. The Woodwinds of the RMC (Royal Military College,...

I find it intriguing that, as I play more, I hear more. In this case, it's classical, orchestral music and what I hear is the details...

There's constant chatter and considerable despair about climate change, at least in my readings. Not sure it is so common amongst rea...

David Braid visited again from Canada, again at Canberra Grammar School. Last time he played solo and I heard a rich mix of classical and ...

Musica da Camera was on tour over the weekend ... to Cooma. This was a one-off concert of favourites. Rosemary Mcphail led us in a histo...

It was great to be invited to a chamber music playing day. I knew of these, where chamber musicians get together to read various works in...

It was the day of the big morning tea, supporting the Cancer Council, and the concert was attached to the morning tea at Wesley and it was...

Two of all things: two baroque concerts this weekend; AdHoc Baroque combining with Limestone Consort for one. This was a concert of the m...

It's of a time but it tells truths. It's just a musical but an important one, one of the early ones that dealt with social issues...

Salut! Baroque had me thinking of a few things at their concert last night at Albert Hall. Firstly, about the history of music. This is ...

One big weekend. It continued on Sunday with setup in Albert Hall at noon, warmup at 1pm and concert at 3pm. This is Maruki Community Or...

One big weekend. It started with rehearsal in Llewellyn Hall on Friday night (missing the Sirens and Vampires at the Street) onl...

The day Smalls came to Canberra. At least that's the way it looked to me. Smalls is a NYC Greenwich Village jazz club with bands ear...