Canberra Jazz blog

Brad Tham led our latest Musica da Camera outing.   It was his first outing as a conductor and he did a great job, as conductor and also a...

It's axiomatic that everyone loves Mozart.   But Mozart covers a range and he's renowned for operas but they can be new to me.   Thi...

I wasn't the only one who wouldn't miss such an impressive selection of Melbourne jazzers visiting Canberra.   Smiths was packed a...

The pic is of the current batch of Wesley Music Scholars performing Mozart Ave verum corpus and it was deeply satisfying but it was just t...

I enjoy musicals although I don't get to many but I was lucky enough to be offered tix to Rent at the Canberra Theatre.   Rent is a ro...

Well, one has to check out the famous pic, doesn't one?   No, the painting of Gina Rinehart is not flattering but it's become one ...

Tilt Alt. played again at Old Canberra Inn and as often happens we had a visitor half expecting a jam session. This is actually a great plea...

Wesley Music Centre is admirable in its support of young, upcoming musicians. Not sure how they afford it, but they maintain a string of We...

This was a particularly good program, even for Maruki which reliably works its way through the repertoire.  The main work was Brahms Symph n...

I got to the National Press Club especially   for Mike Price, given he was a major member of the local jazz scene a few years back but he...

John Ma played a solo concert featuring his baroque violin and it was a revelation.   I'd heard of the importance of the bow and I kno...

Otherwise we just hung around with friends in Sydney, ate too much in Chinatown and thereabouts and got to the Gallery to see the new wing...

Just up to Sydney for a weekend to catch up, mainly to catch up with mates from Edinburgh who were passing through.   We ate well and got ...

I felt something awe-fully authentic in this concert.   It was period music, Bach and Bellinzani's take on La Folia, and we hear them ...

This concert was called Folk and Fantasy and it was at Wesley on a rainy Saturday night and it was far too poorly attended.   This was a r...