Monthly Archives: June 2010

An interview with Drew Forsythe

Drew Forsythe joins the Song Company to make an Italian comedy. Hear what he has to say about the creative collaboration for L’Amfiparnasso  … Book your tickets now

Les Murray’s Octave at the Aurora Festival – May 2010

“Our concert at Blacktown Performing Arts Centre as part of the Aurora Festival was approaching and the music I had been learning for the past 4 months was about to stand the test, or more correctly, my brain was about to be stretched! Performing this programme for one night only….couldn’t we do it again tomorrow [...]

Encounters: Musical Meetings between Australia and China – Queensland Conservatorium

Beautiful weather greeted us on our landing in Brisbane on May 7 which continued to keep our spirits sunny for the entire weekend. A little fatigue lingered with us on arrival as the singers and Roland, having just performed the challenging Les Murray ISCM program the night before in Blacktown, promptly moved on to the [...]

Sounding the High Court

Sounding The High Court was one of a series of acoustic events celebrating the marriage of music and architecture that took place during the Canberra International Music Festival. Listen to Roland Peelman interviewed on ABC Canberra about programming for this event. Click here to listen

Starry, Starry Night Gala Event

  The Song Company and Australian Master Chef Tony Bilson have teamed up once more to present a beautiful program of celestial music to accompany a heavenly degustation dinner with selected wines. The six solo voices of the Song Company with Artistic Director Roland Peelman will perform an intimate concert to welcome Alex Knight, Elli [...]

Italian week

Warm up for our big August production with a little Italian folk flavour tomorrow night, Saturday and Sunday in Wollongong, Canberra and Sydney with our friends I VIAGGIATORI -  2010 Suitcase Serenata Tour…