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 [...]
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Encounters: Musical Meetings between Australia and China – Queensland Conservatorium
June 16, 2010 – 12:39 pm
Sounding the High Court
June 15, 2010 – 4:10 pm
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
June 10, 2010 – 5:34 pm
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
June 3, 2010 – 6:12 pm
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…
Concert reviews
May 18, 2010 – 10:25 am
2010 Subscription season – Gethsemane Read the rest of the Time Out review: click here Read the Sydney Morning Herald review: click here Read the Real Time Arts review: click here Read our audience feedback: click here Watch the behind-the-scenes footage:
Encounters: Musical Meetings Between Australia and China
May 11, 2010 – 3:12 pm
COINCIDING with the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, the Queensland Conservatorium mounted an ambitious, robust program to celebrate and probe the complex musical relationships between Australia and China. Much more significant than a traditional music conference, the themes were explored through discussion and performance. Contributors included composers Gao Ping and John Huie, sheng player Wang [...]
Win a movie pass to The Concert
April 22, 2010 – 2:11 pm
We have 10 x double passes to give away to see THE CONCERT – A film by Radu Mihaileanu. Starring Alexei Guskov, Melanie Laurent, Dmitry Nazarov and Miou Miou Opening at #1 at the French cinema box-office, The Concert is pure entertainment – a warm-hearted, joyous story filled with great wit and humanity. The stirring [...]
Being 7-months pregnant in the Song Company – Ruth McCall
April 22, 2010 – 1:59 pm
You know how a single man walking a dog in a park instantly attracts women? Women see the two of them together and assume he must be the caring, supportive type (depending perhaps on the breed of dog). Being 7-months pregnant in the Song Company is a ‘middle-aged-female-audience-member’ magnet. They come up to me and [...]
Brisbane show – a celebration of Chinese culture
April 22, 2010 – 12:37 pm
The Song Company will be joining up with Brisbane’s Golden Orb Ensemble for a celebration of Chinese culture in Australia. No less than 18 composers have contributed to this event presented by the Brisbane Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University as part of Encounters.
Meet Jehan Kanga and hear him tweet
April 22, 2010 – 12:15 pm
2010 is the inaugural year of the Song Company Young Artists Program and we are thrilled to be working with the next wave of Australian talent. This month, we talk to Jehan Kanga … a man of science, music and commerce and very much a man after our own musical heart.
