Ellen Kirkwood on [A]part, Sirens Big Band, Jann Rutherford Memorial Award and more
Image by Frank Crews. Taken at the 2017 Freedman Jazz Fellowships, Oct 31 at The Studio, in the Opera House. Sirens Big Band was the band. Ellen and Sirens Big Band and guests performed excerpts from [A]part. She was a finalist alongside Emma Stephenson (who won) and Nick Garbett.

Ellen Kirkwood on [A]part, Sirens Big Band, Jann Rutherford Memorial Award and more

Sydney based trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood talks about her suite [A]part, about writing for the Sirens Big Band, about music and climate change, inspiration and motivation and what she's listening to now.

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Andrea Keller’s Transients

The first in our gigs online series, which responds to Covid-19 self isolation by offering online curated concerts of Australian jazz and improvised music, with introductions by the composer or bandleader - just like a real gig! Support musicians with a purchase, and subscribe and share to help us get more great music into isolated ears.

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SoundOut Festival, Canberra 1 & 2 February 2020

Interviews with Richard Johnson (Director, SoundOut Festival), Alister Spence (piano), Jess Green (guitar) The importance of free jazz and improvised music How musicians prepare for performance of free jazz Music by The catholics, Alister Spence, Evan Parker

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