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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2024 Media Contact:  Samuel Cairnduff:  samuel.j.cairnduff@gmail.com | 0401 396 755 Van Diemen's Band Lunchbox Concert Series Returns to nipaluna/Hobart for Spring 2024 nipaluna/Hobart - Van Diemen's Band, 'Australia's Baroque supergroup', in association with the City of Hobart, has announced the hugely popular Lunchbox Concert series in the Hobart Town Hall Ballroom returns for the Spring season in 2024. Curated by VDB's artistic director, Julia Fredersdorff, our immensely popular lunchtime concert series returns to the Hobart Town Hall for the second of three series in 2024. Escape the hustle and bustle and step into an oasis of calm, listening to beautiful music in a casual and welcoming setting, with an eclectic music program spanning various genres and styles - all for the price of a sandwich! Julia Fredersdorff says, "The Lunchbox Concerts have become a much-loved institution in nipaluna/Hobart, offering o

  Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2024 Media Contact:  Samuel Cairnduff:  samuel.j.cairnduff@gmail.com | 0401 396 755 Van Diemen's Band Lunchbox concert, Wednesday, 3 July:  A capella surprise!  Introducing .... Van Diemen's Voices! Directed by acclaimed lutruwitan/Tasmanian vocalist, composer and music director Quin Thomson, VDV explores the incredible array of music written for vocal ensemble. This sublimely meditative performance celebrates reflective and transfixing works from the 12th-13th Centuries, including the mystic and visionary abbess, Hildegard of Bingen, alongside works by 21st century lutruwitan/Tasmanian composers Quin Thomson, Teri Young and Emily Sheppard.  Interspersed with these entrancing vocal performances are instrumental interludes from Van Diemen's Fiddles , bringing the Winter Lunchbox Concert series in Launceston to a captivating close. LISTINGS INFORMATION   Van Diemen's Band presents A capella surprise!  Van Diemen's Band Lu

  NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2024/2025 She Who Should Have Been a Queen An evening of art song and cabaret with soprano Antoinette Halloran and pianist Coady Green Program highlights The world premiere of Linda Kouvaras' song cycle She Who Should Have Been a Queen based on original poetry by Antoinette Halloran, re-imagining famous operatic heroines from a contemporary feminist perspective Schumann Frauenliebe und leben Linda Kouvaras' evocative solo piano work Bundanon Suite , exploring the relationship between humanity and nature. About the program  Antoinette Halloran is one of Australia's leading sopranos, praised for performing in the most prominent venues across Australia and abroad. She is joined by renowned concert pianist Coady Green for this special evening of art song and cabaret. The program features the world premiere of Kouvaras' new song cycle, She Who Should Have Been a Queen , based on Halloran's original poetry. This major new work reimagines famou

Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2024 Media Contact:  Samuel Cairnduff:  samuel.j.cairnduff@gmail.com | +61 (0)401 396 755 Toccata Classics Releases Complete Piano and Chamber Works of Australian Composer Linda Kouvaras London— Toccata Classics releases the first disc in an eight-CD set featuring the complete piano and chamber works of renowned Australian composer and musicologist Dr Linda Kouvaras . The project, curated and produced by acclaimed pianist Coady Green , showcases Kouvaras' diverse and acclaimed compositional output from 1991 to 2024. PRESS ARE INVITED TO REVIEW Coady Green says: Linda Kouvaras is one of Australia's most distinguished and respected composers, with an impressive body of work that deserves wider global recognition. Collaborating with her on this landmark project to document her complete piano and chamber compositions has been a true honour. Dr Linda Kouvaras i s a Professor at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and is recognised as