*NEWS & EVENTS*
Melbourne Lunchtime Workshop
A taste of playing and arranging trad. folk music
10 November 2016
Join Chris Norman and David Greenberg for a lunchtime workshop in the city. Great for musos with a 'classical' background as an introduction to folk-tune playing and arranging. All instruments and levels of experience welcome!
THU 10 NOV, 12-2pm :: Studio 15, Lvl 3 Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston St :: bookings
Workshop leaders
Chris NORMAN - wooden flute
David GREENBERG - violin/fiddle
Boxwood Australia
A weekend away filled with music-making
11 - 13 November 2016
Boxwood welcome you to a weekend workshop in beautiful Queenscliff, Victoria to discover musical traditions amid one of Australia's most exquisite seaside towns. Don't miss a weekend of immersion in traditional music; classes, sessions, an afternoon performance and private lessons are on offer. The deep connections between traditional music, song, and dance are at the heart of the program this weekend.
While the weekend emphasises the flutes, whistles, pipes & fiddle, Boxwood encourages a multidisciplinary approach, inviting a variety of artists, students and players of all instruments at all levels - novice and experienced. All instruments are welcome!
Boxwood Australia starts with an evening meal on Fri 11 Nov and runs until 5 pm on Sun 13 Nov. Registration options include full passes (incl. accommodation & meals) or day passes at great value.
FRI 11 - SUN 13 NOV :: Whitehall Guesthouse, Queenscliff
2016 tutors & performers
Chris NORMAN - traditional flutes, small pipes, director
David GREENBERG - Cape Breton fiddle, baroque violin
Only a few days away now and registrations are almost filled!
If you're planning to attend, register now to avoid missing out.
Concert Tour - Norman & Greenberg Duo
VIC - Castlemaine & Queenscliff
10 & 13 November 2016
Chris Norman (flutes, smallpipes, song) is described as "A flute superstar" and David Greenberg (Cape Breton fiddle & Baroque violin) has been praised as both "one of the most impassioned folk-fiddlers you'll ever hear" and "the best baroque violin soloist in Canada, if not North America".
Performing with exceptional skill and creativity, featuring sonatas to strathspeys, Norman and Greenberg sparkle in this intimate duo program which breathes the very essence of great music-making then, now and always; immediate, direct, in-the-moment, risky and above all, fun!
THU 10 NOV, 7.30pm :: Castlemaine Uniting Church :: tickets
SUN 13 NOV, 2.30pm :: Queenscliffe Maritime Museum :: ph 5258 3440 or info@maritimequeenscliffe.org.au
Artists
Chris NORMAN - traditional flutes, small pipes, song
David GREENBERG - Cape Breton fiddle, baroque violin
Concert Tour - Frost and Fire
VIC - Geelong & Melbourne :: NSW - Sydney & Blue Mountains
15 - 18 November 2016
A special collaboration with Evergreen Ensemble
Where Nova Scotia collides with Terra Australis: Canada's Chris Norman and David Greenberg team up with Australia's only dedicated Scottish baroque band, Evergreen Ensemble, for a high-energy program of music from 18th-century Caledonia.
'Twas a time and place when soulful airs and merry jigs were heard alongside the latest compositions by Purcell, Correlli and Vivaldi. Tap your feet on a journey through driving traditional jigs 'n' reels of Cape Breton and intriguing pipe tunes of the border country in this delightful meeting of classical and folk music.
TUE 15 NOV, BYO picnic from 6pm, concert 8.00pm
The Heights Heritage House, Geelong :: tickets
WED 16 NOV, 6.00pm
Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre :: tickets
THU 17 NOV, 7.30pm
The Flute Tree, Leichardt, Sydney :: tickets
FRI 18 NOV, 8.00pm
Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood :: tickets
Artists
Chris NORMAN - traditional & early flutes, small pipes
David GREENBERG - Cape Breton fiddle, baroque violin
EVERGREEN ENSEMBLE - Australia's finest Scottish Baroque Band incl. Shane Lestideau, Ben Dollman, Sam Cowen & Miranda Hill
