Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

First showing for Franki on the SC

Rosebed Street Gallery in Eudlo is showing new paintings by international artist, Franki Birrell until August 26. These works are based on the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris and the Chinese legend of the Butterfly Lovers. The works of this high profile artist are well collected across the globe, with her work represented in [...]

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Pacific Chamber Players Concert

The winter concert of the Pacific Chamber Players will feature flautist Chas Bromley in the Mozart Flute Quartet in D, K 285. The wind instruments will also be performing Mendelssohn’s Duo Concertante for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano and Ponchielli’s Quintet for Wind and Piano. To complete this delightful program, the Pacific Chamber Players will [...]

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Linsey Pollak Musical Ma moves to Maleny

LINSEY POLLAK’S life is music. It seems he can sense music in – and create music from – everything around him, whether it be found objects such as rubber gloves, carrots and chairs, or more traditional instruments such as Macedonian bagpipes. Linsey is also an accomplished musician and musical instrument maker, having for over 35 [...]

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A rare case of … Double Vision

RAWHINIA AND ASTAR CASTLE are not only identical twin girls but they have identical musical talents. These highly motivated and attractive teenagers are the youngest violinists in the Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO2), and can count internationally renowned violinist, Nigel Kennedy as one of their friends. The girls and their single mum, Katusha, spoke to HT [...]

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Star-packed program for Noosa LongWeekend Festival

A Barbra Streisand impersonator, a Shakespearean legend, an Australian diva, an R-rated play, a GFC Forum, the First Noosa Book Club, an award-winning ventriloquist and an Australian exclusive film preview are just some of the 80-plus events that will form part of the 11th Noosa Longweekend Festival program. THE FESTIVAL will be staged from Friday [...]

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The Young play for Mother’s Day

The Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra will stage a special weekend event for Mother’s Day on Saturday May12 at The J in Noosa, starting at 6.30pm. This annual event is always a delightful night out for families, mums and grandmothers alike. The high quality musical performance will include both classical and contemporary music from the beginner, [...]

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Mandolins at Montville’s St. Mary’s

The Queensland Mandolin Orchestra, once again, under the direction of the dynamic Nathan Aspinall, (pictured left), is coming to Montville with a colourful and varied program of songs and dances from all over the world. The concert will include favourites by Vivaldi, Bartok, Dvorak and Faure as well as an arrangement of the popular folk [...]

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Emili is quirky to classical

Up and coming female composer and pianist, Emili Rackemann is currently touring her original, classical and quirky compositions and will perform at the Cooran Memorial School of Arts Hall on Sunday April 15 at 2.30-3.30pm. If you like the brilliance of Rachmaninoff and the subtleties of Mozart, you will be captivated by the uniqueness and [...]

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Rob is the heart of Country

Saturday Night March 10 and The Beerwah Hotel really does have Country, with no-one better to create Country than Rob Black. Enjoying Rob and his band perform is not just a night out it’s a life-changing experience. Rob Black has toured and performed with the who’s who of Australian country music. Apart from the great [...]

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Acoustics from Doc and Geoff

It’s a blues party with internationally acclaimed guitarist/vocalist Geoff Achison and New Jersey born harmonica master Doc Span when they team up for a sensational night of music at Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi on March 10. Both have travelled the world extensively and bring their incredible wealth of combined musical experiences together for a very rare [...]

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