Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Hot Gypsy Jazz at UpFront

La Petite Manouche – translated roughly as “the little gypsy” is a collaboration of Burke Goffe and Robbie Averill, both graduates of the CPIT Jazz School in Christchurch NZ, who have spent the course of their studies having the style of gypsy jazz drilled through their souls by the main guitar tutor Bob Heinz. Consequently, they [...]

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Youth Orchestra is 21!

The Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra is delighted with the recent addition of Maria Salmon to take up the mantle of music director and conductor for both the string orchestra and sinfonia strings. Maria has a music career that spans 27 years – from music teacher, to concert performer, to conductor for the WAYO string orchestra. The [...]

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Angie & OJ at Upfront Club

Angie and OJ will bring their own brand of musical sophistication to the UpFront Club on Friday September 9 at 7pm. Influenced by musical greats like Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson,Chet Baker, Erykah Badu, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, they play jazz, Brazilian melodies and rhythms, soulful R&B and a handful of well crafted originals. Featuring pedigree [...]

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8 Ball Aitken at Beerwah Hotel

Charismatic musician 8 Ball Aitken will tear up the stage at the Beerhwah Hotel on Saturday September 10. A former banana picker from Far North Queensland, 8 Ball Aitken performs uniquely Australian alternative country, blues and roots anthems played on a big slide guitar. Says 8 Ball: “This is a raw sound from the deep north, [...]

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Palmwoods blues & roots

On Saturday September 17, one of Australia’s most outstanding young roots guitarists joins two of Australia’s best harmonica players for a night to remember at Palmwoods Hotel. Daniel Champagne (pictured above) is known for his signature explosion of two-handed tapping, body percussion and fiery runs in a swag of different tunings combined with jazzy fingerpicking and [...]

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‘The Rach 3’ at Lucas Parklands

On Sunday October 2 at 3pm an extraordinary piece of music will be performed in the picturesque forest setting of Lucas Parklands in Montville. Award-winning young pianist, Oliver She (pictured right), will perform the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor. Known as the ‘Rach 3’, this 45- minute piece is considered the most challenging [...]

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Women OutFront Return

Maleny’s irrepressible concert organisers, Women OutFront (WOF) are back after a four-year break and will present a fabulous concert, Beyond our Wildest Dreams at Maleny Community Centre on October 15. WOF are known for staging spectacular concerts which combine visual art and music, great food and company. The visual art component of their concerts always comes from [...]

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Jazz meets the Classics with Clare Hansson Trio

THE DELIGHTFULLY infectious personality of Clare Hansson and her band will perform “Jazz meets the Classics” for the final concert of 2011 at Lucas Parklands. Clare is referred to as Australia’s First Lady of Jazz and has performed nationally and internationally for many years. Clare’s love of jazz led her to research the musical career of American [...]

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Lucas Parklands brings the finest music to the Hinterland

IN THE spirit of bringing Hinterlanders the best possible music by the best available musicians, Lucas Parklands are offering concerts this month that are the most famous, and some of the most notoriously difficult ever written. It is likely that the Emperor Piano Concerto and The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto have never been programmed together. The Rachmaninov 3 [...]

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New Country Music Club

A new Hinterland Country and Blues Music Club has formed by those musically inclined who like to create a nostalgic trip down memory lane … music that warms the heart and soothes the soul. This is a not-for-profit club that wants involvement at all levels, from gig organisers to musicians aiming for self improvement. The Club [...]

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