“They say in musical theatre that songs occur when the emotion of a situation is too much for a character to bear. However, what happens if singing is the norm in a work and there is no dialogue? What happens when the emotion for the character is too much to bear?”

Here is a link to an article from CutCommon – an interview with the composer, Adrian Kingwell.  Read here to hear his creative process, and get an insight into how this project all came together!

“What do you hope audiences will take away from your song cycle?

Firstly, I hope they enjoy it!

Secondly, I hope, in the best way possible, it challenges their preconceptions of what musical theatre is and what classical music is, respectively.

Finally, I hope it makes them ask themselves, would I ever catfish someone?”

Troy and Emma are on opposite sides of the city, but they are both searching for the same thing: something, anything, to bring their life some purpose. Aimlessly clicking, they serendipitously stumble across findr – a place for creating meaningful relationships.
They find a real connection with each other, but are they really themselves?

The world premiere of findr will see Adrian Kingwell’s song cycle brought to life for the stage.  Accompanied by a chamber ensemble, findr tackles how curiosity, boredom and insecurity colour the way we find love in the digital age.

DIRECTED BY:         Clemmence Williams
MUSICAL DIRECTOR:     Luke Byrne
CAST:             Charlotte Devenport, Abe Mitchell
VIDEOGRAPHY:         Tom Crammond
MUSICIANS:         Luke Byrne, James Larsen, Samantha Mailer, Vanessa Tammetta

 
VENUE:             Eternity Playhouse
DATE:             28th April
TIMES:             3pm, 7:30pm
RUNNING TIME:         70 minutes
PRICE:             $30, $35, $40
TICKETS:             http://www.darlinghursttheatre.com/ideas-create-special-events/findr
MEDIA ENQUIRIES:     jack@jackrabbittheatre.com

Rehearsals are underway for Sydney Contemporary Orchestra’s latest concert series and it’s sounding good! A lot of exciting new works being premiered, this Friday night 6 October at Verbrugghen Hall – come check it out!

SCO CONCERT NO.10

Join Samantha Joseph (flautist) and Samantha Warhurst (soprano) for their latest winter concert, Songs of the Nightingale, at the cosy Campbell Street Presbyterian Church in Balmain.  

Samantha and Samantha will be joined by the virtuoso pianist Glenn Amer as they present four stunning pieces, in four different languages, that are all inspired by the beauty of the Nightingale.  These pieces will be interspersed amongst other favourite and fabulous arrangements for flute and soprano, including the spine-tingling ‘Consuelo’s Love Theme’.  

As always, we invite you to join us for refreshments after the concert. We hope to see you there!

Wishing you all a wonderful year filled with family, friends, and love.

I am looking forward to an exciting year ahead, and have already started the planning for upcoming concerts (we’ll let you know soon!).  In the meantime, here is a snippet of Samantha Warhurst (soprano), Glenn Amer (piano) and myself performing The Prayer recently.  I love this song – it is so hopeful – appropriate as we start a new year.

We dream a world without violence, a world of justice and faith.  Everyone gives the hand to his neighbours.  Symbol of peace, of fraternity. We ask that life be kind and watch us from above.  We hope each soul will find, another soul to love.

Special Offer: Ticket plus a copy of our debut album, ‘Songs of Love and Passion’ for $40.

Songs of the World:  4pm – Saturday 24th October                                                         Presbyterian Church, 7 Campbell St, Balmain

We hope to see you there!

Samantha and Samantha

Here is an interesting read from The Guardian exploring this concept of a rounded professional development education for musicians further.