For the third year in a row I have been happy to be a part to the Sounds Across Oceans/Creative Fusions Workshop.This is a beautiful 3 day program aimed to make music across many different styles and is inclusive for young/new musicians through to older and experienced musicians.
https://www.brisbanekids.com.au/family/qpacs-creative-fusions-july-2019-holiday-program/
In late June/early July I will be undertaking a creative residency with some very fine and diverse artists in South East Queensland.
In preparation for the Arts Ablaze Festival in October, 7 artists will spend time together exploring music from each other's heritage and aim to find a common ground.
This will be a lot of fun as the musicians are all very lovely
Tenzin Choegyal - voice and dranyen
Andre Veivers - classical and flamenco guitar
Kacey Patrick - voice
Jarred Fogarty - didgeridoo
Rebecca Karlen - violin, nyckelharpa, voice
John Reeves - accordion
Rafael Karlen - saxophone
I'm very excited and grateful to have been awarded a PPCA/Australia Council Recording Grant. The funding will support a big project in 2020 with Camerata, The Australian Voices and myself for an extended work exploring concepts of sinking cities and erasing history. Woohoo!
It was a pleasure playing with rock legend Ed Kuepper's The Aints! for a string of shows in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Northern NSW.
I'm looking forward to working with students from the Communities of Aurukun, Coen and Hopevale as part of the Queensland Music Festival Cape York Music Program. This is a initiative aiming to provide an opportunity for students to gain instrumental music experiences on par with metropolitan schools.
Our finale concert will be at the amazing Yarrabah Music and Cultural Festival
https://www.qmf.org.au/post/queensland-yarrabah-music-and-cultural-festival
It was a pleasure to be Artist in Residence in Bundanon, NSW in May where I was able to focus on creating new music in the very inspiring Musician's Cottage.
This is an amazing place that belonged to and was gifted by renowned painter Artur Boyd and is a haven for creative artists, including painters, musicians, choreographers, writers, kangaroos and wombats.
On April 3 at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, Kristin Berardi, Sean Foran and I will have a lovely trio performance
We will be exploring music integrating electronics. It's going to be a lot of fun.
6pm show in the Ian Hangar Recital Hall. We hope to see you there.
I was happy to have two feature articles in the Australian Music Centre's Resonate Magazine and the Music Trust's Loudmouth Magazine.
Both articles talk about my activities in 2018 during my Prelude Residency in the Peggy Glanville-Hicks House. They each have a different focus.
https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/my-year-in-peggy-s-house
http://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/my-year-in-a-house-with-chandeliers/
In May, we toured to New Zealand and were lucky to play at Orange Studios in Christchurch. This is a lovely space and we're excited to have audio and video of Kristin Berardi's beautiful tune, No Shepherds.
On Thursday, November 15 I will be joined by many of Brisbane’s finest improvising musicians for an evening of lyrical and creative original music at JMI Live. For this performance we will be playing my new compositions from my newly recorded album alongside material from my previous album Trace. I'm looking forward to this.
Toby Wren – guitar
Sean Foran – piano
Zac Sakrewksi – bass
Joe Marchisella- drums
Rafael Karlen – saxophone and composition
http://www.jazz.qld.edu.au/2018/11/02/rafael-karlen-quintet-15-11-18/
Berardi/Foran/Karlen Trio
Ian Hangar Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Grey Street, Brisbane
Performance with Ed Kuepper, The Aints! Album Launch, The Triffid, October 27
$20 or $15 concession