Concert Review: Composers In Exile/ Nexas Saxophone Quartet/ Coleman-Wright

Concert Review: Composers In Exile/ Nexas Saxophone Quartet/ Coleman-Wright

Composers in Exile Nexas Saxophone Quartet The Independent Theatre, North Sydney May 28, 2017 Nexas Saxophone Quartet: Soprano – Michael Duke/ Alto – Andrew Smith/ Tenor- Nathan Henshaw/ Baritone -Jay Byrnes / Voice and piano- Peter Coleman-Wright AO (Baritone) Written by Victoria Watson A bold and intelligent theatricality pervaded this concert of cabaret music from the Weimar period and its aftermath….

Nexas Quartet With Coleman-Wright Present Composers In Exile

Nexas Quartet With Coleman-Wright Present Composers In Exile

  Virtuosic saxophone ensemble the Nexas Quartet presents the latest Sunday afternoon musical treat as part of the popular Prelude in Tea concert series at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney. Nexas Quartet will present a programme entitled Composers in Exile, featuring adaptations of cabaret works by composers from the Weimar Era until World War II.  The…

Five Sopranos And A Tenor – Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship Finals Concert

Five Sopranos And A Tenor – Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship Finals Concert

Written by Leona Geeves The Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship Concert was held in a flurry of frocks and very high notes on Sunday 16th October 2016 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.  Guest presenter, Peter Coleman-Wright AO, entertained with his expert knowledge of opera and quirky and amusing asides. The competition was adjudicated by…