by philip | Feb 23, 2012 | Blog, Commissions and New Music, Marin Marais
Sydney based viola da gamba player Alice Chance completed her HSC in 2011. She learns from Jennifer Erikson and will perform one of her own compositions with Jenny in this year’s HSC ENCORE performances at the Sydney Opera House in March 2012. Australian Viola...
by philip | Feb 10, 2012 | Blog, General, Marin Marais, Maris Project Concerts
Mara Meets Marais; Mara Kiek and the Marais Project; CD MMMP001 This new disk is due for its official launch on Sunday 29th April (see Concert Diary), but I’d be surprised if you can’t score a copy before then. The Marais Project for this recording comprises Jennifer...
by philip | Aug 14, 2011 | Blog, Marin Marais
From the comfort of hindsight we are easily given to idealized notions of life prior to the 21st century whirl of cars, planes computers and mobile phones that we know so well. The hard reality of life in past epochs is, however, far from any romantic ideal. A case in...
by philip | May 2, 2011 | Blog, Marin Marais, Maris Project Concerts
Age does not necessarily beget wisdom. But as our ensemble, The Marais Project, enters its “Tweens”, (the term coined by marketers to describe the almost-teenager-yet-no-longer-child), we thought it timely to reflect on where we as a group, and the Australian early...
