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Space – Time – Fabric : An evening of art and music at BRAG
October 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join Shenzo Gregorio, Nigel Date and Rob Shannon for an evening of art and improvisation on violins, guitars, tabla and percussion.
Walk into space… Linda Jackson’s fabric, designs and art adorn the walls as the music weaves its sonic tendrils around you. The eyes and ears drink it in, time falls away and you drift into the sight and sound. This is temple, this is a chance to let go and just be in this moment.
Art and improvisation.
Entry fee includes a complimentary glass of wine. 7pm for 7.30pm.
THE PERFORMERS
Shenzo Gregorio: Violins
As a performer, Shenzo is constantly adapting his skills to a number of musical environments, ranging from classical orchestras to Indian, Jazz and Spanish world music ensembles as well as providing music for theatre and circus.
Shenzo has performed in concert with Natalie Cole, Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, James Morrison, Lyndon Terrachini, Elena Kats-Chernin, Graeme Connors, Casey Donavan, William Barton, Katie Noonan, Johnny Diesel, The Ten Tenors, Il Divo, Shellie Morris, and supported international acts such as Mariah Carey, Mike Patton, Leo Kottke, and the Buena Vista Social Club.
Shenzo has performed in Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Russia, USA, Brazil, Turkey, France, Scotland, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Germany, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, India, The UAE, and extensively throughout Queensland and major population centres of Australia.
He’s recorded on some 50+ albums and received various awards for his work, including the Golden Fiddle award for best band – Fourplay String Quartet; Best of the Fringe award at the 2002 Adelaide Fringe Festival; ARIA award winner for his work on Monsieur Camembert’s third album and three Helpmann Award nominations for his work with Adelaide circus company Gravity and other Myths.
Nigel Date: Guitars
Nigel started out practising music on Rob Shannon’s family farm in the central west of NSW. Right from the outset the driving inspiration was seeking out refining the art of improvising and spontaneous composition. This has seen Nigel go on to have a career performing with many of Australia’s best musicians. He has toured overseas, done countless recording sessions and appeared at many festivals. The music he has explored has crossed many genres, notably jazz, rock and many forms of acoustic styles from around the world.
Rob Shannon: Tabla, Percussion, Guitar
Born in Central West NSW, played extensively in The Woolshed with Nigel Date a musical friendship that has been going strong for nearly 40 years.
Rob draws a lot of ideas for improvising rhythmically from the period he sent in India in the 1990s studying Tabla (drums) under the guidance of Gladwin Charles of the New Delhi Gharana (family or lineage).
North Indian classical music draws heavily on improvisation in a very extended form and has rigid systems for both rhythm and melody. Melodically, Rob’s improvisation is styled on ragas, but is very heavily influenced by jazz and classical guitar and is now one of the great pleasures and artist endeavours in Rob’s musical life – treating the music as meditation as much as a way of expressing.
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