Part classical, part folk, part Scottish, part Australian, this album captures the musical ? and emotional ? landscape of the early Australian settlement. One Hundred Days Away, is a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for 'home', or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. When it came to recording these works, Shane needed a band of brilliant, versatile performers who could move seamlessly between styles and musical periods, who could play these works as they were intended to be played.Īnd what a band it is, featuring the beautiful voice and harp playing of Claire Patti (The Velvetones), Shane Lestideau and Ben Dollman (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra) on period violins, Rachel Johnston on cello (formerly of the Australian String Quartet), and Emily-Rose ?rkova (from the genre-blending ensemble Chaika) on piano and piano-accordion. The stylistic distinctions between these three genres of music are particularly blurred in Scotland where one commonly finds traditional Scottish airs used in chamber and orchestral music. It allowed her full access to the National Library of Australia's music collection, and she spent several weeks digging out the oldest and most interesting examples of Scottish baroque, classical and folk music as played and cherished by European immigrants in Australia. (Unlike many other such narratives, its the guy whos wasting away before his time. A young couple meets, falls in love and gets married right away, only to find out that one of them has a terminal illness and not long left to live. The opportunity to research the topic was presented in the form of the 2019 National Folk Fellowship. The premise of Hundred Days, the new indie-rock musical at Z Space, sounds like it would be a huge downer. Well speak with CEOs, first time parents, start-up bros and more, to learn if the first hundred days are really that important. Having just completed a master's degree on music in eighteenth-century Scotland, Shane was curious to know how much of this repertoire had been brought to Australia during the early years of European colonisation. 22 episodes First Hundred Days is a podcast where we discuss the idea that if the first hundred days of a presidency are important, theyre likely to be important for any other career and life move. Ryan Sweeney, who played Division I tennis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is producing and starring in “An Upset,” said, “Tennis is a lonely sport, and Auburn’s script touches on the players’ vulnerabilities.Description What did the early Australian colony sound like? Apart from 'Bound for Botany Bay', it's not a question we ask ourselves veryoften.īut it's a question that Shane Lestideau has set about trying to answer. Ruhl said she liked the combat mixed with decorum, “the formality within the structure of competition.” “There’s a kind of dance that I feel as a player, but you are alone in your own head at the same time you are connected to other person,” Bragen said. He added, “You are in your own little world.”īragen has written other works about tennis, including a monologue called “Game, Set, Match.” He said the sport offered intimacy and isolation - great fodder for writers. Tennis, Keller said, is also “one-on-one, but you are not physically touching each other like in boxing.” The musicians, who play many different instruments and sing are terrific. For starters, it can encompass widely different settings, including the Bush family compound, the public courts of the Lower East Side and Arthur Ashe Stadium. Hundred Days is a true celebration of life. Tennis holds undeniable appeal for the theater. “The writer’s world is so subjective, but for athletes there is always a winner and a loser.” “Athletes are almost another species to playwrights,” Keller said. Bush as a more shrewd politician than his brother Jeb but an inferior tennis player. In “Scenes From Court Life,” Greg Keller plays George W. But for me, while researching the Bush dynasty, I realized tennis is such a big part of their lives and a wonderful metaphor for family competition and sibling rivalry.” “I don’t know why it is happening with tennis in theater right now. The purpose of this Youtube channel is to provide viewers with both the potency of football players and fresh music. “It’s always hard to put a finger on why something is suddenly in the zeitgeist,” said Ruhl, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and a Tony Award nominee. “An Upset,” a one-act play by David Auburn first seen in New York in 2008, is being revived around the city timed to the Open, including three shows at 99 Bowery beginning Sept. March 11 (noon - 2:00 pm or 4:00-6:00 pm) Auditions will be held at Workshop Theatre’s rehearsal space on the 2nd floor of Cottingham Theatre ( 1301 Columbia College Dr ).
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