A WORLD OF MUSIC
MC James Valentine
With James Valentine as MC, Live at the Village presents a Festival of exhilarating and vibrant live music to Springwood on 27 August 2022 in partnership with Blue Mountains Theatre. A program of contemporary, genre-straddling performances from acclaimed and world-class Australian artists, including jazz icon, Sandy Evans, ARIA-nominated Zela Margossian Quintet, world music fusionists Mara! Big Band, and Bluegrass darlings the Morrisons.
“Musicians know it’s an even more intimate and shared journey when you travel this way, as a shared experience, through live music.”– Gary Daley, Creative Director.
FESTIVAL TIMETABLE
/ SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2022 /
1:00 pm – CARAVAN DANCE COMPANY & CARAVAN BAND
2:00 pm – THE MORRISONS
3:00 pm – KEYNA WILKINS DUO
4:00 pm – MARA! BIG BAND: ZASHTO?
5:00 pm – SIMON BARKER AND BRONWYN KIRKPATRICK
6:00pm – ZELA MARGOSSIAN QUINTET
8:30 pm – SANDY EVANS QUINTET – AHIMSA: MEDITATIONS ON GANDHI
FESTIVAL TIMETABLE
CARAVAN DANCE COMPANY AND CARAVAN BAND
1:00 PM | VENUE: STUDIO 1
Devi Mamak and the Caravan Band will be performing original classical, jazz and world fusion compositions and arrangements which will be mirrored in the movements of dance troupe Caravan Dance Company (formerly Ghawazi Caravan). This unique show finally combines local artist Devi Mamak’s 25-year dual careers as composer, pianist and bandleader as well as world-renowned dance and fusion belly dance troupe director.
THE MORRISONS
2:00 PM | VENUE: THEATRE
Sydney’s much-loved bluegrass darlings The Morrisons tell Australian stories, steeped in the sound of folk and old-time music.
KEYNA WILKINS DUO
3:00 PM | VENUE: STUDIO 1
As an innovative soloist, Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. Keyna explores stream-of-consciousness improvisations alongside her composed pieces, often using loop pedal and visual projections, inspired by contemporary human rights issues, astronomical phenomena and thoughts. For this performance, Keyna will be joined by improvising jazz drummer Shane Carpini.
MARA! BIG BAND: ZASHTO?
4:00 PM | VENUE: THEATRE
The Mara! Big Band, a 12-piece version of dual ARIA winning Mara! Band, performs new work: Zashto? – setting poetry by Australian migrant and refugee poets to music from five composers and band members, telling stories of displacement, hope, longing, despair and resignation, in search of a dream.
SIMON BARKER AND BRONWYN KIRKPATRICK
5:00 PM | VENUE: STUDIO 1
Steeped in the ancient and beguiling music of the Shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute, these master improvisers, Simon Barker and Bronwyn Kirkpatrick, will take you on an exotic and unforgettable musical journey.
ZELA MARGOSSIAN QUINTET
6:00 PM | VENUE: THEATRE
ARIA-nominated Zela Margossian Quintet creates an exotic musical atmosphere, performing original works in ethno-jazz, carrying influences from Armenian music, that takes audiences on a pleasurable, emotive journey.
SANDY EVANS QUINTET: ‘AHIMSA: MEDITATIONS ON GHANDI’
8:30 PM | VENUE: THEATRE
Created and directed by ARIA winning saxophonist, Sandy Evans, Ahimsa fuses jazz, Hindustani and Carnatic chant with contemporary electronic sounds, in a musical response to Gandhi’s writings on Ahimsa (non-violence).
FESTIVAL HOME
The Blue Mountains Theatre
The Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub is located in the lovely village of Springwood, just over an hour’s drive from the centre of Sydney. Come for a day trip, or stay for the weekend and revel with the locals in a quick trip to our splendid venue.
GET TO KNOW THE MUSICIANS
For Episode 1, Live At The Village Creative Director, Gary Daley, sits down with Mara Kiek to talk a little about the MARA! BIG BAND, her Bulgarian folk singing background, and their upcoming performance at The Live At The Village Music Festival on Saturday 27 August 2022.
For Episode 2, Live At The Village Creative Director, Gary Daley, chats over Zoom with dancer and musician Devi Mamak about her upcoming fusion dance and music experience, CARAVAN DANCE COMPANY AND CARAVAN BAND performance at The Live At The Village Music Festival on Saturday 27 August 2022.
For Episode 3, Live At The Village Creative Director, Gary Daley, chats with Sandy Evans about her Ahimsa Quintet performance at The Live At The Village Music Festival on Saturday 27 August 2022.
For Episode 4, Live At The Village Creative Director, Gary Daley, chats with Bronwyn Kirkpatrick and her Japanese Bamboo Flute, a ‘Shakuhachi’ and her upcoming performance with Simon Barker at The Live At The Village Music Festival on Saturday 27 August 2022.
For Episode 5, Live At The Village Creative Director, Gary Daley, chats with Yvonne Hellmers, Program Director at The Blue Mountains Theatre, about the history and significance of this world-class facility.
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