NETWORKING WINS FRINGE COMMISSION

BREAKING NEWS: Tilman Robinson wins the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival APRA Composer Commission for 2012 Tilman Robinson’s ensemble Network of Lines will perform the the premiere of his commissioned work If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller on Sunday, May 13 at Northcote Town Hall. Robinson’s work attempts to replicate its the structure of Italo Calvino’s 1979 postmodern novel. Employing elements of through-composition and free … Continue reading NETWORKING WINS FRINGE COMMISSION

Melbourne Jazz Fringe 2009 — Big Arse Sunday

For a change, possibly because of an overlap with Stonnington’s festival, the Fringe decided to hold its Big Arse Sunday gigs on the first Sunday. There was enough music, but not quite enough bums on seats to make the day sizzle — Mother’s Day may have contributed — but the snags and vegie burgers were sizzling on the barbie at Fitzroy Bowling Club. I missed … Continue reading Melbourne Jazz Fringe 2009 — Big Arse Sunday

MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE 2009 — COMMISSION CONCERT

Gian Slater and the Silo String Quartet THE Melbourne Jazz Fringe opened at the Iwaki Auditorium hard on the heels of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and will overlap Stonnington Jazz by a day or two. It’s great to have all this live music, but perhaps it would be better if they were spaced a little apart on the calendar. It makes it hard for … Continue reading MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE 2009 — COMMISSION CONCERT