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Born on this day 16/09/1921 : John Hendricks – The Father of Vocalese

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Jon Hendricks – One of the world’s most loved jazz singers and widely known as ‘The Father of Vocalese’ – the art of setting lyrics to recorded jazz instrumental standards (such as the big band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie), then arranging voices to sing the parts of the instruments. As part of the trio Hendricks, Lambert & Ross, one of the first integrated singing groups in jazz or popular music, he toured the globe as they cemented their reputation as the “Number One Vocal Group in the World”.

Remembering Donald Westlake

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Clarinetist Donald Westlake died last month, aged 90. His well-established career began in 1953 when a 22-year-old Westlake received recognition for his talents through various awards and prizes including the ABC’s Concerto Competition among others.

This Wednesday: In Conversation with Pekka Kuusisto

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If you’ve ever had the chance to see Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto perform live, you’ll know he is quite the entertainer. At the time of this conversation in 2016, he had just been appointed artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s emerging artists ensemble – ACO Collective – a position he held until 2019.

GREAT BRITTEN:

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In the brouhaha about the bicentenaries of two great nineteenth century opera composers, everyone seems so far to be underplaying the centenary of the greatest twentieth century opera composer, born fortuitously on St Cecilia’s Day in 1913.

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Tribute to Mikis Theodorakis

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Celebrated Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, best known for composing the film scores for Zorba the Greek, Z, and Serpico, died in Athens on Thursday 2 September, he was 96. Theodorakis composed over 1,000 works throughout his career, including seven symphonies, four operas, ballets and more than 1,000 songs.

Her Name Was Nica

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Recently, I had lunch with Robert Vale, a presenter at Fine Music. He was telling me about a woman who fell in love with jazz and became known affectionately as ‘The Jazz Baroness’.

Volunteer Spotlight – Madilina Tresca

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A love of music is usually what drives volunteers to become involved with 2MBS Fine Music Sydney. Madilina Tresca is no exception, although she says it was pure chance that she stumbled across 2MBS-FM. Curiosity led her to make the call to volunteer, which she has been doing since 2003.