MusicBox

Hello dear friends! Guess what … we have a NEW EPISODE of Outside the MusicBox for you! We did in fact record this in 2021 and are just finally getting around to publishing it now, but this is a very fun chat about some awesome music with the brilliant Aussie violist, Katie Yap . Go check it out (link in bio 🎧)! And maybe we’ll even have more episodes for you in the future. Crazier things have happened… 🫣😎

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MusicBox:

This Thursday! Concert 1 of 3 🦘🎻🐊
Posted • The Grey Space in the Middle] With their concert series and a podcast breaks down barriers surrounding conventional classical music. This Thursday 23/02 they present a multidisciplinary performance exploring the vivid sounds and complex dark stories of early colonial Australia, performed by The Matildas at The Grey Space The Grey Space in the Middle].

The Matildas, made up of musicians from the colonised land now known as Australia, with special guests from the US and UK, together perform Songs of Home, where they explore the music from a complex and turbulent period in Australia’s history. Through Songs of Home, the forgotten sounds of folk songs, ballads, fantastical tales, and lively dances carried by Europeans to Australia around the turn of the 19th century are brought to life.

Entry to the event is donation based and more information can be found at thegreyspace.net/program.

Flyers are up in The Grey Space in the Middle for MusicBox’s Songs of Home concert. 19:00 next Thursday 23 February. Be there or be square 🦘

More details here: https://fb.me/e/2jZk8JYl7

Thanks for the shout out, Australian Embassy in the Netherlands! We're looking forward to sharing this project with Aussie expats and locals alike on 28, 29 and 30 Oct 🎻

Australian music group, The Matildas (featuring special guests from the US and UK), will be performing their ‘Songs of Home’ concert in The Hague on Friday 28 October and Saturday 29 October, and in Helmond on Sunday 30 October. In this multi-genre performance, the forgotten sounds of folk songs, ballads, fantastical tales, and lively dances brought by Europeans to Australia around the turn of the 19th century are brought to life by musicians specialising in historical performance styles. Event details below:

MusicBox presents:
Friday 28 Oct, 2022
3TreesCeramics, Den Haag
Doors open: 18:30, concert: 19:00
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/218VABc6y

Saturday 29 Oct, 2022
Grand Cafe Utopie, Den Haag
Doors open: 19:30, concert: 20:00
Bar open throughout
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/1XKM7eg3l

Lambertus Concerten presents:
Sunday 30 Oct, 2022
Ridderzaal kasteel, Helmond
Concert: 15:00
Tickets and event details: https://www.lambertusconcerten.nl/event/the-matildas-songs-of-home/

The Matildas:
Rachael Beesley (Australia) – violin/voice
Emma Williams (Australia) – violin/voice
Sarah Papadopoulus (Australia) – violin/viola/voice
Jonty Coy (Australia) – traverso/voice
Alex Baker (United States) – viola da gamba
Marlowe Heywood-Thomas (United Kingdom) - guitar