Celloist – Melbourne
Celloist – Melbourne (CODE – 676AS)
An acclaimed Melbourne based cellist and vocalist delivers a musical fusion of East meets West. As an Israeli-Australian living in Melbourne, she composes lyrical stories reflecting her cultural background and personal experience. Her unique compositions are rich and intimate in tone. By combining her music with different art forms, along with the influence of her Hebrew heritage, she composes a mosaic of melodies as an echo of society itself.
As an undercurrent in all her projects, she continues to compose music in Hebrew and her adopted English language, creating the nostalgic and unique tones she is renowned for. Plays Classical and Modern and can accompany herself if required.
Classical Guitarist – Melbourne
Classical Guitarist – Melbourne (CODE – 721SYC)
NO Vocals
He is a seasoned international, performing and recording artist; regularly performing in international music hot Spots throughout Europe (especially the Mediterranean) and the Caribbean – … in his home land Australia, the Australian ski fields, the Great Barrier Reef Island resorts and Australia’s capital cities.
His dynamic languid blend of guitar and keyboard instrumentation contrasts with the vibrant side of his nature exhibited through his powerful and experienced voice. His music is diverse – an artist who is not afraid of colour.
His fusion of varied styles and rhythms along with varies instrumentation and improvisation is compelling, captivating. There are also some very strong bluesy overtones and some classic influences merged into what you could call a cocktail of musical forms.
Classical – mezzo Soprano – melbourne
Classical – mezzo Soprano – melbourne (CODE – 815A )
Rosel is a graduate (BMus Hons, first class) of the New Zealand School of Music, majoring in Performance Voice, and also holds a BA in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington. In 2010 she completed a year long intensive course at the prestigious Opera Studio Melbourne where she was generously supported by a Lauris Elms Award.
In 2009 Rosel was the mezzo-soprano soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Festival Singers conducted by NZ Opera’s Michael Vinten. She was a soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis for Boulcott Street Central Baptist Church and in Durufle’s Requiem for St Paul’s Cathedral Wellington. She has performed selections from Berlioz’s Nuits d’été with the Kapiti Concert Orchestra, and in 2009 she was the alto soloist for Dvorak’s Mass in D Major. Recently she was a soloist in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music at the Wellington Town Hall and in Mozart excerpts at the Richmond Town Hall in Melbourne. In 2011 she appears as a soloist in Mozart’s C Minor Mass and Handel’s Messiah for the Heidelberg Choral Society.
Rosel has performed the roles of Phyllis in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Juno in David Farquhar’s Enchanted Islandand Mrs Ducat in the world premiere of Arnold’s Polly for Victoria University Opera. In the coming months, she will be rehearsing the role of Carmen with Melbourne Opera in preparation for their 2011 season. She is pleased to currently be touring interstate with The Song Company in NSW and Victoria.
Rosel is a member of the Chapman Tripp Chorus for NZ Opera and performed in the 2008-2009 seasons of Jenufa, La Boheme and Eugene Onegin. She has presented excerpts from Rusalka, L’incoronazione di Poppea, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and performed the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the National Theatre for the Opera Studio Melbourne. She has also sung the title role in Acis and Galatea, the Mother in Hansel and Gretel, and Milly in the touring production of Figatroll. With the Opera Studio Melbourne she has performed live on 3MBS radio. This year she was the winner and runner up respectively of the lieder and oratorio sections of the Boroondara eisteddfod. Rosel was a finalist in the 2011 Robert Salzer Vocal Championship and the 2010 Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria. She is a past recipient of the Freemasons Undergraduate Scholarship and the Ella C. Wilson Scholarship in music.