Timbre: the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.We sat around for hours and hours coming up with increasingly silly names for our fledgling group. We decided to try and use a name that had something to do with music.. and ‘Timbre’ got thrown out and…
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What is the story behind the name “Stix & Stringz”? The story behind the name Stix & Stringz is that our instruments consist of drum sticks and the strings of the ukulele and guitar as well as the keyboard. The sounds from these instruments form both our unparalleled folk pop sound and unique name. So,…
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Lead Vocals – Darcy Fletcher / Lead Guitar – Samuel StaibDrums – Oliver Platt / Bass Guitar – Neo Hol What is the story behind the name “Unbleached”? Year 7 music students Darcy & Oliver were wanting to enter our school’s battle of the bands competition ‘Sonic Blast’… but were left without a bass player.…
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Swinging Jazz Crooner Ensemble Step into a world where the rhythms of swing and the melodies of jazz converge in perfect harmony. Welcome to the captivating universe of “Scaramouche” a swing ensemble. This six-piece musical collective, adorned with the flamboyance of Scaramouche, transports audiences to the golden age of swing, evoking the timeless allure of…
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Art imitates Life with Upcoming Production of 9 to 5 on August 30th and September 1st. Belinda Humberstone is looking forward to setting the Brolga Theatre on fire during the upcoming Macabre Theatre stage production musical ‘9 to 5’! After a long history of singing Country Rock in cabarets, bands and at Tamworth, Belinda says…
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Written by Jon van Wyk When local dance school doyen, Cleone McRoberts, asked long time musical legend and renowned soprano Tracy Wright to put together a group of singers to perform at her ’50 years of Dance’ celebrations last year, neither could have guessed that it would be the beginning of a highly successful collaboration…
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“Why do we wait to celebrate the best things in life? Why do we save the fine China for special occasions? And why CAN’T we tell Christmas Stories all year round?!” These were the thoughts that crossed Tim’s mind as he considered his riskiest proposal yet… an all-new musical for Accent Theatre’s 2024 performance season…
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