Summer 2025 Newsletter

WELCOME

We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2025 Annual Viol School in beautiful Hobart/nipaluna, Sat 8 to Mon 10 March Viol.  Thanks to the support of Van Diemen’s Band, we are also thrilled to offer the opportunity to spend the final afternoon of the school with one of the world’s greatest viola da gamba virtuosos, Paolo Pandolfo. Paolo will also be giving two solo concerts in the Hobart Town Hall on Sunday March 9. What a fantastic start to 2025! Below you will find viol news from Australia and abroad, upcoming concerts, CD reviews, and interviews with members John Weretka and Sachar Amos.

–Ruby Brallier & Alasdiar McAndrew

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Newsletter: Concert Review – Croissants & Whiskey 25 November, 2022

Review of Croissants & Whiskey concert at Tempo Rubato, Friday November 25, 2022

“Croissants & Whiskey” is the engaging name of a newly formed quartet, whose members and instruments are:
Joy Lee: harpsichord
Ryan Williams: recorders
Katie Yap: baroque viola
Miranda Hill: G violone

(All this, and more details, can be found on their web page https://croissantsandwhiskey.com.)  All four players are expert instrumentalists as well as being highly sensitive musicians.  Their inaugural concert was earlier in 2022.

Read the full article HERE