Projects

Projects

Ensembles and collaborations

Ensembles and collaborations

Ball Hanlon Schulz

With Eugene Ball on trumpet and Ben Hanlon on double bass and from diverse musical backgrounds these three acclaimed musicians present new works that (in)fuse contemporary chamber music with European folk songs and improvisation.

Ball Hanlon Schulz ensemble
Langue de Chat ensemble

Langue de Chat

There’s something about the melodic, breathy tones of the accordion that transports the listener to another place or time. Maybe a bal-musette in Paris, a youthful romance in Rome, a distant memory of a Melbourne dancehall or a railway station in Berlin. This is where Langue de Chat with chanteuse voice, cajoling guitar, earthy double bass and of course, piano accordion lie in wait in the misty shadows of a distant, tender memory.

An unanswered question…

There’s something about the melodic, breathy tones of the accordion that transports the listener to another place or time. Maybe a bal-musette in Paris, a youthful romance in Rome, a distant memory of a Melbourne dancehall or a railway station in Berlin. This is where Langue de Chat with chanteuse voice, cajoling guitar, earthy double bass and of course, piano accordion lie in wait in the misty shadows of a distant, tender memory.

An unanswered question…

Zulya and the Children of the Underground

Zulya and The Children of the Underground perform exquisite original music inspired by Zulya’s Tatar and Russian roots. Zulya’s music defies being labeled, but has been described as “Kurt Weillish, Euro-Cabaret jazz [collides with] lullabies constructed to tear your heart out.”

Zulya and the Children of the Underground
Bach In The Dark

Bach In The Dark

"It truly is a delight to find yet another audaciously Australian release. The audacity is wonderfully apparent from the very start in the unorthodox ensemble which Scott and Schulz comprise – cello and piano accordion in duet. For such a pairing, the selection of works presented on Little Birds both reward the expectations of the listener and throws in a few well-calculated surprises. Opening with De Falla’s Suite Espagnole, the duo establish the playful, Bohemian quality of the entire collection and their own musicianship in one swift stroke".

Joshua McNulty
Finemusic 102.5 – October 2014