Here we are again, an other fantastic Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music. This year it was also a celebration of this festival turning 21and what a great festival it was, packed with amazingly talented world class artists and musicians. The hills were definitely alive with the sound of music, fun and frivolity. It was great for us to catch up with some of the wonderful people that we have met on previous years and some new ones this year. It always strikes me how humble and down to earth most of these high profile musicians are. There was also a fashion parade with original designs by Emma Chandra. One of my favourites was Pastance, the beautiful harmonies with their Medieval, Baroque and even Renaissance pieces.

To see many more photos please visit: Gallery

Avan Yu SIPCA 1st Prizewinner


Heidi Chan and Imogen Scott-Parker performing a duet


Young virtuosi waiting backstage


The Queensland Conservatorium Brass-band rehearsing


Close up of a gittern


Performers from Pastance preparing back-stage


Yoko Okayasu and violin


Patrick Nolan on flute


Lucy Reeves and harp


David Pereira providing the accompaniment (with Kathryn Phelps) for the Fashion Parade by Chandra Ellis


Preparation


Audience members arriving while the Camerata of St. Johns rehearse


Camerata players about to perform

Lets go - Brendan Joyce

Tags: festival, Musician, Classical, Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music

So many wonderful dogs (and their gorgeous dog-loving owners) at this years Ukitopia Festival, so I had to revisit my Dogs of Ukitopia project. They were all so beautifully behaved too! Our apologies for any wrong or mis-spelt names. (This blog also appears on our Portraits and Weddings site because … these are portraits!)

“Boof”


“Suki Lala”


“Toma”


“Majik”


“Teddy”


“Miffy”


“Millie”


“Tom”


Unknown on a leash outside the exhibition - too cute to resist!



“Ishta”


? The Gatt’s pooch


“Gus”


“Warria Warria”


“Harvey” aka the cutest dog in the village!


“Memphis”


“Uber”

Tags: dogs, festival, ukitopia, uki, Portrait, dog-lovers

Here’s a taste of this years Unity Festival, held in Murwillumbah last Saturday. The weather gods and goddesses smiled on us, the food and music was great and the atmosphere was really sweet and cruisy. We had a great time but sore feet by the end of it! If you’d like to see more, go to our client galleries.

Tags: unity festival, 2011, Murwillumbah, Samba blisstas, hello africa

This years festival was a fabulous event - many people said it was the best ever! We had the pleasure of being their official photographers again. Musical highlights for us were performances by Ben Austin (one of the young virtuosi) the Cello Orchestra and of course the Camerata of St. Johns including the amazing world premiere of Tyalgum Dawn, a piece composed by Ann Carr-Boyd as a commission for this 20th Anniversary of the Festival. Kacey Patricks improvised voice solo still brings tears to our eyes. And here are some of our favourite photos from the weekend. If you’d like to see more go to our client galleries.

Eleanor Hill ( Young Virtuosi)


Asim Gorashi (Whistler and guest for Winds of Change)


Dan Curro (Cello Orchestra)


Natalie


Minnie Shen (The Phoenix Trio) on Chinese guitar


DALeCANA Flamenco Company





Camerata of St. Johns


Johnny Ng (violin) and Patrick Suthers (cello)

Tags: Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music, festival, Classical, Camerata of St. Johns, Steinway

Words can’t describe how great our festival was and what a great time everyone had - so I hope our photos can! If you’d like to have a quick overview, we also have a slideshow in the video page, set to a great track by Deya Dova. It was hard to choose our favourite photos this time, but here are a few. Heaps more can be seen (and ordered) at our Client Galleries.

Tags: festival, Performance , Performer, Musician, art, Community, ukitopia, uki, Tweed Valley Event Photographer, Children

The 2nd Unity Festival, held in Murwillumbah last weekend was hugely enjoyed by many despite the showers of rain that just kept on coming! The opening ceremony and healing ceremony that followed were very moving and set the tone for a harmonious, relaxed and happy time for everyone. The cultural dances were the highlight for us (followed by the reggae chai with that creamy coconut milk!)

And the kids playing soccer in the rain on the dance floor had a ball too!

Tags: festival, Performer, dance, Musician, unity, Tweed Valley Event Photographer