Jodie Blackshaw

AUSTRALIAN SOUNDS

THE BAND DOWN UNDER

by Michael Burch-Pesses

This fantastic NEW resource details more than 150 works for symphonic wind band by Aussie composers, most of whom you would have never heard of. Bags of new repertoire options are available for download through Amazon right now at a very reasonable price!

Belah Sun Woman

"The piece is inspired by the landscape and an ancient aboriginal dreamtime story. It takes students on a unique and sequential journey towards musical independence by teaching musical concepts within the context of a composition. It encourages students to become sensitive thinkers and listeners as they develop their playing skills."

Frank Battisti

Conductor Emeritus, New England Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble

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	II - In the beginning	Eastern Blue Tongue Lizard
III - Kundu, Lizard Man	Sunset in the outback, NSW	River scrub
Faces in the clouds	First sunrise

Into the Sun

“Into the Sun” is a scrapbook of stories regarding first passage to Australia; whether it be as free settlers in the 1800s, post World War II immigrants or refugees seeking asylum.

“The first time I saw the coloured lights of Sydney I thought it was like a fairy tale. During the war in Germany, there were no lights at all, least of all coloured lights… we walked down the steps from the ship and I stepped onto the soil and I thought, “May we all be very happy and may we have lots of luck”.

Helen Simanowsky, Ukraine, first arrived 1948

Excerpt from the opening of 'Into the Sun'Commissioned by the Western Sydney Combined Public Schools Concert Band

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