MUSIC

MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC VOLUME 2

DVD 1

Charles Dutoit

Charles Dutoit has been Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal since 1977. Their musical partnership is recognised today as one of the most successful in the world. In September 1990, Charles Dutoit also became Music Director of the Orchestre National de France, replacing Lorin Maazel. In September 1996 he was also appointed Principal Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. In addition to his summer activities with the OSM, Charles Dutoit is Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of two of North America's most prestigious summer festivals: the Philadelphia Orchestra1s concert series at the Mann Music Centre in Philadelphia and at the Saratoga Performing Arts Centre in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Melbourne Recital Centre

Lady Primrose Potter, Andrew Nicol [ARUP] & Marco Van Pagee

Andrew joined Arup in 1995. He is currently Principal of the Acoustics team in AustraliaAustralia, Europe, America and Asia. And specialises in buildings for the performing arts. He is a musician and acoustic designer and has 15 years of experience working inAustralia, America and Asia.

Marco van Pagee was born in Middelburg, The Netherlands, where he studied violin with Davina van Wely and viola with Jurgen Kussmaul at the Royal Conservatorium in Den Haag. Marco was principal violist with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra and the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Orchestra. Marco is a founding member of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (the former Rantos Collegium), Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, coordinator of chamber music at the Australian National Academy of Music and founder and musical director of the Geminiani Chamber Orchestra.

Konstantin Lifschitz

In 1994, a recording of Bach¡¦s "Goldberg" Variations made the Russian pianist Konstantin Lifschitz an international figure. That was long enough ago that it¡¦s amazing to realise that he¡¦s only 23 now-and he was 17 then. When he made his American debut at the Newport Festival in 1996, this listener felt like an intruder reading someone¡¦s innermost thoughts in a private diary-and Lifschitz was playing Chopin¡¦s Op. 10 Etudes. That feeling of eavesdropping was even more profoundly pronounced Wednesday night when Lifschitz played a long and demanding Schubert program at the International Piano Festival at Williams College-both sets of Impromptus, the Moments Musicaux, and the Drei Klavierstuecke. The program reminded us, among other things, of how young Schubert was when he wrote some of his greatest music.

DVD 2

Gary Burton

Born in 1943 and raised in Indiana, Gary Burton taught himself to play the vibraphone and, at the age of 17, made his recording debut in Nashville, Tennessee, with guitarists Hank Garland and Chet Atkins. Two years later, Burton left his studies at Berklee College of Music to join George Shearing and subsequently Stan Getz, with whom he worked from 1964-1966. Borrowing rhythms and sonorities from rock music, while maintaining jazz's emphasis on improvisation and harmonic complexity, Burton's first quartet attracted large audiences from both sides of the jazz-rock spectrum. During his subsequent association with the label (1973-1988) the Burton Quartet expanded to include the young Pat Metheny on guitar, and the band began to explore a repertoire of modern compositions. In the '70s, Burton also began to focus on more intimate contexts for his music. His 1971 album Alone at Last, a solo vibraphone concert recorded at the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival, was honored with a Grammy Award.

Francois Rabbath

Born in Aleppo, Syria into a musical family of six boys and three girls, Francois discovered the double bass at the age of thirteen when one of his brothers brought an instrument home and allowed him to experiment with it. When the family moved to Beirut, Lebanon he found an old copy of Edouard Nanny's Contrabass Method in a tailor shop and with some difficulty, since he read neither music nor French, began to teach himself. After nine years of work in Beirut, Francois saved enough money to move to Paris. While in Paris he began to earn his living as an accompanist for Jacque Brel, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Becaud, Michel Legrand and others. In 1963 he made his first of many solo record albums. Although never advertised or promoted, the Phillips album Bass Ball became one of the most sought after recordings of its time. From 1964 he became active composing much music for movies and the theater. At the same time he started to play solo recitals, first in France, then throughout Europe. His American debut was in Carnegie Hall in 1975.

Chick Corea

Considering the staggering volume of his recorded output over the past 40 years, it is no overstatement to call Chick Corea one of the most prolific composers of the second half of the 20th century. From avant-garde to bebop, from children's songs to straight ahead, from hard-hitting fusion to heady forays into classical, Chick has touched an astonishing number of musical bases in his illustrious career while maintaining a standard of excellence that is simply uncanny. A restlessly creative spirit, he continues to explore and generate new material for a number of different vehicles, including his dynamic Elektric Band and his flamenco flavoured Touchstone band. Other recent projects include The Ultimate Adventure, the second in a series of evocative recordings based on the writings of his favorite author and longtime inspiration, L. Ron Hubbard.

Item no.	:	MM03511068
Format	:	2 DVDs
Copyright	:	2009
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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RAMEAU PROJECT, THE

Power, culture, family, dirt, failure, violence, age, loss and reminiscence.

The results of a four-year development process by The opera Project, THE RAMEAU PROJECT is a sprawling, multi-layered music theatre work for nine performers, featuring Kellaway's "re-imaginings" of the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). Reveling in the sometime grandeur, delicacy, complexity and underlying wit of the French Baroque, it employs seductive improvisations on a complex layering of sophisticated deceits.

Devised and directed by Nigel Kellaway in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Nikki Heywood (replacing Regina Heilmann), Nigel Kellaway, Annette Tesoriero
Musicians: Heloise Pyne, Katrina Papallo, Catherine Upex, Steve Meyer, Ashley Kurrle, Michael Bell. Composer: Nigel Kellaway (after J-P. Rameau, F. Couperin and M. Marais) Dramaturg: Bryoni Trezise Lighting/Production: Simon Wise Sound operation: Dara Gill

Review

"The Rameau Project confirms Kellaway's esoteric vision¡Xmusically scholarly, literary, in love with the cut and paste of building idiosyncratic works out of others' classics ¡K a modus operandi which faces the inevitability of likewise becoming itself 'classical'." Keith Gallasch, Realtime Magazine

Item no.	:	KH03511268
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	90 minutes
Copyright	:	2009
Price	:	AUD 220.00

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MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC VOLUME 1

A collection of unique interviews with some of the most interesting Australian contemporary musicians: Lucky Oceans, Jon Rose, Mike Nock, David Chesworth, Stuart Favilla

Lucky Oceans
was born in Philadelphia in 1951 to a music-loving family who exposed him to jazz, classical, folk and experimental music. In 1970, he co-founded the Western Swing band he named 'Asleep at the Wheel' and began playing the pedal steel guitar. With Asleep at the Wheel, he recorded 7 albums for major record labels and toured the U.S.A. and Europe for an average of 250 dates a year, winning the Grammy Award for 'best country instrumental' in 1978. In 1993, he won a second Grammy Award for a recording he made with Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins and others. In 1995, he began presenting the iconic Radio National world music program 'The Planet' and presented the accompanying TV series of the same name.

Jon Rose
Born in 1951 in Rochester, UK, Jon Rose started playing the violin at seven years old, after winning a music scholarship to King's School Rochester. He studied violin with Anthony Saltmarsh (exponent of the Knud Vestergaard 'Bach' bow). He gave up formal music education at the age of 15 and from then on was primarily self-taught. In 1977-78 he studied jazz arranging and counterpoint with Bill Motzing at the NSW Conservatorium of Music. He became the central figure in the development of Free Improvisation in Australia, performing in almost every art gallery, jazz and rock club in the country - either solo, with fellow improvisers like Louis Burdett, Serge Ermoll, Edy Bronson, Jim Denley or with an international pool of improvising musicians called The Relative Band. The collaborative LP Tango (Hot Records) in 1983 with Martin Wesley-Smith was a world first in violin and (Fairlight) sampling improvisation.

Mike Nock
New Zealand born pianist/composer Mike Nock is one of the acknowledged masters of
jazz in Australasia. His reputation rests partly on his imposing international experience which includes ... twenty-five years working in the USA with many of the world's top jazz musicians such as: Coleman Hawkins, Yusef Lateef, Dionne Warwick, Michael Brecker, etc... a large catalogue of critically acclaimed, internationally released recordings his role as leader of the 1970's seminal jazz-rock group The Fourth Way a substantial body of original compositions in print and on recordings Recipient of three US National Endowment. Fellowships for composition ( 1972, 1975 & 1978 ) in 1999 he was awarded a two year Australian Arts Council Fellowship.

David Chesworth
is an Australian based composer, keyboard player and sound designer. Known for his experimental, and at times minimalist music, he has worked in rock groups, classical ensembles, theatre, opera and sound installations. Chesworth's parents moved the family from Britain to Melbourne, Australia in the late 1960s. Chesworth studied at Latrobe University, including time with tutor and composer Jeff Pressing. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he coordinated the venue "Clifton Hill Community Music Centre"

Stuart Favilla
One of Australia's most innovative and creative musicians, Stuart Favilla specializes in synthesizer/computer music performance. He has been recognized internationally both for his talent and for the innovations he has contributed to this field. Stuart has toured with Joanne Cannon to Denmark and Hong Kong and has had recordings selected for release by the International Computer Music Association. Stuart plays his renowned Light Harp which uses lasers and spotlights to trace virtual strings through space for performers to play.

Item no.	:	TE03511185
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	Approx. 55 minutes
Copyright	:	2008
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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AFRICAN DRUMS: DUNDUN, THE TALKING DRUM

By Ibisankale Kayode

Dundun, also called the Talking Drum, is considered by many to be the most eloquent of all the African drums, and is believed to have originated within the divinity. In the southern Sahara in Africa the Dundun is traditionally regarded as the instrument of the Kings. This hour glass shaped drum is made in six types and exists in a family structure namely Iyaillu, Aguuda, Omele, Adamo, Kanago and Gudugudu, the latter been the eldest of all. Each plays a specific traditional role in society. The Dundun continues to play a vital role in African royal households, giving a formidable cultural link with various histories and ancestry. Demonstrating the creativity and genius of the African arts, the Dundun adds flavour, colour, glamour and emotion to ceremonies, events and worship.

Dundun (The Talking Drum) takes the viewer to the city of Oyo in Nigeria where the drum is believed to have originated. This comprehensive documentary shows the cultural and historical context surrounding the drum and an in-depth examination of its construction, from chopping down the correct tree to the finishing design touches. The film also presents many performances and demonstrates who may use the drum, when and for what it is used, and what is communicated.

Note: Note available in Africa

Item no.	:	LG03511339
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	83 minutes
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	AUD 200.00

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COMPOSER TUNES

Eight biopics providing easy access to classical music and its composers:

Bach ¡V Beethoven ¡V Bizet ¡V Chopin - Paganini ¡V Verdi - Wagner - Webern

This fascinating two DVD set presents eight biopics providing informative and entertaining shorts about classical music composers. This film will appeal to music lovers of all generations with story-based portraits and re-enacted shorts of world famous composers.

The DVD is an informative and entertaining look at classical music.

story-based portraits with human-touch elements

re-enacted shorts

informative & entertaining

classical music for a larger public, young & old alike

cinema-like shots on 35 mm

high production values

Item no.	:	TB03510601
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	120 minutes
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	AUD 150.00

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IS THIS ART? VOLUME 9: VIBRATION, RESONANCE, BENT LEATHER INSTRUMENTS

PETER BOSCH
Bosch & Simons creates a symphony orchestra from barrels and hayforks...
Peter Bosch studied psychology at the Universities of Leyden and Amsterdam and sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

SIMONE SIMONS
studied in the audio-visual department of the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam. Since 1985 Bosch and Simons have collaborated on numerous activities, including performances, concerts and theatre productions. Since 1990, however, they have focused their attention on the development of 'music machines' that by balancing at the edge of order and chaos possess certain creative powers.
Bosch and Simons have exhibited internationally. In 1998 they received a Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica, Linz.

JOANNE CANNON, STUART FAVILLA
The Bent Leather Band - One of Australia's most innovative and creative musicians, Stuart Favilla specialises in synthesiser/computer music performance. He has been recognised internationally both for his talent and for the innovations he has contributed to this field. Stuart has toured with Joanne Cannon to Denmark and Hong Kong and has had recordings selected for release by the International Computer Music Association. Stuart works as a composer/producer and musical director for film, theatre and festivals and also as an educator lecturing at tertiary institutions around Australia. Stuart plays his renowned LightHarp which uses lasers and spotlights to trace virtual strings through space for performers to play.

Item no.	:	CZ03510846
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	30 minutes
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	AUD 220.00

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NIGEL KELLAWAY IN SLEEPERS WAKE! WACHET AUF!

The opera Project

Who is this man photographed recently on a beach nearby? On approach he spoke a dialect of musical memes, adolescent delusions, TV sound grabs, punch-lines and pedagogy. He hummed sound bytes from what a local lifesaver identified as Bach's Goldberg Variations. Developed over two years in Sydney, Perth, the south of France and Berlin, Sleepers Wake! Wachet Auf! is a unique and remarkable collaboration between Kellaway and distinguished writing talents. Composed, performed and directed by Kellaway, this most surprising performance finds a man at the edge of recollection, harboring a nagging desire to connect with the present. Adrift from cultural and historical specificities where nostalgia for Glenn Gould and Dean Martin washes up alongside political anxiety and an unreliable memory.

Camera: Peter Oldham, performers: Nigel Kellaway (actor/director), Michael BellMargaret Howard (violinist), Catherine Tabrett ('cellist).
(pianist),

Writers: Virginia Baxter (NSW), Jai McHenry (France), Amanda Stewart (NSW), Josephine Wilson (WA).Composer: Nigel Kellaway. Lighting: Simon Wise.

Item no.	:	LZ03510059
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	82 minutes
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	AUD 220.00

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ORGANISTAS AND CREATING THE STRADIVARIUS OF ORGANS

By Bert Shapiro

DVD1: Organistas

In this impressionistic view behind the scenes into the fascinating world of the pipe organ, master musicians reveal why they are passionate about the "King of Instruments". World renowned designers and craftspeople show how the sophisticated, rarely-seen skills of "voicing" and molten-metal forming are used to make the organ "speak" with a unique sound. The film uses music ranging from Bach to the contemporary master Stephen Paulus. Their glorious sounds are heard and "seen" in magnificent churches, chapels, concert halls and private homes. Also included is rare filming of a tiny instrument built about 1680 being played in a private office in London, performed especially for the film.

DVD 2: Creating the Stradivarius of Organs

"Unlike other instruments, the organ is designed, built and voiced for a specific space. This film beautifully highlights the unique symbiosis between the instrument and the building and the instrument and the performer. I salute this inspiring tribute to the King of Instruments at St.Ignatius Loyola."

Award

Two award winning documentaries about the King of the Instruments

Winner of a Directors Award at the prestigious Black Maria Film Festival.

Item no.	:	CF03511210
Format	:	2 DVDs
Duration	:	54 minutes
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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ELGAR'S ENIGMA: BIOGRAPHY OF A CONCERTO

Elgar's Enigma: Biography of a Concerto follows a theory that the composer maintained a life-long connection to his first love, Helen Weaver, and to her New Zealand-born son Kenneth Munro. A subtle weave of interview, archive, re-enactment and performance explores the proposition that Elgar's Cello Concerto was inspired by ANZAC Kenneth's death in the trenches of WW1.

Renowned American cellist Lynn Harrell performs a moving interpretation of the concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Matthias Bamert.

Item no.	:	WL03511095
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	52 minutes
Copyright	:	2006
Price	:	AUD 120.00

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SIGNING SONGS

Signing Songs is an entertaining film that teaches sign language through music to help children develop their speech and language.

The DVD demonstrates how to teach signing to babies or children with special needs and works for all children. This approach was developed by board certified music therapist, Lesley Ketcham and the caring father of a child with special needs.

The use of songs with signs enables children to communicate with their hands before they talk. It assists children in the following ways:

Increases clarity of a child's wants and needs

Promotes active participation and play

Greatly expands a child's vocabulary

Develops self-esteem

Combines visual, physical, verbal and musical learning

Stimulates brain development

Develops motor skills, using movement

Creates a rich learning environment

Fosters language growth and music appreciation

Sometimes sign language is used to communicate full sentences, especially for children with hearing impairments. In this instance, only specific words in the songs are highlighted by sign. Target words are paired with signs in music to provide for an opportunity for learning in a structured and fun manner.

Signs in this film are not exact; rather they are made to be appropriate for the cognitive and fine motor developmental level of children. The signs, gestures and imitation skills learned are meant to be an easy way to bridge the gap until more expressive language skills are learned.

In addition to specific signs, it is important for children to be able to imitate actions and gestures. Songs in this film also provide opportunity to practice imitation skills, not just specific signs.

Signing Songs is also relies on a natural setting to teach children songs and sign language, eliminating the potential of over stimulated youngsters through flashing screens and fast-paced graphics.

Item no.	:	GS03511274
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	21 minutes
Copyright	:	2006
Price	:	AUD 150.00

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OPERA THERAPY

OPERA THERAPY documents the therapeutic journey of four people who experienced the transformative power of self-expression while battling with cancer. They were a part of creating an opera based on their personal stories, under the guidance of talented music therapist Emma O'Brien.

Mary is a 50 year old Maltese woman who is four years post bone marrow transplant for a very rare form of lymphoma; Lisa is a 33 year old Greek woman with acute leukaemia who is a mother of four and was only two weeks post bone marrow transplant when she embarked on this project; Bruce is a 53 year old man who has both terminal bone cancer (multiple myeloma) as well as multiple sclerosis, and Dianne is a 54 year old woman who shares her stories both of experiencing breast cancer herself and caring for her daughter Marla who died two weeks into the project from relapsing acute leukaemia.

The documentary filming took place throughout the creative process, displaying the innovative methods of composing used by Emma to tap into the participants' innate musicality and bring their stories to life as an opera. The subsequent performance of the opera was made possible by the involvement of the creative team from the More Than Opera opera company, and its therapeutic effects on the participants are obvious.

Reviews

Opera Therapy was simply wonderful, I was silenced by it's beauty. -- Sue Littleford

Bravo Storyline Australia for screening the opera story of four brave Australians suffering from cancer. As a novelist, I must confess how words fail me to explain how inspired I felt while viewing this incredible opera production. I firmly believe it has now become part of the music of the spheres. -- Andrew Ryan

What an inspiring show! I would like to thank the patients for telling their individual stories with such openness. My best thoughts and wishes go to them all. -- Neil K

Award

Silver Hugo in the Documentary: Arts/Humanities area (Chicago International Film Festival) 2006

Item no.	:	HZ03510877
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	52 minutes
Copyright	:	2005
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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MARTIN KALMANOFF: AMERICAN COMPOSER

Kalmanoff has written over fifty-four works for the musical theater, including seventeen operas, all of which feature lyrical, witty and inventive music. In addition, his popular songs have been recorded over 200 times by such singers as Mario Lanza, Dean Mar tin, Eddie Fischer, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Steve Lawrence, Robert Goulet, Tony Beenet, and Elvis Presley.This DVD tells the composer's own story, in his own words.The DVD also includes Kalmanoff's 'Photograph 1920', a video opera with text by Gertrude Stein, which features a duet of a soprano singing with herself.

Item no.	:	DY03510372
Format	:	DVD (Color)
Duration	:	28 minutes
Copyright	:	1990
Price	:	AUD 98.00

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MASTERCLASS WITH MENUHIN

The Guelph Spring Festival provides the backdrop for this extraordinary meeting between two of the most impressive prodigies of the violin: 76-year-old Sir Yehudi Menuhin and 14-year-old Corey Cerovsek. With the Camerata Lysy Gstaad, his own student orchestra from Switzerland, Menuhin - with characteristic warmth, humour, and rigour - holds a master class for some of Canada's most gifted violin students.

Awards

National Eeucational Film and Video Festival, Oakland, California, 1989, Honourable Mention, Educational Value

International Film and Television Festival, New York, 1988, Finalist

Gemini Awards, Toronto, 1988, Best Performing Arts Program, Best Cinematography.

Item no.	:	ZT03510376
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	60 minutes
Copyright	:	1989
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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RIDING WITH THE KING - LEGACY OF ELVIS PRESLEY

This DVD captures the spirit and charm of the legacy of Elvis Presley by accompanying a fan through Elvis country, from Tupelo, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee.It visits his birthplace and other shrines of Presleydom, and meets people who were associated with Elvis plus his adoring fans and impersonators.

Item no.	:	PC03510506
Format	:	DVD (Color)
Duration	:	59 minutes
Copyright	:	1989
Price	:	AUD 155.00

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CONTEMPORARY PIANO METHOD - LEARNING MADE EASY

The quickest most entertaining way to play your keyboard.By Margaret Brandman, one of Australia's leading Music Educator s and author of many educational works for music theory, ear training and all types of keyboards.Contemporary Piano Method series cover material for the beginning piano student through high school, university and professional standards.Margaret presents lectures and workshops for teachers and students around Australia. Her compositions and educational materials are sold worldwide.

This DVD is suitable for novice pianist of all ages, players wishing to improve their existing reading skills and teachers wishing to find a more streamlined and successful method of teaching. In one hour the student will cover the first approach to the piano, the elements of music through to the ability to read, feel, hear, understand and play early level music. Topics include: piano mechanics, seating, hand position and finger technique,finger numbers, keyboard location, written music, reading music, signpost notes, combining rhythm, pitch and direction.

Item no.	:	NL03510154
Format	:	DVD
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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DUB, THE: MIXING SOUNDTRACKS FOR MOTION PICTURES

An account of the techniques involved in creating the soundtrack for a feature film. It uses The Fringe Dwellers (director Bruce Beresford) to illustrate various stages of the sound dubbing process and the complexities of creating a rich, full stereo sound which adds atmosphere and mood to the film.

Item no.	:	JA03510198
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	18 minutes
Price	:	AUD 164.00

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ELLIOTT SHARP: DOING THE DON'T

By Bert Shapiro

"You're going to hear something that you've never heard and whether you like it or not, it's going to inspire you somehow." - Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris, Composer and conductor

This film explores how a seventeen-year-old developed from a National Science Foundation award-winning "science geek" to an internationally acclaimed musician and composer.

Filmed in Italy at the Venice Biennale of 2007, Elliott Sharp conducts the premiere performance of his specially commissioned opera "Em/Pyre".

In Beijing, he performs and improvises at a rock music club with Chinese classical musicians.

In New York, he conducts Orchestra Carbon performing "Quarks Swim Free", inspired by the moment just after the Big Bang.

An acclaimed guitar soloist, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist, watch Sharp in recording studios as he directs both the renowned Sirius String Quartet and his acclaimed blues band "Terraplane".

Hear artists and writers speak about this remarkable musician and his influences.

See rare archival footage of Sharp performing at The Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1987 with his orchestra, playing his remarkable double-neck guitar.

Item no.	:	TP03511520
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	135 minutes
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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IS THIS ART: EPISODE 12 - OPERA DIVA AND A JAZZ ROYALTY

MERLYN QUAIFE
Merlyn Quaife began her singing studies at the University of Melbourne. In 1979, she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship by the German Government. This was followed by further study in London with a Baroque Music specialist. In 1993 she premiered the title role in Gordon Kerry's Medea with Chamber Made Opera (Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra). It was with this role that she made her American debut at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC in 1994 and 1995. In 1998 she repeated the role in a new production for the Berliner Kammeroper to critical acclaim. Merlyn has performed and recorded extensively in Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium and Spain. Along with her busy performance career, Merlyn is Coordinator of Voice at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne, in a state-of-the-art New Media Centre - ACMI.

MIKE NOOCK
New Zealand born pianist/composer Mike Nook is one of the acknowledged masters of jazz with over twenty-five years working in the USA with many of the world's top jazz musicians such as: Coleman Hawkins, Yusef Lateef, Dionne Warwick, Michael Brecker, etc...His compositions have been commissioned and performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony (USA), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy, Melbourne Windpower, Ensemble 24, The New Zealand String Quartet, Dunedin Civic Orchestra (NZ) and Umo Jazz Orchestra (Finland).

What is Art? Comments by
SIMON BERRY
Marketing director of the famous St. James's Street wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd which was founded in the late eighteenth century, and remains privately owned.

BERNARD STEINITZ
Steinitz & Son is a major player in the French Period antique scene, purchasing and offering not only multi-million dollar works of period art, but also the castles which house them!

Item no.	:	HK03510768
Format	:	DVD
Price	:	AUD 220.00

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IS THIS ART: EPISODE 14 - INTERVIEW WITH A MASTER COACH

ALICE WATEN
Alice Waten is regarded as one of Australia's most distinguished string teachers and pedagogues. She studied at the Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin and at the Moscow Conservatoire, graduating with a Master of Arts degree. She had influential teaching positions in Manchester, UK; in Hong Kong at the Academy for Performing Arts; Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Australian Institute of Music, Sydney; and guest lectureships including The Menuhin School (UK), Idyllwild School of the Arts (California USA), Canberra School of Music and the Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne.
Many of Alice Waten's students have been successful in winning competitions and awards in Australia and overseas. Ms Waten coached the acclaimed Tankstream Quartet from its formation in 2000.

The Quartet is presently enjoying a successful chamber music career with engagements throughout Australia and overseas.

In May 2004, the Tankstream Quartet has been invited to play at the wedding of the Danish Prince in Copenhagen. Prior to devoting her professional life to teaching, Alice Waten was a foundation member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and held a principal chair for 11 years. In 2004 Alice Waten commenced as Head of Strings at the Australian National Academy of Music.

What is Art? Comments by
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
PHILIP GLASS ORION PROJECT Multi-Platinum albumed Greek singer Arvanitaki's work has been listed as among the "100 Best World Music Albums Ever". She collaborated with Philip Glass to produce the music for the Athens Olympics and continues to be part of his ORION project.

Item no.	:	NS03510770
Format	:	DVD
Price	:	AUD 220.00

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IS THIS ART: EPISODE 9 - VIBRATION, RESONANCE, BENT LEATHER INSTRUMENTS

PETER BOSCH
Bosch & Simons creates a symphony orchestra from barrels and hayforks...
Peter Bosch studied psychology at the Universities of Leyden and Amsterdam and sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

SIMONE SIMONS
studied in the audio-visual department of the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam. Since 1985 Bosch and Simons have collaborated on numerous activities, including performances, concerts and theatre productions. Since 1990, however, they have focused their attention on the development of 'music machines' that by balancing at the edge of order and chaos possess certain creative powers.
Bosch and Simons have exhibited internationally.In 1998 they received a Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica, Linz.

JOANNE CANNON, STUART FAVILLA
The Bent Leather Band - One of Australia's most innovative and creative musicians, Stuart Favilla specialises in synthesiser/computer music performance. He has been recognised internationally both for his talent and for the innovations he has contributed to this field. Stuart has toured with Joanne Cannon to Denmark and Hong Kong and has had recordings selected for release by the International Computer Music Association. Stuart works as a composer/producer and musical director for film, theatre and festivals and also as an educator lecturing at tertiary institutions around Australia. Stuart plays his renowned LightHarp which uses lasers and spotlights to trace virtual strings through space for performers to play.

What is Art? Comments by
MARK LEVINSON The engineer of "Woodstock" and creator of Hi-End audio.

Item no.	:	AA03510769
Format	:	DVD
Price	:	AUD 220.00

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LISTEN

To reconnect with our natural penchant for aural discovery, to search out and throw light on the obstacles which deprive us of music, and to show up the implicit wealth of our listening capacity, these are the primary motivations behind this film.As if we were proposing an imaginary journey, the goal of which would be to invite each one of us to heighten her or his awareness of our own listening potential.

Item no.	:	HE03510346
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	120 minutes
Price	:	USD 335.00

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MICROPHONES AND THEIR USES: LOCATION SOUND RECORDING

This is a detailed study of microphone types and their use in relation to film and television location recording.

Item no.	:	PY03510402
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	37 minutes
Price	:	AUD 164.00

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RAVEL

An homage to the great French composer Maurice Ravel. Many of Ravel's foremost interpreters - Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha, Victoria de los Angeles, Jean-Philippe Collard, Augustin Dumay and others, capture the sensuality and power of Ravel's works.

Awards

Gemini Awards, Canada, Best Performing Arts Program 1989;

Golden Apple, National Educational Film Festival, USA 1989;

Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival 1989;

Best Music Program, Paters, Australia 1988.

Item no.	:	ZP03510494
Format	:	DVD (Color)
Duration	:	105 minutes
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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RAVEL'S BRAIN

A musically and visually poetic documentary, at once tragic and celebrative in its mood. The film portrays the inner being of a great artist. After being stricken by illness Ravel was still creating music in his head but was rendered incapable of communicating it with the outside world.

Notes

International Emmy Awards, New York, USA, 2001, Nominated in the Arts Documentary Category

Golden Rose, Montreux, Switzerland, 2001, Nominated in the Arts and Specials Category

Awards

Gemini Awards, 2002, Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program

50th Columbus International Film Festival, USA 2002, Winner in Arts Category

Hot Docs, Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, 2001, Best Director award

Item no.	:	GV03510495
Format	:	DVD (Color)
Duration	:	52 minutes
Price	:	AUD 180.00

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RECORDING FILM MUSIC WITH GERRY NIXON

Item no.	:	SA03510498
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	30 minutes
Price	:	AUD 164.00

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SPIN FX - CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS MUSIC

Spin Fx is a fast and funky showcase of contemporary indigenous music, artists and performers. It explores the most recent indigenous music being produced in Australia such as hip-hop, techno, house, dance and turn tables. Stylistically, the series is raw and fast - mixing black and white with vibrant colours and grainy imagery. With no presenter, its audience is guided by the indigenous people who make the music and those who listen to it.

Item no.	:	BV03510553
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	78 minutes
Price	:	AUD 150.00

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