by Tony | Mar 2, 2023 | Tony Backhouse
October 23-28! Save these dates! We’ll take over the historic seaside town of Queenscliff, 106 km southwest of Melbourne on the Bellarine Peninsula, for a week of singing with Tony & a special guest choir director. When we’re not singing we’ll be...
by Tony | Feb 24, 2023 | Tony Backhouse
I’m VERY happy to announce two new and exciting exotic locations have been added to this year’s plans. Both of these promise to be sensational—inspiring, relaxing, joyous and heart-opening. Firstly, I’m running a week-long course in Fiji, August...
by Tony | Feb 2, 2023 | Tony Backhouse
Hard to believe, but the reclusive red suits are getting an airing: at Smith Alternative in Canberra, on the afternoon of Saturday February 11, and at Petersham Bowlo in Sydney on the evening of Friday February 17. We’re also on air with ABC’s Richard...
by Tony | Jan 25, 2023 | Tony Backhouse
My old band Mammal existed from about 1971-1974, recorded one album (Sam Hunt’s poems set to music by composer Ian MacDonald and myself) and a couple of sides that went nowhere, though ‘Wait’, written by Robert Taylor, (later to join Dragon) deserved...
by Tony | Jan 25, 2023 | Tony Backhouse
Somewhat surprisingly, I’ve been offered a new position with the choir I started 36 years ago: since returning to Sydney in April, I’ve been sort of consulting and directing with the Café of the Gate of Salvation, filling in while the choir’s ongoing conductors,...
