by Tony | Aug 10, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
I’m running another Zoom session on CHOIR DIRECTING on Thursday August 26 2021, 6pm -7pm AEST./ 8pm-9pm NZ This is for all song leaders AND singers, so please join me for a Q&A around what we get up to when we find ourselves in front of a choir. How do we get the...
by Tony | May 30, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
The Bend’s We Disappear is selling steadily through online stores in NZ like Flying Out and Rockstuff – and our Facebook page is now a thing, so if you want to be notified about what the Bend gets up to, we would love you to hit the old Like button…...
by Tony | May 6, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
So it was a fabulous weekend workshop in Machans Beach, just out of Cairns, the steamy climate outside matched by the wildness and heat generated by the singers in the room. Thanks to Genevieve and Phil for the local knowledge & logistics, and thanks to all who...
by Tony | May 1, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
After thirty ‘odd’ years, The BEND [Fane Flaws, Tony Backhouse and Peter Dasent] is delighted to announce that We Disappear, our album of songs written from selected poems by legendary NZ poet Sam Hunt, has finally manifested in the physical world. This strange...
by Tony | Apr 1, 2021 | Tony Backhouse
After some wonderful workshops in Victoria (Castlemaine, Tallarook, Melbourne) & Brisbane—pockets of socially-distanced wall-to-wall joy—I’m happy to announce a new addition to the calendar: a weekend workshop in beautiful Machans Beach, just north of...
