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 relishing the...

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 22-29, at the lovely...

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 Glover on Friday...

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 to do better....

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, Fi...

The party of the year! Pleasantly exhausted now after Summersong 2023, and lounging about in Mullumbimby with the beloved and good friends: the camp was, I think, a total success. In my two morning classes, we reached some outrageous moments of driving joy, lustrous...

After a two-year hiatus— for obvious reasons— our favourite long-running adult music camp/party is back in the new year with a new venue, some new tutors and a huge sigh of relief. We're now holding the camp in Byron Bay, at the prestigious SAE music studio complex,...

Now that it's close to Christmas, time for an update on my most recent travels. Jann & I spent an exhilarating month of touring through New Zealand, from Arrowtown to Auckland. I had some wonderful workshops in Arrowtown, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington,...

There has been a vast amount of interest in our planned 11th Gospel Tour in 2023 — but with the current lack of stability in the world it feels to us to be too soon to take 40 singers into a financially/politically/ medically uncertain situation. So we are postponing...

Feels good to be working again. October has been a busy month for me, with workshops in Hobart, many rehearsals and a couple of gigs in Sydney. I've been back with the Cafe of the Gate of Salvation since July, acting as an interim director and working on new material;...

One of the regular participants on my weekly ZOOM singing sessions offered me some unexpected feedback the other night. Since first using Zoom, I’ve been thinking all along that the inability for us to hear each other was a major drawback and that meeting online was a...

I've been in NZ now for nine months, which is nine months too long away from my beloved, who is still in Sydney. I came here in April to spend time with my dear friend Fane before he passed (Fane died on June 17, 2021), then stayed on to work —until lockdown happened...