MOORAMBILLA FESTIVAL ARTISTS 2010

Artistic Director

   Michelle Leonard

Composers

TaikOz - Festival Residency

Dan Walker  - composer in residence

And featuring new commissions by Gerard Brophy, Luke Byrne, Elena Kats-Chernin, Katy Abbott, Sally Whitwell, Ben van Tienan

Musicians

   Moorambilla String Quintet

   Paul Goodchild - trumpet

   Christina Leonard - soprano saxophone

   TangoOZ from the Sydney Youth Orchestra

Workshop presenters

   TaikOz

    Blues  - Billie McCarthy
   Opera in the Pub -Neil Kirkby and Nadia Piave with Tom Johnson (accompanist)
   Boys Business  - Dan Walker and Luke Byrne
   Australian Country Music - Justin Bear
   Paul Jarman

   An Armenian Feast - Stephan Kooper
   Tin Things - Val Hooper

   Mikayle Foody

   Songs of Country: Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri - Di McNaboe

   Ian MacDougall

    Ana Napier

    Heidi Hodeo Rodeo

Indigenous Artists in Residence

   Indigenous Waeving - Louise Marne

Choir in Residence

Leichhardt Espresso Chorus is a non auditioned choir from Sydney’s inner west and is delighted to be back at the Moorambilla Festival for its fourth year as choir in residence. In this role they work closely with both the regional adult and children's choirs, as well as co-commissioning much of the new Australian music featured at the Festival.

The LEC is committed to the creation of new Australian music for adults and children and seeks to deliver each performance as a shot of musical caffeine. LEC's 10th anniversary year in 2008 saw the premiere of Seven Deadly Sins by Dan Walker, interspersed with Mozart's Vespers; a Midwinter Messiah, performances on TV's Battle of the Choirs with the Coonamble Crooners,  and the annual Carols on Norton in Leichhardt. 

The LEC was honoured to be awarded the inaugural 2008 National Music in Communities Award for their work with the Moorambilla choirs and the communities of far western NSW as well as the inner west of Sydney.