Percussionist, Composer, Author
Guess who's back with a new performance video!
Mayfest came around again this year and the organizers of the outdoor stage invited Sarah and I to come and perform a few sets during the day. If you don't already know, Mayfest is MacGregor Primary School's yearly Fete and has been an opportunity for me to perform and get my music out there every year for the past few years.
This year I invited my friend Sarah La Sala to come and sing with me, and we had a great time performing some of the
After a few months of careful planning, some rehearsals and a few performances, I am proud to present ... (drum roll) ... SoundStruck Percussion. Earlier this year, a few of my percussionist friends from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and I had an idea to form a percussion ensemble. Thanks to our university, our families and some friendly contacts, we got a few of our first gigs, from which we got some great recordings and some great videos.
Being in this group also gave me a chance
This video is of Mac-Cussion, which you would have seen in the earlier videos, playing our final concert for the year, Music at Mac. We are performing Castlemaine Rock by Brisbane based composer John Parker in the dark with UV lights and masks.
It's been a
During my time as a percussionist, it has come to my attention many times, and explained to me, that practically anything can be a percussion instrument. Bands like STOMP! have showed everyone that a newspaper can be an instrument or that a lighter can entertain crowds all over the world.
So, I chose to grab a couple of friends and put together a piece for the audience at Music at Mac, called Desk-Cussion. It
So, Music at Mac was an especially amazing event at the end of last year and definitely one of the best concerts to leave school with. Mac-Cussion, which you would have seen in the earlier videos, had somewhat of a feature that night and put on a really great show.
The video below is of the 3 seniors of the percussion program: Me (Tsoof Baras), Jamee Seeto and Eve Reynolds. It's
At the end of every school year, MacGregor State High School puts on a showcase of all the school’s instrumental and vocal ensembles. It’s a brilliant event that shows off beautifully what all of us can do. ‘Music at Mac’ (as it is so wonderfully named) this year was a really great thing to be a part of. As I was a student who participated in all but the junior bands and the string program, I was busy the whole night performing as well as organising this year’s seniors to put on a show for the
Hey everybody,
At my school's Vocal Soirée, I performed a new song with my beautiful sister Eden. Kudos to my sister, she's a beautiful singer and I'm really glad she performed with me, it was her first performance in public and she was wonderful. It was a great night, filled with performances from all the school choirs, as well as small ensembles and solo performances.
The new song is called "Adventure" and it's about (as the title suggests) having an adventure, leaving all the
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The end is nigh. Coming to the end of school has become a very challenging time for me and it's been a sort of muse for all my compositions and performances.
Not long ago, I started writing a guitar duet and … now for all to see, it is finished! :) It's called 'Nostalgia' and is a rock/blues/folk fusion piece. It's a discussion of two guitars on the history of guitar music/genres/styles.
It's open to interpretation, so feel free to place this into your own life and write
As you have probably been reading over the past few weeks, Mac-Cussion has been in a continuing battle for their place in the finals of Australia's Got Talent.
Sadly, we haven't made it through to the next round but we we're really glad that we got this far, especially since the show has helped us get some corporate gigs from Education Queensland and one especially amazing one coming up this week: Creative Generation State Schools Onstage.
Creative Generation is an amazing performance put
Hello all,
This is a video of my performance of 'Suffocation' at my Music extension class recital.
I wrote it in memory of my cousin Guy, who died in a motorcycle accident.
It is a very metaphorical piece in the way it's composed, so keep an eye out for all the hidden stuff ;)
If you want a deeper insight to the who, what, when, where and why, scroll down to the bottom and you'll see the recording and description from a few months ago.
It was really great to finally
