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Two New Podcasts: The Life and Music of Alma Moodie

Posted on January 22, 2023 at 12:38 pm by Breandain O'Shea / 0
               Photo© Kay Dreyfus                                    “Of all my students, I like Alma Moodie the best”    Carl Flesch, renowned violinist and pedagogue     Dear Listeners,  Thank you for your emails this last week. It is very gratifying to know that so many of you have enjoyed hearing the first part of Alma Moodie’s story. Today… Read More
Musicians

New Year and New Podcasts

Posted on January 2, 2023 at 12:55 pm by Breandain O'Shea
Dear Listeners,    Happy New Year! Hopefully there is some time for listening this year as I will be  publishing two new podcasts about the phenomenal musician, Alma Moodie.  Moodie was born in 1898 in Mount Morgan, a small town in rural Australia, but started her violin lessons in nearby Rockhampton. She moved to Europe… Read More
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Tall Poppies Newsletter

Posted on February 6, 2022 at 8:56 am by Breandain O'Shea
A living archive featuring Australian luminaries Dear Listeners, Dear Salon Guests, I hope this finds you all in good health. Thank you for your many emails. Rest assured a new series of podcasts is in production, and hopefully we can resume the Berlin salons very soon.   I had hoped our first newsletter of 2022… Read More
Academics, Archives, Musicians

Composer Liza Lim joins Tall Poppies, The Podcast

Posted on November 15, 2021 at 10:11 pm by Breandain O'Shea
  Composer Liza Lim with her new work, “Annunciation Triptych.” Each part of this three part composition is dedicated to a female spiritual figure                             Dear Listeners and Salon Guests,  I hope this finds you well.  This week I’ve published a new… Read More
Musicians

News on Podcast Guests

Posted on September 24, 2021 at 9:41 am by Breandain O'Shea
Dear Listeners,  September 9th was a special day for all of the Tall Poppies team as we hosted our first salon in over a year. Covid restrictions meant the number of guests we could invite was limited, but those attending brought with them mountains of enthusiasm that appropriately reignited the Tall Poppies project after the… Read More
Archives, Musicians, Salons, Writers

The Australian Salon Tall Poppies Talk returns

Posted on September 21, 2021 at 11:56 am by Breandain O'Shea
Matthew McDonald in conversation with Breandáin O’Shea (Photos Carl Malingriaux)                 “The process of writing poetry is very similar to playing bass”   Guest Author Carola Torti  (Scroll down for the text in German)    “I liked contemporary music from the very beginning,” our guest, Matthew McDonald, 1st solo… Read More
Musicians

Apologies for superfluous emails

Posted on July 16, 2020 at 9:00 pm by admin
Dear Tall Poppies Subscribers, Our apologies for the numerous emails you may have received over the last days.  Fortunately we have been able to fix the problem, and are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any further questions please contact us. Wishing you all the best from Berlin,  Breandáin & the… Read More
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Tall Poppies The Podcast, Series II from January 2020

Posted on December 19, 2019 at 10:12 pm by admin

Standing room only at the fourth “Tall Poppies Talk” Salon with musician Stan Dodds 

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Tall Poppies: Postcard – Soprano, Joan Sutherland

Posted on September 2, 2019 at 3:41 pm by admin

“ I think some young singers want to do too much too soon and it’s fatal. Some of the young people I don’t think realise just how tough it is.”
(Joan Sutherland, 1926 -2010)

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Shannon Barnett, Jazz Musician Extraordinaire on Tall Poppies

Posted on August 9, 2019 at 12:34 pm by admin

A short note to introduce the latest Tall Poppies, The Podcast, which features the exceptional jazz musician, Shannon Barnett.
“New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and the way that that happened was that it really was a melting pot of different cultures…

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