by Jeannette Davison | Dec 10, 2011 | Performing Arts
Last week I had a rare, exquisite pleasure. Montsalvat’s latest Artist in Residence, composer, ethnomusicologist and dance anthropologist Paul Mason, was playing on the grand piano in the Barn at Montsalvat and I was there to hear him. He’s at...
by Jeannette Davison | Nov 4, 2011 | Performing Arts, Uncategorized
Photograph by Peter Van der Veer, courtesy of Julia Messenger© Here’s the scoop! Yesterday I met the lovely singer songwriter Julia Messenger at her favourite coffee house (the Pope Joan Cafe) in Brunswick, to talk about the launch of her new CD “Live at...
by Jeannette Davison | May 18, 2011 | Performing Arts
> Just in case you’re wondering, Moon’s a Balloon managed to get a standing ovation after belting out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Anthem’. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house… mine included. Ahhhh the joy of...
by Jeannette Davison | May 16, 2011 | Performing Arts
sp;My little choir is performing at the Arts Centre….tonight…..in front of 350 people! Now I know I haven’t told you about my choir before. It’s my favorite thing all week. Kavisha Mazzella is our trusted leader. But...
by Jeannette Davison | Mar 28, 2011 | Performing Arts
I need some new superlatives. A quick check of my trusty Thesaurus and I found some new words for magnificent… sublime, splendid, splendorous, lustrous, glorious, superb. All of them could apply to the concert yesterday at Montsalvat. Kavisha Mazzella was in...
by Jeannette Davison | Mar 17, 2011 | Performing Arts
I so looked forward to this interview. When I saw that Kavisha was launching her CD ‘Love and Sorrow’ at Montsalvat, I was pretty excited. What fun sitting in her kitchen surrounded by her paintings and talking about her music....