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14 May

Broadcasts

Saturday’s concert at the Canberra International Music Festival will be broadcast 8pm tonight (14 May 2015) on ABC Classic FM. Tune in to hear the world premiere of Brian Howard’s Full Fathom Five. For those catching up on the broadcast on a later date, the link is:

http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2015/05/14/4236712.htm

Also, on Saturday 9 May 2015, author Elliott Gyger spoke with presenter Andrew Ford on ABC Radio National’s The Music Show about his book The Music of Nigel Butterley. The interview can now be downloaded/streamed at this link:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/elliott-gyger-on-nigel-butterley/6455916

08 May

Book Presentation

Elliott Gyger with Nigel Butterley

While Elliott Gyger was in Sydney for the premiere of his opera Fly Away Peter by Sydney Chamber Opera this month he visited Nigel Butterley at his home to present him with a copy of his book, The Music of Nigel Butterley.

The Music of Nigel Butterley is the third volume in Wildbird’s Australian Composers series. After an extensive period of research, Gyger has written a book which examines all Butterley’s principal compositions, looking at his technique, style and musical language.

Written for music students, teachers and the interested public, this book has been released to coincide with Nigel Butterley’s 80th birthday.

We wish Nigel a very happy birthday… and we hope he enjoys reading his birthday book!!

13 Apr

Wildbird Music around the web

Wildbird recently started a Facebook page to keep in touch about our activities. We’ll be announcing new releases in our book and music score catalogues, as well as any special offers that might be available. We’ll share news from our authors and composers, and information about any performances, broadcasts and reviews related to our collection. We post about once a week, so you can Like our page with the assurance that we won’t clog your feed! We welcome you to stay in touch, ask any questions, and drop by if you have any feedback about our publications – our authors and composers would love to hear from you.

https://www.facebook.com/wildbirdmusic

We’re also now on Google+ – we’ll be sharing general announcements and new releases at that platform.

https://plus.google.com/+WildbirdmusicAuPL

And finally, we’ve recently spruced up our email news. Sign up for occasional email updates about new releases and special offers from Wildbird.

http://wildbirdmusic.com.au/contact/