Sunday June 12
Doors @ 6:00 PM, Event @ 7:00 PM
General Admission $32 Book through GreenTix
Entry via Flanigan Lane

La Prima Opera are returning to GLG for another show packed with opera hits.

Highlights from Don Giovanni, Carmen, Lakme, The Pearl Fishers, Rigoletto, Porgy and Bess and more.
In the spirit of cross genre collaboration, La Prima Opera are excited to be joined by Dobe Newton on Lagerphone who will lend his percussive and personal flare to a bracket from Bizet’s Carmen.

Featuring, soprano Alison Rae Jones, mezzo soprano Caroline Vercoe, tenor Jason Wasley and baritone Phillip Calcagno. With Len Vorster at the piano and Chris McKenna as Narrator.

Ruby’s Bar opens at 6pm so come and enjoy pre-show drinks. Show starts at 7pm sharp for about 75 mins with no interval.

The wildly talented Steve Sedergreen has just released Start Playing Jazz Piano Now! The book is available for purchase  from Steve’s website or from Piano Time – 109 York St, South Melbourne.

Steve directs the Friday Night Jazz workshops here at GLG, every Friday from 6 – 9pm, so come down and check him out tonight!

Wednesday May 25,  6:00 – 7:30pm

GLG is very excited to be supporting Melbourne’s Green Canopy project. Through our fostering of creative environments, both musical and artistic, we can afford to install this delightful addition for the visual enjoyment of the residents and visitors to Guildford Lane.

The Melbourne Green Roof Forum brings together people to share their passion, ideas and experience greening our cities through green roofs, walls and other green urban infrastructure.Join us for a drink and hear from two guest speakers who each have a strong desire to see more green walls appearing across our urban landscape. As always, this will be followed by an open mic session where you can ask a question or promote your green roof related products or services.

Speakers

Mark Paul – ExParrot Landscapes / The Green Wall Company

Mark Paul is a horticulturalist and marine biologist and the driving creative force behind the design and installation of the Guildford Lane Gallery green wall.

Mark has worked for CSIRO and Fisheries and Oceanography on estuaries and coral reefs and his  personal passion for sail boarding resulted in Mark representing Australia in sail boarding internationally. In the early 90s Mark re-focused his passion towards landscape design by developing The Greenwall Company, a premier producer of modular and custom-designed green walls in Australia.

The Greenwall Company is responsible for many of Australia’s green wall installations, including the Qantas First Lounges, Google HQ Sydney and Guilford Lane Gallery.

Gail Hall – Urban Landscapes – City of Melbourne

Gail Hall works in the Urban Landscapes Branch at the City of Melbourne and is one of the regular organisers for Canopy. She has worked in the Sustainability and Planning area of Council since joining the organisation in 2007. Gail is leading the Greening Laneways project at the City of Melbourne and will present the vision and details of this community focused initiative.

Free Event. Bookings through eventbrite.

SUNDAY MAY 15 3.00 – 5.00

Established in August 2005, the Youth Chorus is Australasia’s first gay and lesbian youth chorus.  It provides young people aged between 16 and 29 a fantastic, safe and friendly environment in which to develop their singing skills.  The Youth Chorus is a chorus of the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus Inc (MGLC) – in other words, a “choir within a choir”.  The Youth Chorus has its own weekly rehearsals and members over 18 can also join the main chorus to further develop their musical repertoire.

In April 2010, the Youth Chorus performed its first headline concert at Gasworks Theatre as part of National Youth Week. The sell-out show, entitled The Sound of Youth, was a huge success and cemented its important place in the Melbourne queer community.

Join the Youth Chorus for an afternoon of music and merriment.

Tickets $15 on the door.

MONTHLY FRIDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS AT GLG BEGINNING APRIL 8 AT 1 PM

Friday Lunchtime concerts at the Guildford Lane Gallery at 1pm over the next 6 months.  These concerts will feature different members from the Ad Hoc Music Collective, a body of musicians, composers and educators dedicated to performing original, new and improvised music.

Ad Hoc Music Collective was founded in 2004 by Andrea Keeble (Cosmo Cosmolino, Collider) and Helen Mountfort (Cosmo Cosmolino, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, Fine Blue Thread) to enable their own compositions to be performed and to experiment in the creative process in music composition through performances and workshops.

Ad Hoc Music Collective workshops explore music with teachers, students and instrumentalists of all standards through improvisation and performance skills. Ad Hoc Music Collective advocates creative freedom and greater awareness in the learning process in order develop performance confidence, enhance musical expression and general well being. Ad Hoc Music Collective members include Andrea Keeble (violin & Director), Helen Mountfort (cello), Anita Hustas (double bass), Phil Bywater (saxophone, clarinet, flute), Suzanne Simpson (violin/viola), Jason Bunn (viola), Dan Witton (voice, double bass, tuba), Adam Simmons (saxophones, clarinets, flutes, shakuhachi, fujara, toys), Kynan Robinson (trombone), Phillip McLeod (‘cello, ‘bass, piano accordion), Erica Rasmussen (percussionist).

The first concert in this series will be this Friday 8th April at 1 pm featuring violinist Andrea Keeble. Andrea will perform a selection of compositions from her new CD ‘Teeter’ for solo violin and loop pedal as well as improvisations.

Series Dates: April 8th, May 6th, June 10th, July 1st, August 5th, September 2nd.

Donation encouraged on entry.

THIS WEEKEND! DON’T MISS OUT!

SATURDAY APRIL 16 AND SUNDAY APRIL 17 AT 7PM

LIMITED INTIMATE SEATING STILL AVALIABLE
20 STUDENT SEATS NOW AVAILABLE
(at door only) $20

Sensuous, electrifying and above all thoroughly entertaining, La Prima Opera are proud to present ‘Opera in the Laneway’.

It’s opera with a twist. A collection of Australia’s finest opera singers perform the most beautiful music ever written.

Compered by the inimitable Chris McKenna with brilliant Len Vorster at the piano. Featuring Oz Opera
star tenor Jason Wasley, Australian born International soprano Alison Rae Jones, Melbourne’s favourite baritone Phillip Calcagno and Opera Australia mezzo soprano Caroline Vercoe.
Highlights from La Boheme, La Traviata, Carmen, The Magic Flute, The Tales of Hoffman, Die Fledermaus, Porgy and Bess and more….

For more information visit http://www.laprima.com.au

Tickets $32, students $20. Tickets at the door or through Greentix  http://www.greentix.com.au/evinfo.php?eventid=139754

FRIDAY APRIL 15 4.30 – 9.00

Tonight’s Friday Night Jazz workshop will feature special guest Ade Ishs on Piano from 4.30 to 6.00. As well as the much loved Steve Sedergreen from 6.00 to 9.00. For more information or to listen to their work, take a look at www.adeishs.com and www.stevesedergreen.com. See you all there!

Remember: Entry from 4.30pm is on Flanigan Lane, underneath the vertical garden, rear of the GLG.

Entry $10, $5 for Students

THURSDAY APRIL 14 FROM 6PM TO 9PM

A performance by dub inspired soul jazz artists Curds & Grain will open Daniela Miszkinis’ exhibition ‘Extraction’.

Drawing influence from the music of The Scientist, Mulatu Astatke, Tony Allen & Strata East Records, the band features a sound that evokes throw-backs to classic dub, punctuated by highly syncopated melodies.

The evening will also host an experimental film screening.

SATURDAY APRIL 16 AND SUNDAY APRIL 17 AT 7PM

Sensuous, electrifying and above all thoroughly entertaining, La Prima Opera are proud to present ‘Opera in the Laneway’.

It’s opera with a twist. A collection of Australia’s finest opera singers perform the most beautiful music ever written.

Compered by the inimitable Chris McKenna with brilliant Len Vorster at the piano. Featuring Oz Opera
star tenor Jason Wasley, Australian born International soprano Alison Rae Jones, Melbourne’s favourite baritone Phillip Calcagno and Opera Australia mezzo soprano Caroline Vercoe.
Highlights from La Boheme, La Traviata, Carmen, The Magic Flute, The Tales of Hoffman, Die Fledermaus, Porgy and Bess and more….

Show runs approximately 75 mins with no interval.

For more information visit http://www.laprima.com.au

Tickets $32, bookings are esssential. Tickets purchased through Greentix  http://www.greentix.com.au/evinfo.php?eventid=139754