A very special sneak preview at the new space… Opening in the new year, Ruby’s Music Room will be a multifunctional space intended for the consumption of great food, fine music and modern art. There will also be teaching and practice space available for those with the passion to learn and a Steinway Grand Piano for the big scale performance program to be announced!

The beloved vertical gardens will be coming too, bringing the Guildford Lane approach to ‘greening’ the city’s laneways with them.

So get ready to sit down and experience the Guildford Lane Gallery concept in a stunningly revitalised form and enjoy some fantastic food and wine!

This exquisite piece of equipment is set to be the centerpiece of the new venue. We are very much looking forward to hearing some of our regular performers do it justice!

“For more than a century and a half, the world’s most accomplished pianists have preferred to express their musical genius on Steinway & Sons pianos. The list includes the giants in classical, jazz, and popular music; the men and women who have shaped the world’s musical heritage. Today, more than 98 percent of the world’s active concert pianists choose to perform on Steinway pianos. The joy of playing and owning a Steinway piano, however, is not the exclusive domain of the virtuosi. Rather, it is a world open to all who share a love of music, fine craftsmanship and enduring quality.”

Guildford Lane Gallery is now closed and will be relocating in early 2012. Please join the mailing list to stay informed by clicking ‘subscribe’ to the right of this page.

Thank you for your continued friendship and support over the years.

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We would like to thank everyone for your continued friendship and support over the past few years. To every one who has exhibited or performed at GLG – thank you- you’ve been an integral part of making GLGthe much loved space that we will all miss dearly.
To past and current staff members and volunteers – thank you – your efforts have made it all possible.
To Steve Sedergreen and the Friday Night Jazz community – thank you – its been a delight to work with you all & its been a fantastic couple of months of quality performance.

Thursday September 22, 6.00 – 9.00
Bookings Essential $20
Email only to: glginfo@guildfordlanegallery.org
Door sales on the night subject to availability.

Bob Sedergreen is a renowned Australian jazz pianist. Bob has had a long and distinguished career as a performer, bandleader and educator. He has collaborated with leading Australian artists, such as John Sangster, Don Burrows, Brian Brown and Judy Jacques, and supported some of the biggest names in jazz, including Nat Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie and Milt Jackson.

Steve is one of Melbourne’s jazz identities, known as a leading pianist, arranger of jazz projects and as an educator. Steve has been a well-established figure in the Melbourne jazz scene through a variety of activities including director and curator of Dizzy’s Jazz Club (1999 – 2006); 20 years of teaching jazz (including mentoring members of The Cat Empire) and of course as a constantly in-demand musician over a wide range of performance situations, from jazz clubs to corporate events & private parties.

Sunday September 18, 4.00 – 7.00
Bookings Essential $20
Email only to: glginfo@guildfordlanegallery.org
Door sales on the night subject to availability

Anatoly Dokumentov was born in Kostroma, USSR. At the age of five he started learning the piano and at the age of 14 he entered the world famous Moscow Conservatory where he studied with world famous pianist Lev Oborin. He now lives in Australia, and we are very pleased to have him perform at GLG this spring.

He has played through Russia, Denmak, Sweden, Ukraina and the Chech Republic, and has a huge repertoire, performing more than 20 programs.

He will be playing some piano greats, including; Beethoven’s Sonata No3, op. 2 No3 in C major; Schubert’s Four Impromptues op. 90; and S.Rachmaninov’s Nine preludes.

Saturday September 17, 6.00 – 9.00
$15 at the door

Originally from the Buffalo Valley in country Victoria, Melbourne-based jazz vocalist, Julie Bailey, sings to us from a heartfelt and soulful place. For this vocalist, music is story and story is music. The two bind together to create a kind of truth. Counting Billie Holiday, Anita O’Day, Cassandra Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Joni Mitchell among her greatest influences, Julie tells stories from a ‘lived life’ and the experience is raw, generous, compelling.

Please Note: Your entry fee supports the artists who support you! Please be honest and pay at the bar!

Thursday September 15, 6.00 – 9.00
$15 at the door

Ade ishs is a songwriter and a pianist currently residing in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in 1978 in Bandung, Indonesia. His playing style revolves around contemporary jazz, classical, and meditational. He has been compared with Lyle Mays, Keith Jarrett, and Dave Grusin. Among his teachers was Peter Ferdinandus, under whose tutelage he studied music theory, history, and classical piano performance for 9 years. In 2002, ade moved to Melbourne and soon formed the Mixed Up jazz trio with Sandra Bogerd and Yugo Isal. Ade has also performed together with Way Out West’s Dung Nguyen and Dexter and the Band. Nowadays, whenever he travels to Indonesia, he plays the piano and keyboards for Gadsby, a Pat Metheny cover band.

Ade has recorded two solo acoustic piano albums, Visions (2009) and New Butterfly (2010). He is currently a regular performer at Melbourne’s Guildford Lane Gallery, where he plays a mixture of solo acoustic pieces.

For more information on ade, see http://adeishs.com.

Ade will be accompanied by Daigo Nakai on acoustic bass and Chelsea Allen on drums.

Please Note: Your entry fee supports the artists who support you! Please be honest and pay at the bar!

Saturday September 10, 6.00 – 9.00
$15 at the door

Let French vocalist Noria Letts take you on a musical journey blending an alluring range of influences and cultures. A wonderful passionate and warm entertainer. She sets the mood of France right here in Melbourne.

It’s a journey blending an alluring range of influences and cultures. Its essence is vibrancy; its spirit is live performance and entertainment. It is also the perfect vehicle to carry Noria’s rich and powerful voice, a voice of originality, instinct and deep passion. Joining Noria on the trip are some of the country’s most exciting jazz talents,  pianist Steve Sedergreen, Dean Addison on bass and Michael Jordan on the drums.

Please Note: Your entry fee supports the artists who support you! Please be honest and pay at the bar!

Thursday September 8, 6.00 – 9.00
$15 at the door

The MOU Quartet was formed with the purpose of exploring contemporary compositions and methods of improvisation. Each member of the group brings with them a wealth of experience and knowledge of music, having performed in various bands and capacities around Asia and Australia. For this performance the band will present compositions by Dave Holland, Joshua Redman, Ari Hoenig, alongside other more familiar tunes.

Please Note: Your entry fee supports the artists who support you! Please be honest and pay at the bar!