JULIA MESSENGER - (Australia)
Australian singer and song writer Julia Messenger -
www.juliamessenger.com - is building a solid
international name for herself. Born and raised in
Melbourne, Julia has so far spent 15 years touring and
singing around the world particularly in Europe and the US -
and developed her unique vocal style. In the late 90's she
graduated with her Bachelor of Music Degree from the
Melbourne Conservatorium in Opera at the top of her class.
Unique to Julia is the fact that she sings well in a
diversity of styles, and recently she has renewed her
life-long passion for Jazz, culminating in the completion of
a CD that she recorded live at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in
Melbourne in May 2011, an album she self-produced, mixed and
mastered in her own studio.
Video of Julia -
www.juliamessenger.com
On the eve of the longest day of the year - 23 June - Julia
will be a vocal guest on the Midnight Sun Train -
www.facebook.com/juhannusjuna - 750 km journey from
Helsinki to Rovaniemi in Lapland on the Arctic Circle, in a
live from the train TV music show broadcast across Europe
and the internet -
TV
Link Worldwide - (23/6 from 2 AM AEST) - under the
accompaniment of internationally acclaimed Finnish pianist
and composer Iiro Rantala -
www.iirorantala.fi
- who has toured Australia on not less than a dozen
occasions.
As part of the 2012 American Songbook Series the Julia
Messenger Quintet will showcase America's great
songwriters - Hoagy Carmichael, Arlen and Harburg, Arthur
Hamilton, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Kurt
Weill - and legendary singers like Peggy Lee, Roberta Flack,
Patsy Cline, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland and
Nina Simone. Joining Julia Messenger in concert will
be some of Melbourne's finest musicians - Luke Howard
(Piano), Frank Di Sario (Bass), Danny Farugga
(Drums), James Sherlock (Guitar - Friday) and Ben
Hauptmann (Guitar - Saturday).
"The genre of Jazz is something that Julia Messenger
masters superbly" - Rheinland Post (Germany), 2011
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