David Munrow popularised the music of the Renaissance

It is an ill wind …Hilary Geddes

Related programs: Living Jazz on Saturdays at 7pm

Terry Reilly and Keith Pettigrew chat to Hilary Geddes, our 2026 Jazz Artist in Residence

For many younger Australian jazz musicians Covid presented an image of what professional life might be like under different circumstances, a two-year hiatus with few or no performance sessions.

Violets are Blue by Michael Tsalka and Diana Weston

By Michael Morton-Evans 

★★★

This is an interesting experiment which very nearly comes off. Wirripang invited four contemporary female composers to write works for what are essentially 18th-century instruments – the square piano and the harpsichord. 

Rinse and Repeat by Mosaic

By Barry O’Sullivan 

★★★★^1/2 

While this ten-piece ensemble draws initial inspiration from the renowned Australian band Ten Part Invention, Mosaic distinguishes itself by its adventurous approach to composition and arrangement, merging a commitment to its musical heritage with notable originality and creative expression. 

Behind the Voice 
Simon Target 

By Pat Tucker 

England, Australia and Poland have all contributed to the extraordinary, multilayered creative life of one of 2MBS’s newest presenters, Simon Target. His surname, he explains, is pronounced Tarzhay because his grandfather was French. His mother, Brisbane-born water colourist Patricia Prentice, was living in England at the time of his birth and it was there that he grew up and, encouraged by his mother...