Simply Brilliant: Tempo Review

Tempo concert on Friday night was wonderful!

I took a student along to check it out and we came out beaming.
Here is the review from Patricia:

TEMPO REVIEW – 25 March 2011 

The first Tempo Concert for the year was a benefit night for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal and the audience was very generous, firstly in their donations, and also in their appreciation of the talent they witnessed as the performers took the stage.

Guest artists Coral & Tony Thiel and Lily Sullivan started and finished the evening with a history of jazz (the theme for the night being Jazz!) demonstrating their formidable talents with Tony at the piano, Coral on vocals and Lily on saxophone. We were treated to Stomp, Blues, Boogie, Be-Bop, all manner of jazz styles, the whole performance being informative, creative and fun!

The Tempo Programme itself started with Vicky Mack playing beautifully two contrasting movements on the violin, then Solomon Panaho played “The Chimes” on the piano.  Brooke McLachlan sang “Part Of Your World” with excellent vocal control, followed by Zoe Luffman playing a lovely “Scarborough Fair’ on the piano. Alisha Heath sang a great “Hound Dog Blue” and Lea Shanks played a very pretty piece on the piano called “Fireflies”. Aidan Brown played a very Eastern sounding “Persian Market” on the piano and Iona Panaho sang “When I’m Sixty-Four” with a bright, clear voice. Shayna Tattersfield made her debut at the piano with a very secure “A Sea Song” and Judith Marfell sang “Bubbly” accompanying herself on the guitar. Luke Marchant played a tricky piece on the piano called Children’s Song” by Bartok and MacKenzie Crous entertained us all with “Hit the Road Jack” on the saxophone.

Josephine Michna-Korgistner played an entertaining ‘take’ on “Cockles & Mussles” called “Swingin Molly” and Samara Lloyd played “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” on violin. This had a lovely, sultry feel to it. Hannah Zydenbos played excellent jazz rhythms on the piano with “Oop Bop Shbam” and Zara Wills sang “And the Bear Played Bass” with a lovely clear tone. Jacqueline Marfell played an interesting “Bulls Eye Boogie” on the piano and Matthew McEldowney sang a great rendition of “The Flat Foot Floogie”.

Peata Panaho showed great flair on the flute with “Bransle” and Matthew Hammond played a fun piece on the piano called “Scatman”. Millie Wensley sang “Rockin’ Robin” accompanying herself on Ukelele and Annabelle Lewis showed great Jazz style on the piano with “In The Groove.” Jonty Zydenbos played “Sway” on the trumpet, a tricky piece which he played with aplomb. Kimberly Jones captured a great “swing” feel with “Fly Me to the Moon” on piano and Charlotte Panaho gave a great “Cry Me a River” on saxophone. Lastly, Caitlin Morris excelled on the ‘cello with “Easy Winners” by Scott Joplin.

The whole evening was excellent and the performers are now preparing for their May 27 “Ensemble” concert, again at 7.00 p.m. at The Wesley Centre.