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Nigel MacLean

Filmharmonix was formed by multi genre violinist Nigel MacLean in 1997 as a casual film orchestra to provide services for film composers. In particular, internationally renown film composer David Hirschfelder. Nigel worked in a variety of roles including Personal Assistant, Orchestral Director, Solo Artist, Assistant Producer and Notation Editor for Hirschfelder on films such as Elizabeth and Sliding Doors, Better Than Sex, What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted and The Interview. The mentoring provided by Hirschfelder set Nigel up with the necessary skills needed to provide film directors with the music services they are looking for on their film. Filmharmonix diversified into a music production company soon after and began composing and producing works for recording

Ade Ishs

ade ishs (/ʌdɛ ɪʃ/) is a songwriter and a pianist currently residing in Melbourne, Australia. His playing style revolves around contemporary jazz, classical, and meditational. ade has recorded two solo acoustic piano albums, “Visions” (2009) and “New Butterfly” (2010), and one piano trio album, “ade ishs Trio” (2013). He has performed with Dung Nguyen (Way Out West), Reyharp, Benny Likumahuwa, and many other musicians in Australia and Indonesia. He has been playing with other bands, including Ozark (Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays cover) and MOU (contemporary jazz cover)

Joe Chindamo

Pianist and Composer, Joe Chindamo was born in Melbourne in 1961, the eldest son of Italian immigrants, who came to Australia in search of a better life. At the age of 6, he was encouraged by his parents to take up a musical instrument: the accordion. He immediately fell in love with music and the idea of creating it. At the tender age of 13 he won the televised talent quest Kevin Dennis' New Faces and, a year later, Bernard King's Pot ‘O' Gold (also a nationally televised talent quest). Along with his brother, Domenic, on drums, Joe spent most Saturday nights playing accordion at local Italian functions

Daryl McKenzie

Born: February 23, 1962

Daryl McKenzie (Musical Director & Trombone) Has directed the Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra for the past six years playing with artists such as Bill Watrous, James Morrison, Wilbur Wilde, Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Nina Ferro. Previously Musical Director for the Nine Network's "Hey Hey It's Saturday" during the 1990's. Has previously directed the AFI awards for the ABC and episodes of "Dancing with the Stars" and the Good Friday Appeal for the Seven Network. Daryl was Musical Director for the Seven network's "Australia's Got Talent Series 1". Has orchestrated and conducted numerous international movies including The Truman Show, Death Defying Acts, Hating Alison Ashley, After the Deluge, Bootmen and Two Hands plus the Olympic and Commonwealth Games themes for the Seven Network

Stella Skinner

Born: August 24

Stella is a full time musician. Finishing her BMus in 2006, Stella studied from Stephen Magnusson, Tony Gould and the like at Monash University Clayton. Stella is now working for AAB-M on guitar and works on original music in her spare time. As a young musician, in 2003 Stella won the rock section of the Frankston guitar festival. She has also performed with many well known musicians such as James Morrison, David Campbell, Nina Ferro, Jordan Murray and Ronda Burchmore. She has performed with the Darryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra and the Matt Amy Really Big Band and has been in many original and covers bands performing around Melbourne

Tim Stevens

Born: October 23, 1971

Tim Stevens is an improvising pianist, composer and scholar based in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (MMus, 1996) and the University of Melbourne (PhD, 2000), graduating from the latter with a thesis entitled 'The Origins, Development and Significance of the Red Onion Jazz Band, 1960-1996'.

Between 1995 and 2000 he was a member of the co-operative trio Browne - Haywood - Stevens, with Allan Browne (drums) and Nick Haywood (bass), and this band released two CDs: 'King, Dude and Dunce' (Newmarket, 1996) and 'Sudden in a shaft of sunlight' (ABC Jazz, 1998).

He lived in Sydney from 2000-2001 and formed a trio there with Mark Lau (bass) and Simon Barker (drums), that travelled to perform at the Pori Jazz Festival and Umbria Jazz in 2001

Jon Delaney

Born: April 10, 1976

Jon Delaney is a freelance guitarist, composer and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. He performs regularly with his own band, "The Jon Delaney Trio" and in many other contexts, with some of the foremost talents on the Melbourne improvised music scene. Jon's musical development began while he was ostensibly studying philosophy and literature at Monash University, playing rock guitar and bass in pubs, clubs, and friend's living rooms and doing serious diservice to Descartes and Shelley. Taking a year off after graduation to practice and catch up on reading, he was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts in 1998, from which he emerged some years later with Bachelor (hons) and Master of Music Performance degrees (he has also taken part in the Banff Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music (2006), a 3-week ferment of creativity and discovery in the Canadian Rockies). His studies and the predictable onset of tinnitus contributed to a broadening of his musical taste, and Jon developed an attachment to small group jazz, baroque, and 20th century classical music

Louise Cuming

Born: August 31, 1988

Louise Cuming's tone is characterised as a distinctive gentle rasp that floats between a drawl, a yodel and a cat sneezing. Her subtle music is beautiful and embracing as it is stark and slippery. Cuming chronicles the unseen surburbia- comings and goings, dreams and disappointments - like a great impressionist working with shadows instead of light. And remains just as elusive, just as profound. The Age 2006 Louise Cuming's trombone playing driftscapes to, in some cases, jagged passages of music; a storm warning, perhaps, the calm before some unnamed calamity. Her free jazz/traditional dixieland/austrian folk influenced compositions delve into loss and despair with the barest of nuance

Aaron Benson

Aaron Benson is Australia's freshest voice on guitar. His influences reflect a passion for Soul, Jazz, Slinky R'n'B grooves, Latin and even a touch of Uptown Blues all adding up to his own signature sound. His music is enjoyed in an unlimited array of settings and has garnered substantial acclaim in the U.S and Europe generated by the release of the new double C.D "After the Rush". Born in Melbourne and having mastered a number of styles this latest foray has him venturing into new territory with outstanding results. Aaron's approach is to create something that sounds fresh but will also stand the test of time

PLANS the band

Born: March 8

PLANS are a six piece original jazz inspired band that write 'quirky' and fun improvised music, with lots of energy. They originate from Melbourne Austrailia. The line up is as follows: Fiona Clarke - Vocals Phild Day -Trumpet Lucas Millar - Guitar Adrian Violi - Drums Nick Adgemis - Bass Steve Majstorovic - Tenor Saxophone