Robert Davidson will get the crowd in the mood with an exceptional performance on the doublebass. Robert is a prolific Australian composer, bassist, University of Queensland lecturer and founder and artistic director of Topology, the ensemble-in-residence- at the Brisbane Powerhouse.
GILLIAN WILLS
Hear local author, journalist and musician Gillian Wills talk about music and her entertaining debut novel BIG MUSIC, Hawkeye Publishing, which was featured as a 2024 notable book in The Weekend Australian.
Melody, mayhem and mystery drive the pages in this bittersweet, character-driven contemporary fiction that resonates with general readers and musicians.
Gillian Wills is an honorary associate from the Royal Academy of Music and an author, arts writer and musician reviewer who publishes with Inreview, ABR, Australian Stage Online, Limelight, Griffith Review and The Australian.
Her memoir Elvis and Me: how a world-weary musician and a broken racehorse rescued each other, Finch Publishing, was released in 2016 in Australia, America, Canada, the UK and NZ.
Gillian shares her time between Jennings NSW (just north of Tenterfield on the QLD/NSW border) and Brisbane.