Jenny Eriksson is a Musica Viva Australia In Schools legend. She has led ensembles for three decades, notching up almost 3,000 concerts with shows including Sounds Baroque and Da Vinci's Apprentice. Now she presents a concert in aid of Australia's widest reaching music education program, alongside fellow MVAIS musicians Susie Bishop and Anthony Abouhamad.
Exquisite Harmonies is the latest release from The Marais Project. It's a playlist of the finest baroque music for the viola da gamba, featuring music by Sainte-Colombe, Caix d’Hervelois, Marin Marais and Forqueray, a veritable ‘who’s who’ of the French baroque. Jenny, who is founder of The Marais Project and viola da gamba virtuoso, will launch the recording alongside Susie Bishop and Anthony Abouhamad with an afternoon concert of suites and sonatas for viola da gamba by Telemann, Marais and Carl Friedrich Abel.
The three musicians are generously donating their time so that all ticket proceeds from the concert can support Musica Viva Australia In Schools as it celebrates its 45th year.
‘There are many fine music education programs in schools, but in my experience, Musica Viva Australia is the standout. The quality of the musicians, the link to key learning areas in the curriculum, and the fact Musica Viva goes just about everywhere across rural, regional and urban Australia makes the program truly unique. It is incredibly impactful for students, teachers and parents.
‘Quite simply,’ says Eriksson, ‘Musica Viva Australia in Schools changes lives.’
