Bent Notes

3 Dec 2024

Sonja’s Artistic Bent to the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival

Arts, Jazz, Music, Performing Arts

Drummer, Composer and Educator Sonja Horbelt, the Artistic Director of the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about the challenges experienced by Women in Jazz and the progress for them becoming featured artist and working musicians; and the fabulous women artists performing in this year’s Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival.

The festival cponcert series will be held agaon at The Jazzlab in Brunswick.

Hear about the Improvising Symposium and Equity in Tertiary Education discussion, the new Lumina Award, and so many talented Women featured across 9 days of festival, including Abi Lee, Mia Barham, Jess Green, Andrea Keller, Nat Bartsch, Holly Moore, Coco’s Lunch. Lucy Clifford. Kennedy Snow, Naked Raven, Ame;lia Evans, Genevieve Kuner and Louise Rankin!

All the festival details are found at mwijf.org.

Sonja Horbelt was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday November 24, 2024
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