The Cloudmaker Celebrate Their Goddesses
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Freya Schack-Arnott spoke about her music playing the cello and the Nyckelharpa, and the music of The Cloudmaker ensemble. Their music celebrates goddesses from each of the five band members cultures, sharing thier folkloric stories and interweaving their story strands in their new music. The groups genesis occurred when Te Kahureremoa Taumata, Sunny Kim and Aviva Endean met on a residency at The Banff Centre in Canada in 2019.
The Cloudmaker consists of Aviva Endean (bass clarinet, harmonic flutes and electronics), Te Kahureremoa Taumata (voice/Taonga Pūoro – Māori singing treasures), Freya Schack-Arnott (cello/nyckelharpa – Nordic fiddle), Maria Moles (drums) and Sunny Kim (voice).
The Cloudmaker relased their self-titled album in 2025.
The Cloumaker will be performing in the David Li Sound Gallery at the Monash University Big Jazz Day Out on Saturday March 21, 2026.
Freya Schack-Arnott was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday March 8, 2026
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