We recently caught up with Melbourne-based musical theatre star, Angela Scundi, to ask her what it was like to originate the role of Mary Morris in Castle Gillian – The Musical. See it complete in the video below. Angela has worked extensively across stage and screen in Australia and abroad. Most recently, Angela delighted audiences as […]
Meet Angela Scundi From Castle Gillian – The Musical Read More »
The original cast recording of Castle Gillian will be released later this year. Label details are being currently being finalised. The fabulous cast includes some of Australia’s finest musical theatre talent. In alphabetical order they include, Brenda Addie, Zak Brown, Paul Dawber, Mark Dickinson, Adrian Li Donni, Madeleine Featherby, Nigel Huckle, Cameron MacDonald, Jordon Mahar,
We have created a bespoke map of Ireland, courtesy of our brilliant illustrator on the Castle Gillian project – Laura Hallett. As long time fans of Laura’s beautuful illustrations, we reached out to her and asked whether she would make a special, isometric, map of Ireland for us. The result is a fun and interactive
Castle Gillian Interactive Map of Ireland Read More »
We have had so much fun putting together this interactive map of contemporary Ireland’s ever expanding Whiskey industry. Irish whiskey is one of the fastest growing markets in the world – and for good reason. For a history of how Ireland lost many of its distilleries, check out the article by Maurice Walsh who was
Ireland’s Distilleries Map Read More »
This is a great article about defining Flamenco and the mystery of how the music can emanate both from within and externally simultaneously. Explanations about the Art of Flamenco are often given with rather vague if not contradictory generalities to be of much use to anyone other than aficionados. I think this article by Jason
A Really Good Explanation – What is Flamenco? Read More »
Yes, it’s undeniably true: I am fascinated by Mssrs. Catherwood and Stephens – and now in colour! So, here’s a quick reminder. These are the guys who, in 1840, set out and trekked around Mexico and Central America documenting all sorts of stuff. Stephens wrote a major tome entitled ‘Incidents of Travel in Central America,
Catherwood & Stephens Do Amaze and Inspire Me Read More »
This is an image from the non-fiction volume, ‘Nights and Days On the Gypsy Trail’ published in 1922. Written by an American of Gypsy descent, Irving Brown, I finally obtained a copy of this book that I had heard about, but never actually seen available. To be fair, I was looking for a 1st. Edition
Nights and Days on the Gypsy Trail (1922) Read More »
Located on Calle 57 near Calle 50, the Museo de la Canción Yucateca is one of the great places to visit in Mérida – and fundamentally important as an archive for researching music for The Mapmaker’s Opera! The museum was founded on November 5, 1978, at the initiative of Mrs. Rosario Caceres Baqueiro Chamomile, granddaughter
Museo de la Canción Yucateca (Museum of the Yucatecan Song) Read More »
I thought I would do a quick post on the basics of Flamenco Percussion, as percussion in The Stranger from Seville (adapted from the novel, The Mapmaker’s Opera, by Béa Gonzalez) is an integral element to the sound world we create in the Musical. Contextually, we make use of the flamenco sound world especially in
An Introduction To Flamenco Percussion Read More »
I am learning, and writing, about great Trova Yucateca musicians in this next series of posts whilst we are in preparation to record the 10th audio demo for The Mapmaker’s Opera, adapted from the novel by Béa Gonzalez. I’ve gone back to the rich vein of Mexican music that comes from the Yucatán peninsula, as
Great Trova Yucateca Musicians #1 Read More »
