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Hello dear friends! Guess what … we have a NEW EPISODE of Outside the MusicBox for you! We did in fact record this in 2021 and are just finally getting around to publishing it now, but this is a very fun chat about some awesome music with the brilliant Aussie violist, Katie Yap . Go check it out (link in bio 🎧)! And maybe we’ll even have more episodes for you in the future. Crazier things have happened… 🫣😎

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MusicBox:

That’s a wrap on Songs of Home! It was amazing to be able to share stories, songs, tunes, dances, and questions about where music sits in post-colonial countries’ histories and identities. Thank you to The Grey Space in the Middle and Utopie Grand Café for hosting us and to NORMA for funding us. Huge thank you to our wonderful musicians & . And of course to all the lovely inquisitive engaging audiences we had last week. Til next time!

Thanks Australian Embassy in the Netherlands! Come along to The Grey Space in the Middle tonight and Utopie Grand Café on Saturday. All concerts are pay as you feel and bar open throughout. See you there!

This Thursday! Concert 1 of 3 🦘🎻🐊
Posted • The Grey Space in the Middle] With their concert series and a podcast breaks down barriers surrounding conventional classical music. This Thursday 23/02 they present a multidisciplinary performance exploring the vivid sounds and complex dark stories of early colonial Australia, performed by The Matildas at The Grey Space The Grey Space in the Middle].

The Matildas, made up of musicians from the colonised land now known as Australia, with special guests from the US and UK, together perform Songs of Home, where they explore the music from a complex and turbulent period in Australia’s history. Through Songs of Home, the forgotten sounds of folk songs, ballads, fantastical tales, and lively dances carried by Europeans to Australia around the turn of the 19th century are brought to life.

Entry to the event is donation based and more information can be found at thegreyspace.net/program.

19:00 Thursday 23 Feb | 15:00 & 20:00 Saturday 25 Feb | Songs of Home | | 🐊🎻🦘

Flyers are up in The Grey Space in the Middle for MusicBox’s Songs of Home concert. 19:00 next Thursday 23 February. Be there or be square 🦘

More details here: https://fb.me/e/2jZk8JYl7

If you missed our Songs of Home program last October, never fear! We are back this month with 3 concerts at The Grey Space in the Middle and Utopie Grand Café. See you there!

Songs of Home: The vivid sounds and complex dark stories of early colonial Australia

Songs of Home is a multi-genre performance exploring the vivid sounds and complex dark stories of early colonial Australia. The Matildas, made up of musicians from the colonised land now known as Australia with special guests from the US and UK, explore the music from a complex and turbulent period in Australia’s history. The forgotten sounds of folk songs, ballads, fantastical tales, and lively dances brought by Europeans to Australia around the turn of the 19th century are intertwined with Baroque music from mainland Europe, new Australian music, and Australian indigenous and colonial stories and poems. Join us as we explore the rich, quirky, and often dark musical storylines that have shaped the complex country and peoples of Australia.

Thursday 23 Feb, 2023
Concert: 19:00
The Grey Space in the Middle
Paviljoensgracht 20-24, 2512BP, Den Haag
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/2jZk8JYl7

Saturday 25 Feb, 2023
Concert: 15:00
Grand Cafe Utopie
Waldeck Pyrmontkade 116, 2518JR, Den Haag
Bar open throughout
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/3dsh461sE

Saturday 25 Feb, 2023
Concert: 20:00
Grand Cafe Utopie
Waldeck Pyrmontkade 116, 2518JR, Den Haag
Bar open throughout
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/1X0f01pj7

The Matildas:
Emma Williams (Australia) – violin/voice
Anna Jane Lester (United States) – violin
Jonty Coy (Australia) – traverso/voice
Alex Baker (United States) – viola da gamba
Marlowe Heywood-Thornes (United Kingdom) - guitar

These concerts are generously supported by NORMA

Thank you to everyone who came to the Songs of Home concerts over the weekend at and 🙏 We had such an amazing time sharing music, songs, stories, and asking questions about the changing nature of home and the colonial history of what is now called Australia. Til next time!
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Rehearsals for our Songs of Home concerts are going super well and we’re really excited to share lots of Scottish folk music, dances, chamber music, songs, poems and stories with you all this weekend!

MusicBox and Lambertus Concerten present:
Songs of Home
19:00, Friday 28 Oct
Free concert!
3TREESceramics, Den Haag
https://fb.me/e/218VABc6y

20:00, Saturday 29 Oct
Free concert!
Utopie Grand Café, Den Haag
https://fb.me/e/1XKM7eg3l

15:00, Sunday 30 Oct
Ridderzaal kasteel, Helmond
https://www.lambertusconcerten.nl/event/the-matildas-songs-of-home/

Emma Williams Rachael Beesley Jonty Coy Marlowe Heywood-Thornes Madeleine Bouïssou Sarah Papadopoulos

Thanks for the shout out, Australian Embassy in the Netherlands! We're looking forward to sharing this project with Aussie expats and locals alike on 28, 29 and 30 Oct 🎻

Australian music group, The Matildas (featuring special guests from the US and UK), will be performing their ‘Songs of Home’ concert in The Hague on Friday 28 October and Saturday 29 October, and in Helmond on Sunday 30 October. In this multi-genre performance, the forgotten sounds of folk songs, ballads, fantastical tales, and lively dances brought by Europeans to Australia around the turn of the 19th century are brought to life by musicians specialising in historical performance styles. Event details below:

MusicBox presents:
Friday 28 Oct, 2022
3TreesCeramics, Den Haag
Doors open: 18:30, concert: 19:00
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/218VABc6y

Saturday 29 Oct, 2022
Grand Cafe Utopie, Den Haag
Doors open: 19:30, concert: 20:00
Bar open throughout
Pay as you feel
Event details: https://fb.me/e/1XKM7eg3l

Lambertus Concerten presents:
Sunday 30 Oct, 2022
Ridderzaal kasteel, Helmond
Concert: 15:00
Tickets and event details: https://www.lambertusconcerten.nl/event/the-matildas-songs-of-home/

The Matildas:
Rachael Beesley (Australia) – violin/voice
Emma Williams (Australia) – violin/voice
Sarah Papadopoulus (Australia) – violin/viola/voice
Jonty Coy (Australia) – traverso/voice
Alex Baker (United States) – viola da gamba
Marlowe Heywood-Thomas (United Kingdom) - guitar