Composer/Sound Artist Susan Hawkins has released her latest EP featuring Collusion’s own Benjamin Greaves. Collusion will collaborate with Susan in 2012 on a very exciting venture.....soon to be made public.

Purchase her EP at itunes and be swept away by her beautiful creations. Ambient, chilling, spine tingling, evocative, beautiful, thoughtful, emotional...........

http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/light-from-below-ep/id472789608

Frequent Collusion collaborator choreographer Gareth Belling, will be Collusion’s Choreographer in residence and a member of Collusion from 2012. Gareth who made his choreographic debut with Collusion has received rave reviews for his latest 20 minute length work for Queensland Ballet. ‘Transition Sequence’ to Australian composer Carl Vine’s ‘Smith’s Alchemy’ is billed as striking and highly structural. Read the full review here. Belling is a JUMP mentee under the mentorship of revered Dutch choreographer Nills Christie. The mentorship is made possible with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts and Youth Arts Qld. Belling also received assistance from Arts Qld to attend the Swiss Choreographic Project in Zurich, a course he was selected to attend.

www.garethbelling.com

or check out this fabulous clip of his work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMoOjMQrkY&feature=related

Our fabulous Diana Tolmie performed Soprano Sax’ with Violinists Graeme Jennings, Collusion’s Benjamin Greaves, Violist Raquel Bastos, and Cellist Patrick Murphy earlier in 2011. Check out these great clips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auKP2sZF89k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMpHTQsm2ak

Benjamin Greaves has returned from an overseas study tour, taking lessons from seasoned Czech, Ukranian and US musicians at the International Music Academy in the Czech Republic. Private lessons with the highly seasoned musicians Salomia Soroka, Daniela Souckova, Frantisek Soucek, and Kirsten Yon were invaluable for ongoing inspiration, as were chamber music studies with the superb and musically passionate Jiri Zigmund. The study tour was made possible with the assistance of a Professional Development grant from Arts Qld.