THE FIR TRIO – Built around Kristina Frazer’s beautiful voice, the Fir Trio features an eclectic repertoire, loosely billed as jazz. Swing standards, blues, contemporary songs and originals all have found their way into the trio’s repertoire. Kristina and her gorgeous voice lead veteran sidemen Andrew Ireland (double bass, voice) and Andrew Russell (guitar, voice) through their varied repertoire.

Their vocal trio is an outstanding feature of the group and their musical sense of humour infuses very performance.

KANIMBLA STRING QUARTET – The string quartet is the Rolls Royce of musical ensembles, offering the listener a broad palette of timbres, moods and dynamics. From Beethoven to Eleanor Rigby, Carnegie Hall to the Gang Gang Gallery it offers up a sonic feast.

Jazz with string quartet is not new. There are great examples dating back to the 1950s which are worth seeking out, notably Gunther Schuller & John Lewis.

Today’s concert will leave towering masterpieces to the titans and the tawdry depths of advertising soundtracks to the bottom feeders; our goal is simply some good musical fun.

We hope you have fun too!