Music News - Flow: Beautrais X De Vegt show comes to Levin
10 November 2023 - 0 Comments
From our near neighbour of Whanganui, The Flow Collective, are bringing a new show to The Ohau Hall in Levin. Presented by Dale’s Acoustic Live Events; Flow: Beautrais x de Vegt is a unique show that celebrates the Whanganui River and the stories of its people. It is made up of sixteen original compositions by Elizabeth de Vegt using poems from Airini Beautrais’ collection Flow: Whanganui River Poems (VUP2017) as lyrical inspiration. The compositions celebrate Beautrais’ poems by exploring traditional and contemporary musical forms, including jazz, working songs, sea shanties, folk, country and pop. More importantly, this unique creative collaboration elevates the stories at its core ensuring they continue to be shared and remembered.
The show features composer Elizabeth de Vegt (lead vocals, piano, guitar) with accompanists Andrew Wetherall (guitar), Hamish Jellyman (bass and backing vocals), Brad McMillan (Drums) and Elise Goodge (taonga puoro and backing vocals). The group is known as The Flow Collective.
Composer Elizabeth de Vegt (Lizzie) completed her Masters in Music majoring in Composition at Waikato University. She had the support of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation for her creative studies, including traveling to America to attend Bang on a Can. Her contemporary classical compositions have been performed internationally and by the NZSO.
Lizzie says, “We were thrilled to receive Dale’s invitation to perform at The Ohau Hall. We love performing the show in unique and quintessentially New Zealand venues and this venue is certainly that.”
Throughout the writing process for the show, the musicians worked with Te Rūnanga o Tūpoho. Renowned Whanganui artist and designer Cecelia Kumeroa, Tūpoho Arts Representative, and Sacha Te Utupoto Keating generously agreed to consult on the project. Their advice resulted in some alterations, and also affirmation that the music appropriately represents the Māori stories and kaupapa referenced within.
Flow: Beautrais x de Vegt will be performed at The Ohau Hall, Sunday 19 November at 3pm. Doors open at 2.30pm, tickets are available from Under the Radar. Admission is $20. Cash door sales, CDs and programmes will be on sale on the day. For further information about the show visit www.flowalbum.com.
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