Jazz & Contemporary Ensembles Concerts

This concert highlights both time-tested jazz standards and original compositions by jazz staff and student composers and presents them within a range of musical styles and performance ensembles from intimate vocal duos, to forward looking fusion instrumental combos and studio ready contemporary music session ensembles.

Duke Ellington Ensemble (Con Campbell) 

Emma English - Vocals 

Andre Cheyne-Dubrowolski - Guitar 

Oscar Schroder - Guitar 

Naoise Boden-Brown - Bass 

Connor Moloney - Drums 

 
Songs: 

Take the A Train - Billy Strayhorn 

Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington 

Caravan - Juan TizolDuke Ellington/Juan Tizol 

Lachlan's Thursday Ensemble 

Emily Horton-Hume - Vocals 

Jesse Hudson - Piano 

Caleb Mahler - Piano 

Brodie Thompson - Guitar 

Oscar Winter-Giles - Bass 

Taj Dando - Drums 

Songs: 

Alter The Aperture - Lisa Young 

What is this thing called love - Cole Porter 

Doodlin - Horace Silver / Jon Hendricks 

Miro’s Friday Ensemble  

Evangeline Osborne - Voice 

Oscar Boswell - Guitar 

Evan Teece - Bass 

Jesse Hudson - Piano 

Ben Rankin – Drums 

Songs:  

Four - Miles Davis 

Here’s That Rainy Day - Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke 

The Jody Grind - Horace Silver 

Jazz Combo - Nick McBride 

Lucie Natalizio - Voice 

Liam Burke - Guitar 

Odette Earl - Guitar 

Evan Teece - Bass 

Finlay Bylett - Piano 

Ben Rankin - Drums 

Songs: 

Visions - Stevie Wonder 

Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard 

Nakamarra - Hiatus Kaiyote 

 
Miles Davis Ensemble  - Con Campbell 

Cheryl Lo Alto - Saxophone 

Ted Karlowatz - Trumpet 

Micah Knight - Piano 

Daniel Isherwood - Guitar 

Evan Teece - Bass 

Oliver Stott - Drumset 

Songs: 
81 - Ron Carter/Miles Davis 

Nardis - Miles Davis 

Seven Steps to Heaven - Victor Feldman 

The Soup Tin Babies  

Joshua Cougar - Drums  

Andre Cheyne-Dobrowlski - Guitar and Bass  

Saxon Purcell - Guitar and Bass  

Cameron Rutten - Piano  

Sophia Carlton - Vocals  

Ella Craig - Vocals  

Songs: 

How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gee's  

The Last Time - Kristin Beradi  

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  

Recording Ensemble (Miro Bukovsky) 

Sophia Carlton - Voice 

Mikah Knight - Piano 

Felix Huber - Piano 

Reuben Hinton - Piano 

Oscar Winter-Giles - Guitar 

Daniel Isherwood - Guitar 

Shivansh Vachaspati- Electric bass 

Connor Moloney -Drums 

Songs: 

Change Partners - Antonio Carlos Jobim, 

Fly on the Wall  - Connor Moloney 

Vivid - Micah Knight 

Image: Jazz & Contemporary Ensembles Concerts, May 2025. Photo by Yun Hu /ANU.