Four Winds in Barragga Bay | Performance & event venue

Four Winds

Locality: Barragga Bay

Phone: +61 2 6493 3366

Address: 17 Four Winds Rd 2546 Barragga Bay, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.fourwinds.com.au

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25.01.2022 The four fabulous women of Enigma Quartet about to head on to the Windsong Pavilion stage and thrill us all with some beautiful playing: Beethoven, Sutherland and Brahms, a little rolling thunder and a drenching shower Co-presented by Great Southern nights for Australian Music Month Thank you to everyone who came along, our lovely volunteers and this fine quartet ... Classical music is alive and well in Bermagui Enigma Quartet Great Southern Nights See more

25.01.2022 Free concert streams on Facebook During the corona crisis, The Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam and fifteen other leading European classical concert halls collaborate for a unique digital programming: together they stream a different concert from their archive every night.

25.01.2022 India Hartley has been playing music since primary school. She’s performed at Spring Youth Music Festivals in the past, on guitar, percussion and voice I’ve been playing music since childhood, I don’t see it as a career, but I definitely want to experience music throughout my life 2020? There was so much expectation and then it all just dissolved.... I think we’ve come through it well, it’s been a learning experience: what do you do when you don’t know what’s going on? I hope people have learned to sit, to not have to do all the time, but sit and feel things, like a collective experience to slow down a little and just sit and know you are a part of something bigger than yourself. Walking in to the Windsong Pavilion is the most beautiful thing, just walking into the room you feel a sudden peace and mentors Kris and Tony from Beautifully Mad, they’re incredible. The workshops on songwriting and the process, how to get through the process, trust in the process, I’ve learned so much. I’m honoured to be a part of this whole project, and have the opportunity to sing and work with amazing people at this place. #youthmusic#musicresources#youngsinger#compositions#youthcompositions#creativeoutlet#music#onlinemusiclesson#onlinemusic#musiceducation#sydney#covid#youngpeople#orchestra#youthmusicfestival #springyouthmusic @1ndi_jay See more

24.01.2022 250 years ago this month, James Cook first sighted the Australian continent, and claimed it as British territory. But few of us have ever heard the story of thi...s moment as remembered by the first inhabitants of this land. The Yuin people of the NSW far south coast saw the Endeavour pass by offshore and knew that it was a sign of something not right. They lit smoke signals to warn people further up the coast. Djiringanj Yuin knowledge-holder Warren Ngarrae Foster was passed down the story of what his ancestors saw when the Endeavour sailed past Yuin Country, and shares it with great generosity. #WalkingTogether Video by Vanessa Milton and Carmen Pratap, footage of Gulaga Dancers by Dean Brosche, Grow the Music. See more

24.01.2022 Sonya Lifschitz will perform Robert Davidsons Stalins Piano at the Windsong Pavilion in October. We have adapted our forthcoming live performance program to ensure that live music will once again flow from Four Winds as we head into Spring. Restrictions allowing, we hope to welcome audiences in small numbers to the Windsong Pavilion. We will also create digital content from the performances and make that available on-line after the event. So even if you are not able to at...tend in person you will still be able to see some wonderful musicians performing at Four Winds. We are planning a season of three Windsong Series concerts. For obvious reasons there are still some details to iron out but our plans include welcoming Timo-Veikko Valve, Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra; pianist Sonja Lifschitz with her amazing project Stalins Piano in which the original virtuosic score for solo piano by Robert Davidson melds with orations from the likes of Bertolt Brecht, Goebbles, JFK, Ai Wei Wei, Stalin, Sontag, Gillard and Trump all of whom appear on screen throughout the performance. The Windsong Series will also feature a visiting ensemble yet to be announced! Joy at Christmas will be brought to you by the stunning, youthful voices of professional chamber choir Luminescence planned for 19 December 2020. We will have very limited tickets on sale for these events to ensure social distancing, so please watch your inbox for updates and on-sale dates. #sapphirecoastnsw Sapphire Coast NSW #sapphirecoast Visit NSW #FourWindsAU

23.01.2022 Well that is (almost) a wrap for the 2021 Four Winds Festival, and we have to say once again THANK YOU to all our superb volunteers Times have been crazy recently and this year our vollies certainly went above and beyond, impressing completely all of our visitors, artists and staff From car parking to entry points, artist care, ushering, admin, photos and even waste management, every single one of our volunteers embraced their tasks with care, attention and enthus...iasm. If you’d like to join our amazing family of volunteers, and receive gorgeous cultural experiences as well, please get in touch with us through our website Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, we couldn’t do it without you #volunteer #musicfestivals #outdoorfestivals #sapphirecoastnsw

23.01.2022 A welcome visitor this week when Warwick Anderson brought the Four Winds harpsichord back to the Windsong Pavilion. Its come back to us from its home in Barragga bay so a young musician involved in our Create and Inspire education program can practice for the Spring Youth Music Festival in November. Board member Kate who was visiting at the time was delighted to take the chance to play a great musical interlude to our day. #FourWindsAU

23.01.2022 The intrigue is uncovered ... Umbrellas FOR Bermagui has launched! Five large shade umbrellas magnificently handcrafted by local artists are prizes in a raffle,... with the proceeds going towards Bermaguis recovery from bushfires and COVID-19. Tickets are just $5 each - get yours with credit card payment online at https://www.rafflelink.com.au/umbrellasforbermagui or by cash at Bermagui Visitor Information Centre. WOW! See more

22.01.2022 Important information regarding your safety We are looking forward to seeing you at Four Winds concerts this weekend and into the future. Operating under current Covid Safe protocols means there are changes to the usual arrival procedures at Four Winds.... The gates will open 45 minutes before performance time, and the Windsong Pavilion doors will open 15 minutes prior to performances. In line with recent changes in NSW Health legislation, all patrons will need to sign in via a QR code. Please bring your smart phone (Telstra works better than Optus at the Windsong site) and make sure your phone is enabled to read QR codes. The QR code is provided by Kounta and allows for more than one person to sign in on the one device. If you don’t have a mobile with coverage, we will have an iPad available at the sign-in desk. Remember if you have any Covid-19 symptoms please do not come to the concert, we will arrange a refund for you. We encourage you to wear a mask if you feel comfortable and will have masks available if you require one. We look forward to seeing you at Nature's Concert Hall soon...

22.01.2022 Many music organizations have removed their pay wall and giving us the opportunity to enjoy beautiful recorded performances. Clara Schumann Piano Concerto Clara Schumanns Piano Concerto is beautiful and dazzlingly masterful. Here, we hear it performed by acclaimed pianist Lauma Skride as soloist. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra plays under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado. ... Clara Schumann was one of the nineteenth centurys most admired and influential pianists: she played in the same league as Frdric Chopin, Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Franz Liszt. She also introduced the practice of soloists playing without a score. Konserthuset Stockholm

22.01.2022 That’s a wrap, recordings in the can and the halls of the Windsong Pavilion are quiet for the evening... Tomorrow and Tuesday we will visit Kindergarten to 2s with Zeeko and chat to our producers for the lowdown... A beautiful weekend of creation and inspiration we think ... Thanks to our wonderful Digital First crew Ramona, Chris, John and Lyndon, all the parents and amazing kids who have taken part

22.01.2022 We are incredibly proud to have been selected to receive the multi-year Create NSW funding and looking forward to delivering many creative and performance opportunities for artists, audiences and participants.

21.01.2022 Sharing this wonderful post after experiencing the inspiring session Enigma Quartet members spent with our youth orchestra strings Posted @withregram @theenigmaquartet Mumbulla mountain provided a majestic background for our Bega Valley Youth Orchestra outreach workshops today. It was a pleasure to hear the wonderful students & we were so impressed with the wonderful work the teachers Vanessa, Anna & Geoffrey are doing! The future of string playing looks very bright in the Bega Valley region

21.01.2022 Incredible Beethoven Ode to Joy flashmob! ( Banco Sabadell)

21.01.2022 Bega Valley Together - 3 oclock conversations, April 9 Weekdays at 3 pm we share information, support and community in the midst of bushfire recovery and COVID-19. Today hear from Dr Liz Mullins from Southern NSW Local Health District and James Crabb Artistic Director with Four Winds.

19.01.2022 Enjoy listening, we are celebrating 250 Years of Beethoven

17.01.2022 The last concert in the Klner Philharmonie, before all concerts have been banned due to the Corona crisis, took place on 15 March 2020. A concert without an audience, streamed live on the Internet. The program included Johann Sebastian Bachs Johannespassion with the Bach Collegium Japan under Masaaki Suzuki. We will show you this concert on Good Friday 10 April 2020 8pm (Sydney time: Saturday 11 April 2020 4am)

17.01.2022 A beautiful recording made in isolation of Faures Nocturne by our two very special international guests Niels Bijl and Emily Granger Enjoy

16.01.2022 15 June is a significant day for Four Winds because it was on this day in 2015, our visionary Founder Neilma Gantner passed away. The inspiration that lead to Neilma creating Four Winds a love of music, friendship and the beauty of the Far South Coast - still drives and inspires us today. Thank you Neilma. #FourWindsAU

15.01.2022 The Novellas are a band drawn together by singer-songwriter Myoung Jae Yi, a Korean ex-punk, song-writer, bookshop owner and avid reader here in the Bega Valley... His songs for The Novellas are spun from his mind post-reading sessions, where the characters and stories are grist for his mill. This Friday 20th November Myoung and The Novellas will present ‘Han’t-A’ - The Book Crusher’ a story about a Czech man charged with destroying books and living under an oppressive regim...e presented as part of the Great Southern Nights events for Australian Music Month. Han’t-A’ the character, played by actor Patrick Dickson, emerges from the text to present us with his dilemmas: are his thoughts his own or those left behind by all the books he’s consumed? His confusion and longing is set against Myoung’s smooth, stylish songs and playing by Myoung (guitar, vocals), Andrew Gray (piano and vocals), Josh Becker (double bass), Georgina Hargraves (saxophone, oboe, flute, clarinet), Joseph Fragnito (drums, vibes and percussion). Whilst we revel in the flavours and traditions of popular music, our take on them offers an alternative perspective, at once refreshingly new yet somehow familiar. Myoung Jae Yi

15.01.2022 The talented, generous and charming Enigma Quartet visited Bermagui's Blue Pool this morning on their way to Four Winds and the Windsong Pavilion to continue their week of rehearsals for concerts this weekend. Tahlia Petroisan, Kerry Martin, Marianne Edwards and Rowena McNeish are enjoying the surroundings here on the South Coast, and concerts are sold out. The performances are being recorded by our Digital First team, so ultimately no one will miss out on experiencing these ...highly regarded and vibrant musicians and their Windsong concerts. Enigma Quartet See more

14.01.2022 The Berliner Philharmoniker is closed so we will come to you! The Berliner Philharmonie Digital Concert Hall now free for everyone

14.01.2022 Gift of a song | Ganbi A very special event has taken place in Bermagui Primary School. The gift of a new song Ganbi has been made from Four Winds Koori Choir Djinama Yilaga to the Indigenous children at the school. Ganbi was written by members of Djinama Yilaga during a residency led by acclaimed Indigenous singer-songwriter Lou Bennet. The Choir joined Lou for a creative weekend in Narooma just after the summer bush-fires, and before restrictions around Covid would h...ave prevented this song being created collaboratively. The song calls to all our family in nature; country, trees, birds and animals to be vigilant and look out for approaching fire. Lou and the Choir worked with linguist Trish Ellis to identify language for the song from a newly developed Dhurga dictionary. The process resulted in a song which is a direct response to the bush-fires. It also brought great joy to members of the Choir as they reconnected with their language. Like all good songwriters they hope the song will move audiences because of the significance of how, when and why it was created. The song has been gifted by members of Djinama Yilaga to Indigenous children in Bermagui Primary School so that they can learn and perform the song at the forthcoming Four Winds Youth Music Festival in November. Once the Indigenous children have learned it, they will gift Ganbi to the whole school so that everyone can learn and sing the song together. Photo: Members of Djinama Yilaga gift the song Ganbi to Indigenous children at Bermagui Primary School. Left to Right: Michelle Davison, Maria Walker, Cheryl Davison (Four Winds Aboriginal Creative Producer), Iris White, Requia Campbell, Tamsin Davison #FourWindsAU

14.01.2022 Online Concert James Crabb & Julian Smiles | Monday 20 July 2020 | 7pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Single tickets: $25 Subscribers: Free with promotional code

13.01.2022 Watch the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra musicians at home and being together in an online performance. Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest

13.01.2022 A #duetwithme playing @lloydvanthoffclarinettist in Australia and his friend @francoislourinb in Quebec. #FourWindsAU loves these online performances and initiatives. Thank you Lloyd and Francois.

12.01.2022 Here we are at the end of the last day of the Four Winds Spring Youth Music Festival Zeeko has just finished their show for Kindergarten to 2s at Tathra Public School, and so ends 5 days of extreme music education, celebration and inspiration Four Winds would like to thank everyone who joined us for the festival in this strange year of 2020, in particular the dedicated and passionate teachers, mentors and coaches who gave their all to keep our younger musicians enthusiastic..., confident, rehearsed and ready for the multitude of performances and recordings we’ve just seen Thank you thank you, Kris and Tony of @beautifullymadband Music teacher and cellist Anna Martin-Scrase Violin teacher Vanessa Vromans Local music educator Geoffrey Badger Composer and percussionist David Hewitt and other ‘Artists in Schools’ including Robyn Martin, Jacqui Howarth and Tamlyn Magee Narooma’s Dan Efraemson the visiting Quart-Ed Quartet from Sydney and our own tireless Producer Lara Crew We also thank our beautiful Koori Choir Djinama Yilaga members for sharing their songs and language with so many What would the world be like without people like these?! What would the world be like without music?

11.01.2022 For the final two days of our 2020 #springyouthmusicfestival, Zeeko will take their enviro-friendly show ‘Songs of Ocean, Air and Earth’ into local schools, visiting Kindergarten to 2s Zeeko are an eclectic rock trio inspired by the natural world, proving that music is everywhere and anywhere, you just need to find it. Zeeko's music is influenced by Carribean, jazz, blugrass and art-pop and their original and evocative songs will capture the imagination of these young a...udiences, and take them on a journey across the earth’s ecosystem. Zeeko sing songs and tell stories of courage, co-operation and ingenuity in the face of a changing climate. Nature is calling to us, and it’s time to listen! Zeeko is: JENNY LANG Vocals, Electric Guitar, Loop and Effects Pedals JESS CIAMPA Vocals, Bass Guitar DAVID HEWITT Vocals, Drumkit, Triggered Samples See more

11.01.2022 Four Winds - a Gift of Song - Join in The song is in a familiar verse-chorus form and the melody is both lively and repetitive so youll find that you can join in along the way. You can find the words on www.fourwinds.com.au (words inspired from the poems in Small Kingdoms by Anita Patel)... @gordonjhamilton The Australian Voices #FourWindsAU #FourWindsFestival #sapphirecoastnsw

10.01.2022 Join us at the Windsong Pavilion for this River of Art event. Book Launch: Mallacoota Time by Milena Cifali | Saturday 26 September | 4pm | Windsong Pavilion | Four Winds Road | Barragga Bay NSW 2546 Highly-regarded creative talent Milena Cifali is an award winning singer-songwriter, classical guitarist and poet who, along with her partner Jim Horvath, lost her home, instruments and beloved parrots in the Mallacoota bushfires on New Years Eve 2019. Out of adversity, Milena h...as written a heartfelt book sharing her personal journey towards recovery, against the larger backdrop of an unprecedented bushfire season and the Coronavirus pandemic. The book showcases Milenas considerable talents of writing, poetry, lyrics, and photography to create a stirring and timely work. At its heart is the search for home and its aim to connect with Australias fire ravaged communities and to provide solace, facilitating healing for all those suffering loss amongst these communities. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this event has very limited audience capacity. Free admission but bookings are required, to register go to www.fourwinds.com.au/whats-on Mallacoota Time by Milena Cifali #sapphirecoastnsw Sapphire Coast NSW #sapphirecoast Visit NSW #FourWindsAU Photo Pavilion by Trevor Mein

09.01.2022 We are delighted to announce a new series of Videocasts called Virtual Musings from the Windsong. This is our way of reaching out to our community, as well as sharing stories and music with you. Here is a short video which Ive made to introduce the series and you can read more about the artists Ill be collaborating with below. These informal video interviews created with Four Winds friends old and new, will explore the different musical lives of musicians and how they a...re adapting to the challenges of the present. Not forgetting the creative art, well also be including spontaneous, collaborative music-making created on-line often crossing time zones, borders and countries! Throughout the series I will be talking to and collaborating with musicians such as Genevieve Lacey (whose wonderful playing accompanies this introductory video and is taken from a recording I made with her call Heard this and Thought of You on ABC Classics), Trumpeter and Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellow Fletcher Cox, Beatboxer Tom Thum with long-term collaborator composer Gordon Hamilton, Indigenous Australian musician, actor, director and much more Lou Bennett, fellow Scottish musicians, Shetland violinist Chris Stout and Scottish harpist Catriona McKay. Local musician and folklorist Kate Burke will also be joining me for one of the episodes. The series will be released over the coming weeks and months - weve got seven planned so far - each episode will be approximately 20 minutes long. I really hope that you enjoy them as much as I did creating them. We look forward to seeing you again soon in person once its possible to do so. In the meantime on behalf of myself and the Four Winds team please stay safe and healthy. Best Wishes James Crabb | Artistic Director Sydney Symphony Orchestra | @gordonjhamilton | Catriona McKay & Chris Stout | Tom Thum | Kate Burke Music Photo Credit James Crabb by Ben Marden Photography | Windsong Pavilion by Trevor Mein

06.01.2022 After the past months spent in quiet lockdown, music filled the Windsong Pavilion again as Amelie and Luca Ziino spent a few hours playing and recording in this beautiful space. Amelie and Luca have been involved with Four Winds for a number of years, we are thrilled when they take up opportunities to participate in or watch a masterclass and when they perform at the Spring Youth Music Festival. Last week Amelie recorded a program of pieces, accompanied by her brother Luca o...n the grand piano, for her AMEB Grade 7 Video Repertoire exam in violin. Her music selection included Telemanns Fantaisie No. 9; Romance, Second movement from Wieniawskis Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 22, as well as Bartoks Bagpipers and Bear Dance. At 10 years old, Amelie has her sights set on her next exam hoping that Luca will once again be able to accompany her, while he also finishes his final year at school! Amelie is also excited about working on some new and fun pieces she would like to perform for us at the Spring Youth Music Festival in November. We wish her all the best in her endeavours! #FourWindsAU Photos by Sunny Gill

06.01.2022 Enjoy an exclusive broadcast streamed live from the Sydney Opera House on Piano Day 2020 | 28 March 2020 | 10.30am Piano Day, an annual worldwide event founded by a group of like-minded people, takes place on the 88th day of the year - because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated. For more Piano Day 2020 live streaming performances go to pianoday.org, Piano Day or use #pianoday2020

06.01.2022 If you were in the audience or involved with the 2021 Four Winds Festival in any other way, please consider helping us out with a little of your time... If you have feedback or would like to help us improve on our festival presentation, please take 10 minutes (max) to complete this anonymous survey, we appreciate your time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FourWindsFestival

06.01.2022 Thank you for your kind words, we are looking forward seeing you next year. #FourWindsAU #FourWindsFestival

05.01.2022 Last chance to be in the audience for our very special evening with The Novellas, our local band of literati-punk-popstars featuring Myoung Jae Yi and actor Patrick Dickson... 7.30pm TONIGHT. It's going to be a lovely warm evening, the bar will be operating and you will be very COVID SAFE. And all in the spectacular Windsong Pavilion. Head to http://fourwinds.com.au/whats-on/ for info and tickets.... Co-presented by Great Southern Nights

05.01.2022 Four Winds a Gift of Song. One of the beautiful things about Four Winds is that we exist beyond the conventions of the Concert Hall. This is no exception and The Australian Voices have clearly had a lot of fun shaking off the formality of a concert performance to record this latest song commissioned by Four Winds in their own homes, gardens and bathrooms. Enjoy this Easter Gift of Song from Four Winds and read more about this great project here www.fourwinds.com.au... The Australian Voices #FourWindsAU #FourWindsFestival #sapphirecoastnsw

05.01.2022 Enigma Quartet are four dedicated and passionate string players united by their love of chamber music. We welcome the quartet to Bermagui today, as they settle in to commence their week long residency, outreach program and rehearsals for two performances in the Windsong Pavilion at Four Winds A favourite performance at the 2019 Easter Festival Enigma Quartet and Shakuhachi player Riley Lee presented the Ross Edwards composed chapter of their Five Elements project. ... Drawing inspiration from the belief in many ancient cultures that the entire universe was made of just five fundamental elements, earth, air, water, fire and ether, Riley Lee and the Enigma Quartet have commissioned and selected music from Australia’s finest compositional voices to present strikingly original performances. The Enigma Quartet has a pure and joyful love for what they do and how they share it with audiences. We can't wait to share them with you all. Photo by David Rogers Photography

05.01.2022 Episode 1 - The Scottish Connection Welcome to the first of the Four Winds new series of videocasts. Im delighted to introduce you to Shetland fiddler Chris Stout who shares insights into his world and the traditions and influences of music from the Scottish Shetland Islands. Given that Four Winds is known for unique, collaborative performances it will come as no surprise that, even during lock-down, weve been able to make music together for this videocast. ... The first work we perform is a gorgeous Shetland traditional tune Da Trowie Burn. Chris explains the folkloric background to this beautiful tune before we perform it together. For the second collaboration in this episode we are joined by Catriona McKay (Scottish Harp) in a performance of a contemporary Scottish folk jewel - Louises Waltz composed by Catriona herself. She will also feature as a guest later in the series. Catriona and Chris were scheduled to perform at the Four Winds Easter Festival this year which of course was not possible. However we are looking forward to welcoming them to Four Winds in person for Easter 2020... so these online collaborations are a musical taster of whats in store next year with these fun-loving Scots! Its fair to say that Chris certainly brought out the Scottishness in me during the interview and I really hope that you enjoy our informal musings. Catriona McKay & Chris Stout | Chris Stout Photo Credit Windsong Pavilion by Trevor Mein

05.01.2022 Bagan Barra Barra Mirriwar (Land Sea Sky) Filming recommenced at dawn today... This morning Shakeela Williams wears the traditional possum skin cloak created for the project, and is ready for her performance of the song Walawaani (safe journey) ... Shakeela wrote the song as a response to being asked to perform welcomes to country and it is one of four songs in local Dhurga language being performed, and now recorded by, the Djniama Yilaga Choir The brown cloak and a white one, were created in workshops with traditional artists and the local Yuin community. The project also reconnects many indigenous people with their own language in this region Dhurga. As Cheryl Davison said "It's a stolen language and it is our treasure..." Pics by Lara Crew Watch our channels for performance and release dates @begavalleyregionalgallery @nationalmuseumofaustralia

03.01.2022 The bush fires of last summer made the usual 3 day Cobargo Folk Festival impossible to run at the usual time & location. A lovely alternative afternoon conce...rt was organised at the Four Winds Festival site South of Bermagui once things had settled down in late February. https://www.facebook.com/cobargofolkfestival/