Yvette Audain

Musician • Composer • Tutor

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APO Open Day 2013

APO Open Day 2013

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2013 Open Day in Manukau, South Auckland. A presentation from the APO's 'Remix the Orchestra' project; Yvette (up front) takes a sax solo over one of the tracks.

Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band tour, 2009

Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band tour, 2009

Yvette is on tenor saxophone here, at Wellington's 'Mighty Mighty' (a great venue that is sadly set to close down soon). Photo credit: Stephen Gibbs.

'Loop City' the album!

'Loop City' the album!

The cover of the 2013 CD recording of Loop City, the commission with which Yvette returned from her year in Melbourne. Poetry written and spoken by Amanda Anastasi and Steve Smart, and violin/octave violin/recorded loops by Sarah Curro.

The Committee presents: Clocktower 2013

The Committee presents: Clocktower 2013

Performing Yvette's work scatter in the University of Auckland Clocktower: Tom Pierard (cello); Yvette Audain (alto sax); Sharon Baylis (viola). Photo credit: Ted Audain.

The Bootleggers - Steampump III, 2012

The Bootleggers - Steampump III, 2012

The event theme is 'steampunk', and the vintage jazz band is The Bootleggers: Yvette Audain (clarinet/soprano sax); Nikola Shaw (sousaphone); Daniel Sowter (guitar); Andrew Nolte (drums). At the Arts House Meat Market, Melbourne.
 

APO Remix the Orchestra @ Auckland Festival of the Arts, 2013

APO Remix the Orchestra @ Auckland Festival of the Arts, 2013

The culmination of APO's 2013 'Remix the Orchestra' workshop, held in West Auckland. A handful of participants (all rap and hip-hop musicians) were selected to complete and perform their works in the Crystal Palace, Aotea Square, Auckland, alongside professional performers such as APO musicians and King Kapisi (pictured)

Westlake Concert Band perform 'Skirmish In Seven' at the 2013 KBB Music Festival

Westlake Concert Band perform 'Skirmish In Seven' at the 2013 KBB Music Festival

Commissioned by the Manukau Concert Band for their 40th anniversary in 2011, Skirmish In Seven went on to receive a repeat performance by the Westlake Concert Band (conducted by Warwick Robinson) at the 2013 KBB Music Festival. The band were presented with the award for 'Best Performance of a New Zealand Work' in the concert bands category.

Cuban Accent Banda @ Juice Bar, Parnell, 2013

Cuban Accent Banda @ Juice Bar, Parnell, 2013

Having always harboured a desire to play Latin American music, Yvette found herself in Auckland's Cuban Accent Banda for the first six months of 2013. A wonderful odyssey, during which plenty of people danced.

Impromptu busk in the park, December 2012

Impromptu busk in the park, December 2012

With Kenny Keppel in a spontaneous outdoor jam near the Telecom Christmas tree!

Surrey Hills Music Festival promotion, October 2012

Surrey Hills Music Festival promotion, October 2012

Yvette presented a short bracket of her own material on clarinet and saxophone at her (then) local music festival in Melbourne. World-famous in Surrey Hills...

Brett's New Internationals, Tauranga Jazz Festival, Easter 2010

Brett's New Internationals, Tauranga Jazz Festival, Easter 2010

What a great set of dance music, popular song and pre-big-band jazz from the 1920s, presented by New Zealand's only authentic 1920s dance orchestra Brett's New Internationals, in which Yvette led the reeds (clarinet, soprano and alto saxophone) and sang in the vocal trio 'The Syncopettes'. The players number about 15, and here is the female contingent. Photo credit: Richard Singleton.

Frilly Knickers Jazz Band @ Barham Jazz Festival, 2012

Frilly Knickers Jazz Band @ Barham Jazz Festival, 2012

Melbourne's all-female Frilly Knickers Jazz Band at Barham Jazz Festival, an annual event in NSW, Australia. Presenting mostly Dixieland jazz tunes.

Fringe In The Park, February 2011

Fringe In The Park, February 2011

Yvette promoting her 2011 Auckland Fringe show Grooves Unspoken: Music By Yvette Audain. Myers Park, Auckland. Photo credit: Oliver Macro.

 The creative team behind  Loop City  at its finale performance, Deakin Edge, Melbourne, November 2013. L - R: Amanda Anastasi, Steve Smart (poets), Yvette Audain (composer), Sarah Curro (violinist). Photo credit as yet unrecalled - if you know who t

The creative team behind Loop City at its finale performance, Deakin Edge, Melbourne, November 2013. L - R: Amanda Anastasi, Steve Smart (poets), Yvette Audain (composer), Sarah Curro (violinist). Photo credit as yet unrecalled - if you know who took it please contact me!

 Participating in Phil Dadson's  February Music  at Auckland's Trish Clark Gallery, September 2015, with Peter Willis (bowls). Photo credit: Adrian Croucher.

Participating in Phil Dadson's February Music at Auckland's Trish Clark Gallery, September 2015, with Peter Willis (bowls). Photo credit: Adrian Croucher.

Neighbouring Planets @ Kirehe, October 2018

Neighbouring Planets @ Kirehe, October 2018

House concert at Kirehe, Coromandel Peninsula, October 2018, on a bill with Soul Sax Plus and Gumtown Blues. Yvette Audain (soprano sax); David Kohout (drums); Dix Ozier (guitar); Joe Stodart (bass).

Neighbouring Planets - Balancing the Light

Neighbouring Planets - Balancing the Light

Neighbouring Planets (Yvette Audain; Dix Ozier) present Balancing the Light, a programme of their own original music, at Whitianga’s Embassy of Friendship, February 2019. Audience members were invited to bring a cushion for meditation - many partook.

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APO Open Day 2013
Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band tour, 2009
'Loop City' the album!
The Committee presents: Clocktower 2013
The Bootleggers - Steampump III, 2012
APO Remix the Orchestra @ Auckland Festival of the Arts, 2013
Westlake Concert Band perform 'Skirmish In Seven' at the 2013 KBB Music Festival
Cuban Accent Banda @ Juice Bar, Parnell, 2013
Impromptu busk in the park, December 2012
Surrey Hills Music Festival promotion, October 2012
Brett's New Internationals, Tauranga Jazz Festival, Easter 2010
Frilly Knickers Jazz Band @ Barham Jazz Festival, 2012
Fringe In The Park, February 2011
 The creative team behind  Loop City  at its finale performance, Deakin Edge, Melbourne, November 2013. L - R: Amanda Anastasi, Steve Smart (poets), Yvette Audain (composer), Sarah Curro (violinist). Photo credit as yet unrecalled - if you know who t
 Participating in Phil Dadson's  February Music  at Auckland's Trish Clark Gallery, September 2015, with Peter Willis (bowls). Photo credit: Adrian Croucher.
Neighbouring Planets @ Kirehe, October 2018
Neighbouring Planets - Balancing the Light

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