Following a hugely successful national tour in 2023 as a quartet, Cathy Irons (viola/violin) and Dan Robertson (keyboard) team up to perform light jazz classics, folk dance, passionate tangos and haunting ancient melodies.
About the artists:
Cathy Irons (violin, viola) is a versatile violinist, performing regularly in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and touring ensemble concerts throughout NZ with programmes from baroque to jazz. Her playing as been described by reviewers as sonic fireworks that dazzle with all their brilliance and characterised by inspirational musicianship. She has performed in the Cavell Leitch NZ Jazz and Blues Festival, the Dunedin Fringe Festival, Arrowtown Spring Arts Festival and most recently toured for Arts on Tour NZ.
Dan Robertson (piano) has performed at the New Zealand Arts Festival, with his own trio at the Christchurch jazz festival and with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra for the Last Night of the Proms series. While in Melbourne Dan teamed up with award winning song writer Cam Giles-Webb and appeared on several of Cam's albums as well as regular gigs at Dizzy's Jazz Bar, The Paris Cat, The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, The Eltham Jazz Festival, and the Castlemain Jazz Festival. His work as pianist in Trios and in Showbands on cruise ships has taken him to New York, Hawaii, and the Caribbean.
Doors open 6pm, concert starts at 7pm
Tickets: Waged $20 | Unwaged $15 | Under 12's Free
via: thelyric.nz/tickets or on the door
