Winter 2026

I know it’s nearly summer, but spring got away from me and now I’ve discovered I deleted all the photos from our winter gigs. I’m not very good at taking photos and I obviously decided they weren’t worth keeping, forgetting I might want some photos for this, even if they’re not very good. So you’ll have to use your imagination instead.

One of our winter highlights was C and M’s wedding at beautiful Millbrook Winery in Jarrahdale. It’s possibly one of my favourite wedding venues. The couple requested a few movements of The American Quartet by Dvorak, as the bride is a cellist. We had fun learning this masterpiece and performed it a few weeks later at an intimate concert in North Perth, surrounded by friends and fairy lights.

In August our Melbourne musicians got to perform at the ceremony and reception of M and W’s wedding. First at a church in Richmond and then in the La Trobe Reading Room of the state library for the reception! As a proud bookworm I was excited about this one! Again, I deleted the photos from this wedding, so here’s a photo of the Dolly Parton tribute concert we put on recently. It’s not the state library, but Dolly gave away thousands of books so…

Later in August I did a solo violin performance for S and M’s wedding in the Chapel of St Michael the Archangel, one of my favourite churches in Perth. It was a very intimate wedding, with only twelve guests, who sat in a semi-circle surrounding the couple and priest in a loving embrace. I was honoured to be part of this circle. After spending half the service wondering why I recognised the groom’s mum, I realised she worked in the deli at the local supermarket where I grew up. I got to have a chat with her after the service. Again, no photos from this one, but here’s one of our new mascots.

That’s all for now. We’re busy in prime wedding season, enjoying the lovely weather. I’m also excited to perform at Perth Book Club’s community reading picnic in two weeks. Check out their instagram for more details.