PACIFIC CURLS
PACIFIC CURLS - 7:30pm Sat 06 Mar 2010
After a successful tour of Canada, New Caledonia, South Korea and Europe, Pacific Curls are coming home for 2010. Their unprecedented combination of Scottish fiddle, Taonga Puoro (traditional Mäori instruments), ukuleles, cajon, guitar, kalimba, percussion and those awesome vocals have captivated audiences wherever they have gone. With a new CD under their belt, this tour is back by demand!
Ora Barlow (Te Whanau-A-Apanui) is a musician, songwriter and co-founder of Pacific Curls. Having received her Honours degree in music at Southern Cross University, Ora plays percussion, Taonga Puoro, ukulele and vocals and has toured the world with many musical projects.
Kim Halliday (Rotuma, NZ Scottish) has studied and performed with some of the finest musicians in the world including Robert Fripp and Nigel Gavin. Kim plays piano, ukulele, percussion and vocals and has been involved in many recording projects and bands, both in NZ and overseas.
Sarah Beattie (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) studied at the world renowned Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Beyond her work with Pacific Curls she has also toured with groups such as The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Brave Hearts of Scotland and trance dance band Loonaloop.
Tickets: $25
or $20 for Friends of the Gallery, or group bookings of five+
Comments on Pacific Curls tour with AOTNZ February/March 2009
Friday evening saw the start of the cabaret 'Nights on The Town 'series.Pacific Curls - what can I say but WOW WOW WOW.
Here are three incredibly gifted women who together create the most beautiful, sensitive, emotive, inspiring and unique music. Their blend of Scottish, Pacific, South American and African influences make this group individual.
The sounds from traditional Maori instruments as well as kalimba, ukuleles, fiddle, guitar and vocals are used subtly with magnificent sensitivity to shape veils of delicate sublimity within their original compositions.
Exotic rhythms, Celtic fiddle, Te Reo, brilliant compositions, fabulous vocals, exceptional musicianship and personality plus, make Pacific Curls world class - think I've run out of adjectives!
Mike Nettman Northern News and The Bay Chronicle Kerikeri
Pacific Curls gig was a resounding success. Capacity audience was captivated by the girls’ innovation and dexterity. Such an unusual combination of talents is very difficult to classify but adds up to great entertainment. Credit too to Arts On Tour for making such a wide variety of artistes accessible to provincial New Zealand. Opotiki has certainly benefited greatly from your endeavours with sell-out concerts so far this year. We are now in the process of seeking a larger venue in order to cater for a growing audience. Your initiative is proving a winning formula for us so keep up the good work. Opotiki CAC
Pacific Curls put on a truly memorable performance that was very well received. We would love to invite them back. Okarito Community Arts
We very much enjoyed their concert. Riverton Soundshell Trust
A strong well balanced group with good interaction. Great vocals and interesting blend of instruments...great to have such a powerful and skilled female group with Maori roots. Karamea Arts Council
A great show. The quality is superb. They interact so well with the audience, would have again. Inangahua Community Arts Council
Great performance-well received. Alexandra Community Arts
To achieve the fusion of such seemingly different musical cultures was very impressive...we’d be happy to have them again... Roxburgh and District Arts Society
High quality and energy performance. Not just excellent musicians but produce a top class performance... Onewhero Society of Performing Arts
Excellent - a superb evening of music and humour. Whakatane Community Arts Council
Great night! South Hokianga Community Arts Council
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