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Leigh Carriage is an Australian vocalist, educator and songwriter.[1][2] Her festival performances include the Monterey Jazz Festival[3], Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival[4], Melbourne Women’s Jazz Festival[5], Brisbane International Jazz Festival[6] and the Brisbane Festival[7]. Carriage's 2013 album Mandarin Skyline, mixed and mastered by Grammy Award winner Helik Hadir[8], was nominated for a National Australian Jazz Bell Award[9], and Weave (2016) won NCEIA Album of the Year.[10]

Carriage is a senior lecturer in the Contemporary Music Program at Southern Cross University, where she has specialised in vocal pedagogy and ensemble direction since 1998.[11] Since 1999 Carriage has coordinated a Visiting Artists mentoring program for Women in Contemporary Music[12], and the APRA Songwriting Workshop Series for the past 15 years.[13] In 2009, Carriage was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning by the Vice Chancellor[11], and in 2019 she was nominated for an Impact Award for Professional Service.[14] She was awarded a PhD in Composition at Sydney Conservatorium of Music[11] for a dissertation that broadly encompassed her research interests in composition, performance, improvisation, collaboration and recording.

Discography

as leader

  • Weave (2016): Independent - finalist in five categories in the NCEIA Dolphin Awards and winner of Album of the Year & the Jazz Category[10] Review[15]
  • Mandarin Skyline (2013): Vitamin Records - (national and international reviews[16][17]).
  • Get Out Of Town (2012): Vitamin Records
  • On Impulse (2006): [Live][18]: Independent reviewed in ABC Limelight Magazine (October Issue, 2006) by John Shand.
  • Until (2004): [19] Independent
  • Liquid (2000): Independent

as contributor

  • Jo Jo Smith, Live At The Blue Birdy (2009)[20]
  • Carl Cleves, Before Twilight Turns to Night (2018)[21]

Publications

Book chapters

  • Heartlands: Kasey Chambers, Australian Country Music and Americana in Outback and Urban: Australian Country Music Volume 1. Australian Institute of Country Music Press: Gympie Queensland Australia[22]

Journal Articles

  • Carriage, L. (2019) Hybridity in the Music of Youn Sun Nah: Directions in Jazz Vocal Style, Australian Voice, Vol. 20, p.1–7.
  • Carriage, L. (2008) Southern Cross welcomes Katie Noonan, Voice of Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing, Vol. 21, no. 2, p. 4–5.
  • Carriage, L. (2000) The Experience of Contemporary Australian Female Vocalists: An Exploratory Study. Australian Voice. 6: 31–36
  • Carriage, L. (2018) Can Anyone Learn To Sing? For most of us the answer is yes. The Conversation The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers. May 14, 2018

Festival Performances

  • Monterey Jazz Festival, California, USA.
  • Spiegeltent, Brisbane Festival, Queensland, Australia.
  • Brisbane International Jazz Festival, Queensland, Australia.
  • Creative Jazz Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland, Australia.
  • Bangalow Music Festival (with Southern Cross Soloists), New South Wales, Australia.
  • Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Victoria, Australia.
  • Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival, Victoria, Australia.
  • Melbourne International Women’s Jazz Festival, Victoria, Australia.
  • Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Manly Jazz Festival, New South Wales, Australia.

References

  1. ^ "Steve Russell & Leigh Carriage". February 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Review of Mandarin Skyline in Rhythms Magazine". leighcarriage.com.
  3. ^ "HOME". leighcarriage.com.
  4. ^ "Jazz Made In Australia- 5th September 2016- Leigh Carriage 'Weave'". September 1, 2016.
  5. ^ https://www.thecollectingbug.com/iframe.html#/%20australianjazzmuseum~poster~15037/item/subcollection/printedmaterial
  6. ^ "Brisbane International Jazz Festival 2014". www.weekendnotes.com.
  7. ^ "Jazz on Sundays". www.brisbanefestival.com.au.
  8. ^ "Amrap's AirIt | Australian Music Radio Airplay Project :: Soul :: Leigh Carriage - Mandarin Skyline". airit.org.au.
  9. ^ "Leigh Carriage". OpenSea.
  10. ^ a b Encalada, Javier. "Who are the Dolphin Award winners 2016?". Northern Star.
  11. ^ a b c "SelectedWorks - Dr Leigh Carriage". works.bepress.com.
  12. ^ "Women in Music - Southern Cross University". www.scu.edu.au.
  13. ^ "APRA AMCOS songwriters masterclass - Southern Cross University". www.scu.edu.au.
  14. ^ "Finalists - Southern Cross University". www.scu.edu.au.
  15. ^ O'Sullivan, Barry (November 10, 2016). "weave leigh carriage".
  16. ^ "Album review by Chris McNulty: Mandarin Skyline – 'an outstanding, creative accomplishment'". November 13, 2013.
  17. ^ Jazz, All About. "Leigh Carriage: Get Out Of Town/Mandarin Skyline article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
  18. ^ "♫ On Impulse - Leigh Carriage. Listen @cdbaby" – via store.cdbaby.com.
  19. ^ "♫ Until - Leigh Carriage. Listen @cdbaby" – via store.cdbaby.com.
  20. ^ "Live At The Blue Birdy". Sanity.
  21. ^ "Carl Cleves". www.carlcleves.com.
  22. ^ Haywood, Philip; Music, Australian Institute of Country (February 6, 2003). "Outback and urban : Australian country music. Vol. 1". Gympie, Qld. : AICM Press for the Australian Institute of Country Music – via Trove.
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