Newcastle Music Festival | Hands, Feet & Animals

Delight in dance and music with Dave Brubeck’s Points on Jazz and Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” featuring duo pianists Erin Sweetman and Greg Smith, with poems by Ogden Nash narrated by Barry Shepherd, and featuring accomplished dancers from Newcastle Dance Academy, with musicians from Chamber Music in the Hunter, led by Elizabeth Holowell on violin.

Performing Artists

Erin Sweetman and Greg Smith (pianos)

Chamber Music in the Hunter: Strings: Elizabeth Holowell, Catherine Sheng-Cooper, Paul Groh, Anthea Scott-Mitchell, Heather Price; Woodwind: Jennifer St George, Zachary Donoghoe; Percussion: Charissa Ferguson

Newcastle Dance Academy dancers
Narrator: Barry Shepherd