Leo Marland Quartet + Keyna Wilkins

Doors - 7:30pm
8pm - Keyna Wilkins
9pm - Leo Marland Quartet

Tix are $25 full / $15 concession on the door only (cash or EFT)

Address - “Stadium Rockdale” Lvl 1, 5 Tramway Arcade (find the “Massage” sign, go upstairs and we’re the door on the left). Please be aware that the venue is accessible by stairs only. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Leo Marland Quartet

Leo Marland is a Sydney based saxophonist and composer currently studying a Bachelor of Music (Jazz Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Inspired by musicians such as Scott McConnachie, Matt Mitchell and Kate Gentile, Leo and his quartet will present a series of rhythmically and harmonically dense short compositions which are improvised in and between with a focus on presenting melodic material in thick textures.

Leo Marland (Alto Saxophone)
Louis Wishart (Trumpet + Piano)
Henry Hall (Double Bass)
Tom Vogel (Drum Set)

Keyna Wilkins solo

Keyna Wilkins is a trailblazing Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS).

As an innovative soloist her solo show explores stream-of-consciousness improvisations alongside her composed pieces, often using a loop pedal and found sounds, inspired by contemporary human rights issues, astronomical phenomena and thoughts.

She has collaborated with six detained refugees on various music, poetry, and art projects; these collaborations occurred via Zoom from their prison cells, as they are victims of Australia’s brutal mandatory refugee detention laws spanning nine years and uses poetry from writers from Gaza (with permission).

She has performed her solo show around USA, UK and Australia including Phoenix Central Park, MONA, Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival, Australian Flute Festival. She has released 4 solo albums on piano and flute. Her works are published by Wirripang.

While classically trained in the UK, Germany, and the Sydney Conservatorium, she has branched into jazz, flamenco, and live theatre and has studied intuitive conceptual improvisation with Tibetan Buddhist musician Tenzin Cheogyal.

“A powerhouse player” JAZZ JOURNAL UK

“Particularly fine nuanced playing throughout” LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE

“Creating soundtracks for the biggest issues of our time” JAZZ IN EUROPE

Keyna Wilkins (Piano, Flute)