Leigh Carriage
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[]
Books[]
- Carriage, L. (2021) Weave: Complete transcriptions for piano and vocal. Wagtail Books, Australia.[22]
- Carriage, L. (2021) Mandarin Skyline: Complete Piano and Vocal Transcriptions. Wagtail Books, Australia.[23]
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[24]
Journals[]
- Carriage, L. and Wren, T., (2021) The Jazz Social: Jazz performance during COVID. Perfect Beat, 21(2), pp.159-164.
- 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
Articles[]
- 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
- Carriage, L. (2020) On the 50th anniversary of her death, Janis Joplin still ignites. The Conversation The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers. Oct 2, 2020
- Carriage, L. (2020) John Lennon’s Imagine at 50: a deceptively simple ballad, a lasting emblem of hope. The Conversation The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers. Sept 9, 2020
- Carriage, L. (2021) It’s 30 years since Freddie Mercury died. His music is still the soundtrack of our lives. The Conversation The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers. Nov 24, 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/leigh-carriage-456522
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.
Awards[]
- 2021 - Nominated for Humanitarian Award, Australian Women in Music Awards [1]
- 2019 - Nominated for Vice Chancellor’s Impact Award (Professional Service)Southern Cross University.
- 2016 - 'Weave' Album of the Year, North Coast Entertainment Industry Awards.
- 2014 - 'Mandarin Skyline' nominated for a National Bell Award, Melbourne, Australia.
- 2009 - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning at Southern Cross University. The Citations recognise and reward the diverse contributions that individuals and teams make to the quality of student learning.
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Steve Russell & Leigh Carriage". February 12, 2014.
- ^ "Review of Mandarin Skyline in Rhythms Magazine". leighcarriage.com.
- ^ "HOME". leighcarriage.com.
- ^ "Jazz Made In Australia- 5th September 2016- Leigh Carriage 'Weave'". September 1, 2016.
- ^ https://www.thecollectingbug.com/iframe.html#/%20australianjazzmuseum~poster~15037/item/subcollection/printedmaterial
- ^ "Brisbane International Jazz Festival 2014". www.weekendnotes.com.
- ^ "Jazz on Sundays". www.brisbanefestival.com.au.
- ^ "Amrap's AirIt | Australian Music Radio Airplay Project :: Soul :: Leigh Carriage - Mandarin Skyline". airit.org.au.
- ^ "Leigh Carriage". OpenSea.
- ^ a b Encalada, Javier. "Who are the Dolphin Award winners 2016?". Northern Star.
- ^ a b c "SelectedWorks - Dr Leigh Carriage". works.bepress.com.
- ^ "Women in Music - Southern Cross University". www.scu.edu.au.
- ^ "APRA AMCOS songwriters masterclass - Southern Cross University". www.scu.edu.au.
- ^ "Finalists - Southern Cross University". www.scu.edu.au.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Barry (November 10, 2016). "weave leigh carriage".
- ^ "Album review by Chris McNulty: Mandarin Skyline – 'an outstanding, creative accomplishment'". November 13, 2013.
- ^ Jazz, All About. "Leigh Carriage: Get Out Of Town/Mandarin Skyline article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
- ^ "♫ On Impulse - Leigh Carriage. Listen @cdbaby" – via store.cdbaby.com.
- ^ "♫ Until - Leigh Carriage. Listen @cdbaby" – via store.cdbaby.com.
- ^ "Live At The Blue Birdy". Sanity.
- ^ "Carl Cleves". www.carlcleves.com.
- ^ {{Cite web|url=https://wagtailbooks.com.au/product/740463]
- ^ {{Cite web|url=https://wagtailbooks.com.au/product/740463]
- ^ 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.
- Southern Cross University faculty
- Living people
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni