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Whispering Gums: The Griffyns launch 2014 - You have to be hardy to be a follower (or subscriber) of Canberra’s chamber group the Griffyn Ensemble, about whom I’ve written several times before. Take, for example, the opening concert of their 2014 season. It was held at the National Library of Australia to coincide with the Mapping Our World exhibition. We started in the foyer on the ground → 
Whispering Gums: Griffyn explores Water with the Swine - Water, water, everywhere,And all the boards did shrink(from The rime of the ancient mariner bySamuel Taylor Coleridge) I suppose it could be seen as clichéd to hear these words in a concert called “Water” but when the performers are the Griffyn Ensemble, cliché would be the furthest word from your mind. “Water” was the last performance in the Water → 
Whispering Gums: Illicit Passions of Griffyns - Ha! That got you in didn’t it? Or, didn’t it? It’s been a while since I wrote about a music event. That’s not because I haven’t been to any but because I’m no expert and prefer not to put that on show too often. However, the Griffyn Ensemble is a young, talented ensemble and deserve, → 
Whispering Gums: Introducing the Griffyn Ensemble - The Griffyn Ensemble is an exciting chamber music ensemble based right here in our (that is downunder’s) national capital. The ensemble is named, in a fun wordplay, after Walter Burley Griffin, Canberra’s designer, and the mythical beast (the griffin, gryffin, or gryphon). The group was founded in December 2006 and its members are mostly, I believe, → 
Southern Sky - What happens when Mt Stromlo and Aboriginal mythology collide with an Estonian composer? In the last 1990s Estonian composer/astronomer Urmas Sisask visited Australia to compose Southern Sky based on the southern constellations. Sisask spent much time at Mt Strolmo Observatory (before it burnt down) and other observatories across Australia whilst also observing many Aboriginal rituals → 
Chapter Two – The Three Futurists - Sat 23 Aug 7pm; Sun 24 August 2pm Belconnen Arts Centre Science – Do you believe? Can you have faith? The Griffyn Ensemble and choreographer Liz Lea will take you on an epic journey evoking mechanical progress, ancient prophecy, and an Orwellian future, to ask the question – who do you trust? The Griffyn Ensemble’s annual National Science → 
Chapter Three – House on Fire - Sat 13 Sept 2pm; Sun 14 Sept 2pm National Gallery of Australia Discover your place and identity in Arthur Boyd’s surreal Australian-like wilderness with Clancy The Cockatoo. The Griffyn Ensemble team up with Canberra pop-duo The Cashews to tell the story of Clancy with House On Fire – a new program of original music composed by The Griffyn Ensemble and The → 
The Griffyn Ensemble - Described as “akin to a religious experience” (The Australian), and “Canberra’s premier chamber ensemble” (CityNews), The Griffyn Ensemble are a theatrical chamber ensemble, who break down the barriers of genre and recontextualise music from around the world – whether it’s Mexican avant-gardist Silvestre Revueltas; legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach; folk hero Mikis Theodorakis; and other living → 
Winter Solstice - Fri June 20 6pm National Library of Australia White like black, like light and like darkness, connect literature, music, art, spirituality and science. Cultures around the world have been observing the winter solstice for thousands of years. Join us to celebrate the universal wonders of light and dark and their resonances through contemporary art, music → 
Michael Sollis - As director of Griffyn, Michael has an incredible knack for applying his passion for pretty much anything (and everything) to musical form: From Rugby League to astronomy; Melanesian society to American popular culture; and economic theory to his home town of Canberra. It will thus be of little surprise that Michael’s background is in composition (with works → Mapmaking Experience
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Meriel Owen
You may not get a chance to see Meriel on horseback riding through the Molonglo valley (blink and you will miss her – fast as lightning!), but you will undoubtedly see Meriel perform in concert halls around Australia on harp and piano. Unfortunately, Meriel hasn’t yet worked out how to marry her two passions – equestrian sports and performance. We are working on it, however, and when we finish our saddle-mounted harp prototype we will let you all know! Since returning to Canberra in 2006 after a decade in the USA (where she performed across America and completed a Master of Theology), Meriel has performed with pretty much every Symphony Orchestra in Australia, and maintains a busy schedule as a freelance harpist. Since pianos are a little too tricky to pack in the Grus (the Griffyn Bus), Meriel will usually be seen on harp in a Griffyn concert. Meriel also has two beautiful children who are in-training for the Griffyn: Next Generation TV Series, with solo ukulele featured!
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Buster
Buster is the official Griffyn mascot. He may not quite have the wings of an eagle (as per the mythological griffin), but he certainly does have the body of a lion. Buster is of Chinese sharpei ancestry, and joined the Sollis household as a wedding gift from past Griffyns to Kiri and Michael in 2008. You will often see Buster rehearsing, or engaged in a battle of wits with his arch nemesis Wally The Wombat (see pictured), the mascot of The String Contingent.