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La Tin Shed Orquesta Story
From luscious traditional tango to virtuosic Tango Nuevo and through to modern Jazz and Latin styles this six piece ensemble is supremely flexible. La Tin Shed Orquesta's love of dance music and serious concert music alike lends itself to many and vaired ways of engaging their audience from formal concerts to live music venues and from private functions to street performances and festivals.
They run their own concert program each year finding interesting venues to showcase their work and have also played at favourite Melbourne venues such as Paris Cat, The Wesley Anne,and Open studio. With Piazzolla, Cosentino, Bragato, Lynch and Zeigler on their list of favourites you'll have no trouble imagining yourself in a Cantina in Buenos Aires.
La Tin Shed Orquesta was established in 2007 as a dedicated Piazzolla tango ensemble. Since then the group has gone through a number of reinventions, eventually arriving at their ideal ensemble make up of violin, flute, cello, bass, guitar and bass in 2013. They take full advantage of the myriad of tone colours at their disposal yet remain small enough to enjoy the flexibility and finesse of a chamber ensemble. This year's concert program
Suzanne Andrews, Piano
Suzanne's musical passions encompass the worlds of classical, jazz, latin and roots and all these influences merge in the tango nuevo style. Last year she performed with the salsa band Perle Conche both in the Australia-wide salsa competition Clave Contra Clave at The Palace and at the Chilean Festival. Her love of latin dance music has also see her performing at BMW edge and the Johnson St Festival.
Since the start of 2014 Suzanne has been performing with Melbourne Jazz group Standing Tall, performing at inner city venues such as Dizzy's Jazz club, Bar Open and Open Studio. Another recent collaboration with bassist Howard Cairns and flautist/saxophonist Kristen Perry focused on Tango Nuevo and Coro music with a strong emphasis on improvisatory.
Classical music was Suzanne's first passion and she remains a sought-after Melbourne accompanist while busking has been a more recent venture with venues to date have ranged from Barcelona to the bridge over the Yarra.
Karina Di Sisto, Cello
Karina currently performs and teaches the cello in Melbourne where she studied with a number of notable cellists including Raymond Fraser, Arturs Esergalis, Phillip Green, and Josephine Vains. She currently teaches at The University High School and Canterbury Girls Secondary College.
Karina performs regularly with the Camberwell Camerata, Melbourne Sinfonia, the Melbourne Bach Choir Orchestra, and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic with whom she completed a three week tour of China in January 2014.
As a chamber musician Karina enjoys playing traditional string repertoire which led to the founding of Sheldon Quartet. She has also sought experience playing popular and world music through her long membership of Argentinian ensemble La Tin Shed Orquesta and recent collaboration with folk singer/songwriter Ghosti.
John Goldsworthy, Double Bass
John Goldsworthy is the Bassist, Arranger and founder of La Tin Shed Orquesta. For many years he was an educator specializing in Jazz and Latin American music. In 1999, at one of Melbourne’s specialist music schools, he established a Tango Nuevo ensemble that was invited to perform at a Jazz educator’s convention in New York City in 2004.
Since then he has focused solely on his arranging and playing with LTSO as well as building a small recording studio in the Dandenong Ranges known as ‘La Tin Shed’. John’s other passions include gardening and tennis.
Sophie Dunn, Violin
Sophie Dunn studied classical violin at the Victorian College of the Arts SS before launching her career as a freelance violinist. Sophie has worked in a diverse range of styles performing with artists including DJ Suspect, two4k, Kate Vigo and the Melbourne Underground Orchestra.
Sophie has worked in in a number of mulit-disciplinary projects with Westside Circus, VCA Animateurs, A is for Atlas, Silent Box and the Oculus String Quartet, whose project Subsonic combined original compositions played live to footage taken in Antarctica. Sophie has also recorded with several Melbourne artists including hip-hop band TZU, Ned Collette, and Andy Baylor.
Sophie maintains her classical playing with ensembles such as Arcko Symphonic Project, the Tasmanian Discovery Orchestra and the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra including their 2013-14 tour to China.
On the world music front Sophie is a regular member of the Melbourne mariachi band Los Romanticos and Latin six-piece La Tin Shed Orquesta.
Emily Kimpton, flute
Emily Kimpton is a flautist, performer and educator. After commencing her studies in 2006 at The Australian National University, she graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Music (honors) and a Bachelor of Arts. Emily has also received her Associate Diploma of Music (flute) from the Australian Music Education Board. Emily teaches music in both primary and secondary schools in Melbourne.
Her performing life has been focused on chamber music to date. She is the co-founder of Melbourne flute and percussion duo 'Tungsten Duo' and has been a member of La Tin Shed Orquesta since 2013.
Jack Mithen, Guitars
Jack Mithen currently resides in Melbourne where he devotes much time and energy to his role as Director of Music at Alphington Grammar School. He still manages to fit in a busy performing schedule with original folk band "Nice By Tom" where his skills extend to mandolin, violin, vocals, and song writting. He also flexes his classical guitar muscles with the virtuosic demands of Piazzolla among other Latin American composers in La Tin Shed Orquesta.
Jack can also boast significant experience as an audio engineer and producer.
