SUNG: Recent Episodes
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SUNG host Hayley May Bracken speaks with film writer and director James Vaughan about feature debut Friends and Strangers (2021), a wry take on contemporary solipsism. Australian twenty-somethings Ray and Alice navigate a series of awkward situations, presented in the film as separate vignettes. Vaughan discusses how he records natural speech to aid his writing of authentic dialogue.
MIFF screening details : https://miff.com.au/program/film/friends-and-strangers
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken speaks with Angus Cameron, a playwright and academic based in Melbourne. He is the author of Australia Open, which was part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Cybec Electric season in 2019 and was produced by bub at Kings Cross Theatre in 2020. Other plays include Dirt, Adelaide Fringe Festival 2021; The Profit, which was part of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2017 Rough Drafts program; as well as several other works.
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken speaks with producer, vocalist, musician and performance artist Komang about the many ways the voice is used in her art and music practice.
SUNG host Hayley may Bracken speaks with vocalist and musician Harmony Byrne about finding her voice singing in Church choirs and using her honed vocals to connect to land and community today.
SUNG host Hayley may Bracken speaks about the joy of singing with vocalist, DJ and life long member of Melbourne's folk music community Bec Rigby. some technical issues *lots of great ideas
SUNG host Hayley may Bracken speaks with special needs educator and teacher mentor Jemma Soden about how voice is one of the most important tools in the classroom.
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken talks vocal tracking, performance and producing with Full Flower Moon Band's leader Kate, a seasoned touring and recording artist who brings revivified rock and roll to Australian and international stages. Her new EP Death Or Hell is out now via Sunset pig Records!
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken speaks with T, a transgender, POC, writer, public speaker and alternative dispute resolution specialist. Hayley investigates the way the voice is used in T's work which includes, being an incidental trans rights activist and exploring the tension between morality and legality.
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken talks singing, songwriting and authenticity with the inimitable Emma Russack.
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken speaks with writer, comedy critic and former Melbourne International Comedy Festival judge and panelist Nick Taras about the voice and Australian stand-up.
SUNG host Hayley May Bracken in informal conversation with Speech Pathologist and friend Carla Dinale about the multifaceted world of spoken language and kicks off a broader explorations of the human voice and what we do with it.