Author Archives: Dianna Nixon

One of the projects currently being developed is exploring the legacy of Millicent Armstrong. Find out more about her in this recent article in The Goulburn Post. Long term goals are to professionally produce her trilogy of plays, and to create a work in response to her story. More details in the future……… Picture by […]

Very grateful to both CAPO (Capital Patrons Arts Organisation) and the Canberra Weekly for this award. It will assist Dianna with costs of travel to the UK in August 2019 to participate in masterclasses, and attend the Estill Voice World Symposium in London. Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh of Dianna Nixon with Nick Samaras of the Canberra […]

October school hols saw Dianna Nixon completing 11 days straight of voice PD. Starting with ANATS (Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing) Conference in Leura, followed by completing the Estill Levels 1 & 2 Course in Canberra (for the 2nd time – to help with Estill Figure Proficiency training), and then to Sydney for […]

In 2018, Maartje Sevenster and Dianna Nixon decided once again to lead a pop-up performance at Gunning Railway Station as part of the international event – Bach in the Subways. We were the only performance in Australia in 2017, and one of very few in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2018 there was also an event […]

On Sunday 17 June 2018, we presented pop-up classical performances by young artists-in-training from Wesley Music Centre’s music scholars program, and from the voice & piano studio of WVMT. This project was a partnership between Wesley Music Centre and WVMT, designed to showcase the musicality and celebrate the work ethic of local teenaged and tertiary level […]

We’ve had a successful campaign with the Australian Cultural Fund. The donations to ACF from a band of generous supporters have been allocated towards creating the ‘look’ of the project. We now have a logo design in place, plus illustrations of some of the key scenes in the work, and have a set up a […]