Amanda Cole
Amanda Cole is an Australian mezzo-soprano, composer and arranger. She has performed to critical acclaim in Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Germany.
On The Dew Gatherers (MCD 565) she appears as performer, arranger and producer in realisations of rarely heard Baroque songs and arias, with bassoon and harpsichord in a deliberately inventive chamber approach.
As a composer she contributed Vibration Meditation, for bass recorder and electronics, to Bass Instincts (MCD 624). She holds a PhD in performing arts education from Griffith University, a Master’s of Music Performance from the Victorian College of the Arts, and is a former Churchill Fellow. Her earlier recording of Portuguese Art Song (Ode Records) was praised by the Journal of Singing and the Camões Institute of Portugal.
Amanda Cole is featured on the following titles
The Dew Gatherers
Playing its own arrangements and realisations of the songs and arias of Johann Philipp Krieger, the Cole, Heymink and Brewer trio (voice, harpsichord and bassoon) has created a ground-breaking recording. Krieger (1649–1725) is one of the important forerunners of Bach and Handel.
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Compositions by Amanda Cole also appear on
Bass Instincts
The bass recorder has grown from consort roots into a virtuosic solo voice: deep, earthy, mellow and haunting. Alicia Crossley, one of Australia’s leading recorder players, presents a programme of new Australian works written for the instrument.