Fay White
Fay White is an Australian singer, songwriter and workshop leader whose work ranges from children’s songs to Landcare and inward adult writing, heard in cafés, concert halls, conferences and community houses.
Fay White sings and writes songs. She is also a facilitator and teacher.
She performs regularly in a wide variety of settings: from cafés to concert halls, from conferences to community houses. She leads wonderful, vibrant singing workshops, and teaches in the areas of creativity, creation spirituality, music and care for the soul, arts and the environment, and singing of all kinds.
She has recorded 10 albums of songs, about half of them for children. Among the more recent titles are a live album, “Sweet Journey”, and “Singing Landcare”, a compilation of 16 of her Landcare songs. In between her singing and teaching work she has pursued a postgraduate diploma in Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy.
Press quotes
This lady's a perennial. Light and gutsy songs covering 20 years of passionate and compassionate writing. Be sure to catch her singing workshops. They're energising and generous and enable you to trust the voice you have.
I know Fay as a songsmith of delicate and precise artistry. She has a strong high voice that ranges from subtle delicacy to uplifting strength. Fay is one of the very few people who can write 'inward' songs about the psyche without descending into vapid sentiment or cliché.
Fay White is featured on the following titles
Did You See the Wind Today?
Many of these songs will be remembered from the ABC's famous Kindergarten of the Air radio programme. The 25 songs follow a child's day from dawn through to bed-time.
Composer
Compositions by Fay White also appear on
Polyphony
The Phones were an a cappella group with a comedic bent. This 1984 album largely reflects their interest in contemporary music of the preceding twenty-five years, mixing pop classics with Australian songs and original pieces.
Fay White also appears on
Bards of Faith and Passion
Jim Minchin sets poems by writers at play or at odds with eternity: soul-poet lyrics across the centuries, from anonymous Latin verse and the metaphysicals to Yeats, Shakespeare and living voices.