Songs from the Great South Land PROGRAM All arrangements by Mark Simeon Ferguson

Great Southern Land (Icehouse) Iva Davies

Russian Rag Elena Kats-Chernin

Don’t Dream It’s Over (Crowded House) Neil Finn

Howzat (Sherbet) Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell

Girls in Our Town (Margaret Roadknight) Bob Hudson

Straight Lines (Silverchair) Daniel Johns and Justin Hamilton

Are You Gunna Be My Girl (Jet) Nic Cester and Cameron Muncy

Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue) Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis

Ship Song (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) Nick Cave

You’re the Voice (John Farnham) Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder and Chris Thompson

Originally developed as a piano trio concert for the Australian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Songs from the Great South Land is Mark Simeon Ferguson’s tribute to the great pop and rock songs of Australia. For one night only the concept explodes adding the might of jazz staff Lyndon Gray and Dustan Cox and the thrilling voices of the Adelaide Connection to the piano trio. Works by Nick Cave, Silverchair, John Farnham, Icehouse and Kylie will be re-imagined through jazz eyes in an exploration of the sounds of Australia.

Mark Simeon Ferguson piano Lyndon Gray double bass Bonnie Aué double bass Morgan Fletcher drums Dustan Cox saxophones Ciara Ferguson vibraphone

With singers from the Adelaide Connection Jazz Choir: Choir 1: Kiah Lanagan, Georgia Turner, Sadie Humphrey, Neha Puri and Lauren Holdstock Choir 2: Emma Simpson-Smith, Isobel Yeend, Ciara Ferguson, Lauren Ward and Kate Lewis