Surprise!! 💿
Live at The Cave Inn is my set from the Brisbane International Jazz Festival this year featuring some original tunes and arrangements 🥰
In the spirit of all my favourite live albums, it is inclusive of all the human quirks and vital signs of live performance, and memories of a very stormy Tuesday night in Brisbane.
🎶 on Bandcamp and Spotify!
Big thanks to @thecaveinnstagram for the vibes, @noguitarsallowed for kindly recording a very guitar-centric show and MJ O'Neill for helping me get this out in the digital world! 💙
ARTIST FEATURE
Libby Myers is a guitarist, improvisor, composer, music researcher and educator based in Meanjin/Brisbane. Known for her authentic, expressive performances of diverse repertoire, her concert programs span contemporary works for classical, steel string and electric guitars. Her performances explore the spaces between contemporary classical music, free improvisation, jazz and folk genres, regularly incorporating imaginative improvisation and electronic effects. It is in the ‘in-betweens’ where she feels most at home.
Libby has secured her reputation as a versatile and adventurous collaborator. She has a passion for contemporary music and experimentation, having given world premieres of solo, chamber and orchestral works for classical and electric guitar throughout Australia and abroad. She has worked with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Opera Queensland in the premiere of new opera, toured Australia and New Zealand with SIX: The Musical, post-classical indie septet Nonsemble, Rosa Guitar Trio, Riverside Guitar Ensemble, contemporary classical Postcards trio of UK-based Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and in demand Australian pianist Alex Raineri, composer and visual artist Frankie Dyson-Reilly, electronic artist MJ O’Neill, and trombonist Brodie McAllister’s Wattle large jazz ensemble. She has mentored composition fellows at the Dots+Loops NONSTOP festival. Libby toured and performed throughout Australia with the Rosa Guitar Trio, who were artists-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The trio released the album Brasiliana which featured their signature interpretations of traditional Brazilian music and was supported by Musica Viva on a tour through regional Australia.
Her debut solo album Unfettered and Alive, released by Made Now Music, was shortlisted in the 2023 Queensland Music Awards. Her subsequent solo album Live at the Cave Inn features her own compositions, influenced inspired by Brazilian jazz, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, which were premiered and recorded in a solo concert at the 2024 Brisbane International Jazz Festival.
FLIGHT
Saturday May 23rd | 9-10pm
Tickets - brismusicfestival.com
Guitarist Libby Myers presents a program of new Australian music that reimagines the contemporary identity of the classical guitar through works depicting flight and the open sky. The program features the World Premiere of Frankie Dyson-Reilly’s ‘Of Least Concern’ - a suite dedicated to Australia’s endangered birdlife. Blending specially commissioned works with original compositions, Libby draws on influences ranging from bird song and the changing sky at dawn, Irish folk tunes, the lyricism of Joni Mitchell, modern jazz and contemporary classical music.
Libby Myers | Guitar
Libby Myers | Nacre
Libby Myers | A Noiseless Flash
Frankie Dyson-Reilly | Of Least Concern (World Premiere)
Ade Vincent | A Drunken Fingerprint Across the Sky
Libby Myers | This Flight
@libmyers@frankie.dysonreilly@adevincentmusic
We’re so looking forward to hearing Libby Myers at Gig for Gaza! She is a guitarist, composer and music researcher from Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia who has a passion for contemporary music and experimentation, having given world premieres of solo, chamber and orchestral works for classical and electric guitar throughout Australia and abroad.
Libby is a versatile and adventurous collaborator, having worked with artists working across contemporary classical, jazz ensembles, experimental theatrical works, opera and pop styles. Her debut solo album Unfettered and Alive, released by Made Now Music, was shortlisted in the 2023 Queensland Music Awards. Her album Live at The Cave Inn features her original compositions and imaginative new arrangements premiered at the 2024 Brisbane International Jazz Festival.
As a researcher, she uses innovative artistic and narrative methods to musical identities, artistic representations of alchemy and experimentation using innovative artistic and narrative research methods. She is an adjunct researcher at Griffith University and lectures at The University of Queensland.
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Saturday December 6 at @kepk
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8 acts across 7 hours (2pm - 9pm)
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tiered ticketing ($30 full/$20 consession/$10 per act)
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All funds going to .au/donate/children-gaza-crisis-appeal
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Ticket link in bio.
Live illustration for @libmyers at @dotsandloopsmusic . MJ and Sam if you’re reading this I’ll post your pics separately 😊 if you’re not reading this I’ll still post them separately.
What a night! Thank you so so much to everyone that came along to 3X3 at Tempo Rubato on Saturday, we couldn’t have dreamed of a more welcoming return to Naarm!
A huge congratulations to all the incredible artists: @iipm_project@libmyers and @airport_dj
Some very important thank yous:
Tempo Rubato for so warmly welcoming us back to your lovely space;
Our fabulous sound engineer @hudsonmacushla for helping us sound so great;
Our many friends and collaborators in Naarm, in particular @kayliemelville and @tilmanr , for loaning us equipment and helping us source the stuff we needed to make this show happen;
And @caseyhorsfield for capturing these totally dreamy photos of the night!
Magandjin/Brisbane, iipm project are heading your way next! This Thursday catch them at 1pm at the UQ School of Music.
NAARM/MELBOURNE WE’RE BACK!
For the first time since 2022, Dots+Loops is heading down south this March, reuniting the the fabulous folks at Tempo Rubato @temporubato_au for 𝟑𝐗𝟑 — a night of post-genre sounds that complement / contrast / contradict…
Not your standard three-course meal, this tasty triple-triptych pairs together three acts who know no bounds, each presenting three works that span the breadth of their artistic practices. Featuring performances by 𝐢𝐢𝐩𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 @iipm_project , 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 @libmyers , and 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 @airport_dj
Never fear Magandjin/Brisbane, you won’t be missing out on all the fun, at the end of the month we’re putting on a lunchtime concert at the University of Queensland School of Music featuring 𝐢𝐢𝐩𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭
Tickets are available now!!
𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐬+𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝟑𝐗𝟑
Saturday 22 March 2025, doors open 7pm
Tempo Rubato, Brunswick VIC
PAY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD (min. $20)
𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐬+𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐱 𝐢𝐢𝐩𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 + 𝐅𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒
Thursday 27 March 2025, 1pm
UQ School of Music, St Lucia QLD
FREE
So excited to share three magic pieces written for me by three extraordinary artists in Naarm/Melb in March for @dotsandloopsmusic 3x3!
I'm performing The Host by @leilaharrismusic for guitar and feedbacking laptops, the beautifully melancholic Woodland Requiem by @mjoneillchw and GUI by @newresource_@s.a.m.carrick , a rollercoaster concerto for guitar and 8Bit synth orchestra.
Music about grief and optimism, isolation and connection through the virtual world. Come see it at @temporubato_au alongside the amazing @phoebe_bognar and @airport_dj !!
Composer, producer and all-round pest MJ O’Neill is one of the fastest sudoku players in the world. At Dots+Loops NONSTOP, @libmyers will play a five-part suite of works for guitar composed by MJ - while MJ plays sudoku in the background. Here’s a small taste, featuring Libby’s recently released piece ‘Lament’. Don’t miss their full collaboration - Saturday 7 December, @bris_powerhouse
✨More shows!✨
I have been @dotsandloopsmusic #1 fan since their first show 💟 This is pretty exciting to now be on the line-up for their next festival at @bris_powerhouse in December!
There will be new music written for me by D+L fellows @leilaharrismusic and @s.a.m.carrick , a collaboration with MJ O'Neill, a tune or two by me, and a few fun surprises ⚡
🎟️Tickets + info 🔗 in bio
