Mixtures: Wide Brown Land

Stories and music for didgeridoo and organ

Acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest didgeridoo players, Mark Atkins is also recognized internationally for his collaborative projects with some of the world’s leading composers and musicians. A descendant of Western Australia’s Yamitji people, as well as of Irish/Australian heritage, Mark Atkins is known not only for his masterly playing, but also as a storyteller, composer, percussionist, visual artist and instrument maker. Through Mark’s lips the air blows as a natural desert sound, in old ethnic chants and in polyphonic melodies of astonishing rhythm.

David Drury has toured England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA and New Zealand as an organ recitalist, and plays regularly with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and orchestras across the country. Known for his extraordinary skill and flair as an improviser, he is the only Australian to have won the Tournemire Prize for Improvisation at the St Albans International Organ Competition.