SAM MENZIES - Singer-songwriter / Performer / Choir Leader / Dance Meditation facilitator / Music Educator
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HISTORY

Sam Menzies
(B.A. Contemporary Music, Dip Ed.)

Sam is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter/performer, choir leader, dance meditation facilitator and music educator. He has had over 15 years experience in performing and teaching music at festivals, venues and schools throughout Europe, Brazil and Australia.
                                                                                                   Sam’s performance career began in Germany’s street music scene in ‘96 where he performed for a year as a ‘One man band’ with a drum on his back. In 1997 he returned to Australia to study music, obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Composition at Southern Cross University and a Diploma of Contemporary Music in Guitar at The Northern Rivers Conservatorium of Performing Arts in Lismore, NSW. In 2002 he moved to Perth, Western Australia to complete a Diploma of Education and spent five years performing and teaching music and circus throughout Australia. 2007 saw Sam tour Europe with The 2 Strings Band and in 2008 he toured Europe solo.

Sam now lives in the Byron Shire, NSW, with his family where he performs and teaches music and dance to adults and children.


RECORDING/COMPOSING WORK
2015 'FEET FIRST' Album (music to move to) Vic
2015 Panton Hill PS p-6 Original Compositions CD, Vic
2015 Belgium Ave Lunch Time Choir CD, Richmond, Vic
2014 Vocal Boogie Choir EP, Vic
2014 Mary Immaculate Primary School yr5/6 Rock Videos DVD, Vic
2013 Operation NewStart Rap writing CD project for teenagers at risk, Bendigo, Vic
3013 Mary Immaculate Primary School yr5/6 Original Compositions CD, Vic
2011 Concord School, 'Teenage Meltdown' documentary soundtrack, Vic
2010 Fitzroy Community School, 'People Before Things' music video, Vic
2008 Sam Menzies 'My Time' Album, WA
2006 Composed/performed music for ‘Love on a Summer Eve’
    (Noble Rot Theatre Co., W. A.)
2006 Life’s For Livin’ Album, WA
2003 Mirrabooka SHS Rap Album, WA
2000 Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya Album, WA
1996 Sam’s 1 Man Band Album, Cologne, Germany

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Overseas Venues (2009/10)

The Roo Bar, Vienna, Austria
The Tunnel, Vienna, Austria
The Shebeen Hotel, Vienna, Austria
Billabong Hotel, Vienna, Austria
Expedit Bar, Vienna, Austria
Pointers Bar, Vienna, Austria
The Augustine Hotel, Vienna, Austria
Dan’s Cabaret Club, Innsbruck, Austria
The Down Under Bar, Vienna, Austria
The Feuerstein, Vienna, Austria
The Highlander, Vienna, Austria
Bar Pelicano, Ilabella, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Pub, Ilabella, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bar Ventania, Ilabella, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bar Estaleiro, Ilabella, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bar Djino's, Parati, Brazil
Bar Baril, Parati, Brazil
Hotel Seria, Parati, Brazil

Australian Venues (2009/2012)

Fremantle Street Arts Festival, (Tropicana Café) W.A.
Sardines Bar, Fremantle, Western Australia
Down South, S Fremantle, Western Australia
The Rainbow Hotel, Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic
Veludo’s, Saint Kilda, Melbourne, Vic
The Revolver, Prahran, Melbourne, Vic
Bar 303, Melbourne, Victoria
The Birmingham Hotel, Melbourne, Vic
Pure Pop Records, Saint Kilda, Melbourne, Vic
The British Crown, Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic
The Builders Arms Hotel, Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Bar Nancy, Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
The Horn Bar, Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic
The Branch, Saint Kilda, Melbourne, Vic
The Fringe, Saint Kilda, Melbourne, Vic
Ceres, N Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic
Eagles Nest Theatre, Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Stuzzi’s, Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
Europe Fest's (2007/08)

Ferrara Music Festival, ITALY
Zelt Musik Fest, Freiberg, GERMANY
Lenzburg Gaukler Festival, SWITZERLAND
Santa Sofia Buskers Festival, ITALY
Valdarda Buscherdeis Festival, ITALY
Hofis Specktachel, Hofchirchen, AUSTRIA
Rudolstadt Music Festival, GERMANY
Vesprem Music Festival, HUNGARY
Wuerzburg Strassenmuzik Festival, GERMANY
Buskerbus Busking Festival, POLAND
Cest is the Best Fest, CROATIA
Bascherdeis Street Fest, Vernasca, ITALY
Rovigo Street Fest, ITALY
Padova Festival, ITALY
Australian Fest's (1999-2007)

2007 W.A. Karridale Circus Festival
2007 W.A. Perth Hyde Park Festival
2007 W.A. Joondalup Harmony Festival
2007 W.A. Fremantle Tomato Festival                 

2006 NORTHERN TER. Darwin Fringe Fest
2006 W.A. Kununurra Agricultural Show
2006 W.A. Perth City Farm Busking Festival
2006 W.A. Subiaco Festival
2006 W.A. Town of Vincent Harmony Day
2006 W.A. Halls Creek Kids Croc Festivals
2006 N.S.W. Moree Kids Croc Festival
2006 QLD Kempsey Kids Croc Festival
2006 W.A. Vintage Stomp Margaret River
2005 VICTORIA  Fun for Kids
2002, 2003, 2004 W.A. East Fremantle Fest
2003, 2004, 2006 W.A. Fremantle Festival
2002, 2004 W.A. Fremantle Street Arts Fest
1999 N.S.W. Lismore Folk Music Festival

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