Curran / Rapp / Thomas Trio
BRIANNE CURRAN (violin):
Bandleader, composer, instrumentalist. From the start of her musical studies at age 3 in classical
violin, Brianne has since been involved with the folk music scene in Australia, contemporary and
improvised music, and free jazz, experimental, noise music. She completed her Bachelor of Music in
Jazz/Contemporary performance in 2009 through the Australian National University, and the
Australian Institute of Music as a scholarship holder. She has been touring nationally with her band
Takadimi for the last 5 years.
MARY RAPP (cello):
Currently studying at the Sydney conservatorium, Mary Rapp has been a music student for six years,
at three different institutions, studying cello, double bass, jazz, classical and composition.
She has had the privilege of working professionally with musicians such as Tony Gorman, Aaron
Flower, Bobby Singh, Alister Spence, James Greening, The Whitlams and Wolf Mother.
CLAYTON THOMAS (double bass):
Clayton Thomas has been a prolific member of the international community of improvisers for the
last decade.
He is the founder of the NOW now festival and the Splinter Orchestra in Sydney. Based in Europe for
the past 7 years, he has performed with many of the world’s most consistently creative musicians;
spanning the spectrum of contemporary music - from free jazz to new composition.
THE TRIO:
A bunch of spritely spirited sound-weavers, bringing to the genre table a new music formed through
collective improvisation.
Inspired by life, the universe and everything, expect the unexpected and more from the musical
expertise of this fresh trio.