Josie and the Emeralds Amazons Past and Present
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Performers: Josie Ryan, sopranoBrooke Green, artistic director, viol.
Laura Moore, viol, guest artist
Catherine Upex, Ruby Brallier, Fiona Ziegler, viols
Nadia Piave, Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons
Programme: Amazons Past and Present: Stories about the Amazons – a fierce and noble tribe of women warriors have long fascinated artists, writers, explorers and musicians. For St Cecilia’s Day 2026, Josie and the Emeralds present music with Amazonian themes from the Renaissance through to modern times.
The removal or binding of a breast by Amazons to enhance their archery skills has inspired many breast cancer patients. Currently, one in seven Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer, undergoing an arduous regime of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and long-term medications often with difficult side-effects.
Dorothy Porter (1954 – 2008) was one of Australia’s most charismatic literary figures. After extensive treatment for breast cancer, she somewhat reluctantly identified as an Amazon. We will perform several of Brooke Green’s settings of her poetry.
In 2025 Brooke Green was diagnosed with breast cancer and for this concert, is writing music that reflects her experience of Amazonian transformation, along with a setting of Fanny Burney’s graphic description of her mastectomy in 1811
Date
Sunday 22 November 2026 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Glebe Town Hall
160 St John's Road, Glebe NSW 2037
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