Tammy Brennan

My new Opera Project is currently running a crowdfunding campaign. I need your support to get it to the finish line.

Take the time and watch my campaign video :)

http://www.pozible.com/project/183584

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Thanks so much !

More about me -

Tammy is a lyric soprano, composer, actor/clown, librettist/researcher, dramaturg and producer of multidisciplinary music theatre work. She studied acting and performance at the University of London (UK), and music at the University of Sydney and Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

She has extended her arts practice with Diamanda Galas (NY), Younes Bachir (Spain), Ira Seidenstein, Dan Safer (NY), Derek Ives, Deborah Kayser, Deborah Leiser-Moore, Steven Mitchell Wright, Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith.

As an artist Tammy is interested in expressionist theatre and proximity of audience. Her work often involves research and treatments of confronting and taboo themes.

Tammy is the first woman to write and develop a chamber opera in the Northern Territory. In Alice Springs she researched and produced CONFINED which was directed by Younes Bachir. For three years she worked closely with Australian composers Barton Staggs and Sofie Loizou to develop the score.

Independently in 2012/2013 she extended the research to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, and toured the work to New Delhi, India as part of 2013 The Bharat Rang Mahotsav International Theatre Festival.

Most recently CONFINED was nominated, and a finalist in the 2013 National APRA|AMCOS Art Music Awards; as a Work of Excellence in a Regional Area. Presently she is working with composer Barton Staggs on the release of the album from the opera CONFINED.

Recently Tammy was a Dramaturg Intern with Playwriting Australia (Carriageworks), and Festival Coordinator for the 2014 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Her current arts management engagement is Communications Manager for Accessible Arts; the NSW peak arts advisory body for the arts and disability sector.

In December 2013 the Soprano was awarded a highly regarded Skills Development grant from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, to undertake a six month structured mentorship in Melbourne in 2014.