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Post by Jillian on Apr 28, 2012 11:17:30 GMT
 Very exciting news!!! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifMirusia is taking a break from touring with Andre Rieu and is moving back to Brisbane, Australia (where I live). She's got a solo tour planned, which is fabulously exciting! Let's just say that wild horses couldn't keep me away! I'm so pleased that Mirusia is doing a proper solo tour. (The great concert I saw in Brisbane in 2010 was a one off gig - see above for my reviews and photos). The exposure and touring experiences she gets with Andre Rieu are incredible, but a couple of songs a concert just aren't enough!  I'm hoping if the tour goes well, Mirusia might release another solo cd. Cheers, Jillian |
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Post by Jillian on May 11, 2012 23:25:06 GMT
Hi all! I have tickets for both Mirusia's Redland and Brisbane shows! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif My sister and I have VIP tickets for the Brisbane show and that includes a meet and greet with Mirusia. Mirusia recently posted on her Facebook that a new album is planned, which is very exciting! I think there's a real gap in the Australian music market for singers like Mirusia and Hayley, as the immense success of Andre Rieu has shown that we do like classical sounding music - It's just that we have to know what's out there! Anyway, here's a link to Mirusia's facebook. www.facebook.com/MirusiaLouwerseAnd a link to her website: www.mirusia.net/Cheers, Jillian |
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Post by Jillian on Jun 6, 2012 7:49:41 GMT
Hi all! This excellent article about Mirusia appeared in today's Brisbane News:  Cheers, Jillian |
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Post by Jillian on Jun 12, 2012 10:34:50 GMT
For all Australians, Mirusia will be performing on 'Mornings' on Channel 9 tomorrow morning (Wed 13 June) between 8:30 and 11:00. I've got my dvd recorder set, so hopefully (barring any major disasters lol) I'll be able to put it up on Youtube. Cheers, Jillian |
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Post by Jillian on Jun 14, 2012 12:41:33 GMT
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Post by Sing on Jun 14, 2012 16:22:44 GMT
Wow thanks for sharing Jillian! She has a great voice I must keep an eye out for her CD and hopefully buy a copy when I can. best wishes Sing  |
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Post by Jillian on Jun 14, 2012 22:10:42 GMT
Thanks Sing! Tracks featuring Mirusia are quite readily available as Andre Rieu's material is literally everywhere! Mirusia has done an album called Always and Forever which is a compilation of her best tracks with Andre - which is a very good listen. I'm really looking forward to Mirusia's solo album which should be coming out this year or so. Cheers, Jillian |
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Post by Jillian on Jul 8, 2012 10:54:54 GMT
Hi all! Due to it being a quiet time, as Hayley is taking holidays, I thought I would update you all on the Mirusia Louwerse concerts I attended this past week.  Just a little banner I made i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Those of you who are watchers of Andre Rieu would be familiar with the Australian singer. Mirusia is now taking a break from touring with Andre and is back in Australia with her solo tour ‘Home’. I’m a big fan, so I was delighted when I saw she had scheduled two concerts within the Brisbane region. I last saw her perform in 2010 at the 12th Night Theatre, so I knew it was definitely worth it for me to go to both concerts! I first noticed Mirusia when I rather naughtily decided to do a ‘pre-wrap watch’ of my mother’s Christmas present of an Andre Rieu DVD to see what all the media fuss was about. So whilst I attended to my other wrapping, the TV was filled with Andre and the Jonathan Strauss Orchestra for some fun and colourful waltz and schmaltz. Then suddenly, amongst everything, a young blonde singer from Brisbane appeared on stage singing ‘Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again’ and I was instantly hooked. I’m very pleased that Mirusia is striking out on her own, as she has an incredible voice and stage manner and can carry a solo gig from start to finish with great aplomb. The breadth and depth of her capacity to perform is too great to be confined to a couple of songs a show. The first concert of the tour was at the Redland Performing Arts Centre on 5 July 2012 to a sold out audience. The second was at the Brisbane Powerhouse. In my opinion, the best songs of the night were Romanza, Solveig’s Leid, O Mio Babbino Caro, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Forever Shine (an original piece by Mirusia).. During O Mio Babbino Caro, you could have heard a pin drop, as the audience were hanging on to every note! Both concerts ended with standing ovations. A really nice touch was that Mirusia was set up with a hands free microphone, was allowed her a lot more movement and expression on stage. Here is a video of Mirusia singing 'Romanza'www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECG-XvcKoBwI have some more videos and I will post them when I've uploaded them. The support act was Sam Moran, who some of you might know as the former 'Yellow Wiggle' from the Wiggles. He has a great voice and was a world away from children's entertainment when he sang Till I Hear You Sing from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Love Never Dies'. The songs Mirusia performed were: 1.Home 2. Summertime 3. Solveig’s Leid 4. Beautiful that Way 5. Love is a Gift 5. Rainbow Connection (by Sam Moran) 6. She’s Got a Way (by Sam Moran) 7. Ave Maria 8. Romanza 9. Somewhere.... Over the Rainbow 10. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 11. Life is Like a Boat 12. Botany Bay 13. O Mio Babbino Caro 14. God Only Knows (by Sam Moran) 15. Till I Hear You Sing (by Sam Moran) 16. All I Ask of You (with Sam Moran) 17. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again 18. Forever Shine Encores 19. I Still Call Australia Home 20. Look for Me in Rainbows Here are some of my photos:       I was also very lucky to meet her afterwards! She is such a lovely person!  Cheers, Jillian |
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Post by comet on Jul 8, 2012 17:05:25 GMT
Geeeeeeeee Jillian,
They are great photos, You seem to be at a high angle to the stage,
Did you climb up on stage to get them or have you acquired a new camera and telephoto lens ? or were you back on a balcony ?
The fixed head microphone, even though Hayley used one when performing with Celtic Woman does not really suit her techniques where she draws the mic away to produce a fade or just moves the mic or her head side to side to produce fades or reductions in sound level.
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Post by Jillian on Jul 8, 2012 22:12:03 GMT
Hi Comet, Here is my full set of photos: www.flickr.com/photos/iamjillian/sets/72157630485373564/It was just a very steep seating arrangement at the Brisbane Powerhouse and my point and shoot camera (it does have a good zoom on it, though. Photography was allowed (and actually encouraged) so it was easy to get some shots. Here is my video of Mirusia performing Solveig's Song: youtu.be/MJdp6i1FsSw |
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Post by grant on Jul 8, 2012 23:11:28 GMT
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Post by Joe on Jul 8, 2012 23:26:34 GMT
Hi Jillian!
Wonderful photos from the concert in Brisbane! So glad about the liberal photo policy. Mirusia has a beautiful voice, quite memorable from when I went to one of Andre's concerts.
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Post by Jillian on Jul 9, 2012 13:05:44 GMT
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Post by graemek on Jul 11, 2012 1:42:59 GMT
Fabulous Jillian, I have a special place for Romanza as Hayley sang it as a 15 yr old. She also sang a few bars from it in Keri Keri in 2007 just for me. (I nearly collapsed) Have asked her to record it but so far no show. Mirusia is just simply (******words fail me) Would love to hear her live !!!! Thanks again Graeme |
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Post by Jillian on Jul 11, 2012 3:32:07 GMT
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