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emily

emilyandthecommunists

About Me

Who Is that young man? Could it be Elvis?Elvis has past over but Emily Hayes and the Tupeloette's have brought two of his songs back to life. Emily Hayes is a singer with political cabaret style repetoire who lives and works in Melbourne. The Communists is currently a party of two Emily and Julitha Ryan ..board . Emily also sings in the band Milk and they can be found at http://www.myspace.com/milkmusicEmily Hayes graduated from LaTrobe University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Music. She has been performing as a singer in choirs, acappella groups and bands in Melbourne, nationally and internationally for 10 years. Her band Milk have recorded two CD’s and toured much of Australia.Emily and the Communists formed in August 2006 and have been performing concerts of cabaret and political songs.Emily teaches singing to groups and individuals and her students have this to say about her classes.Student testimonials: “ I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, very encouraging and supportive.”“Great songs, great ideas for warming up, learnt how to sing out loud and proud.”“The warm, supportive, relaxed, friendly, informal, sociable and fun nature of the course was what I liked.”“Gained confidence, strength, theory, good warm up skills, performance skills, great range of songs and more range in my voice.”

My Interests

Community radio, women's compostion and music, theatre, live bands and indigenous gardens.

Music:

Folk, jazz, blues, accappella, girl rock bands, and classical choral music.

Movies:

Look Both Ways by Sarah Watt features paintings by my mum Trish Holleley.

Heroes:

Peggy Seeger, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, The Andrew Sisters, Sweet Honey and the Rock, Fidel Castro, Che Guevera, Joy Hester, Sunday Reid, many more divas, artists and trouble makers.