Lah-Lah
Lah-Lah | |
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Nick Jr. Australia | |
Release | 13 September 2009 |
Lah-Lah is a five-member children's music group from Sydney, Australia. Lah-Lah has both recorded albums and filmed television content, and also performs at live events. The music of Lah-Lah ranges in styles from world music and surf-rock to jazz and gypsy. Lah-Lah's repertoire is primarily composed by Mark and Tina Harris. Lah-Lah aims to introduce music and musical instruments to children and their families through fun and entertainment.
Live
Lah-Lah performed at the Sutherland Entertainment Centre, Seymour Centre and Parramatta Town Hall in January 2009 for its inaugural season.
In October 2009 Century Venues children's entertainment arm Century's Child produced Lah-Lah into the Enmore Theatre for a two-week run of proms style concerts for kids.
Lah-Lah opened the entertainment on the main stage of The Domain, Sydney for celebrations on Australia Day[1] 2010 and was also featured at the St Kilda Festival in February.[2]
The Sydney Opera House hosted Lah-Lah for 24 sold-out shows as part of its Babies Proms season in May 2010.[3]
In October 2010 Lah-Lah presented a short season of 'Lah-Lah's Adventures' at the Cantebury-Hurlstone Park RSL, Mounties club and Harbord Diggers club.
In November 2010 Lah-Lah was a featured act at the Splash Festival at the Aquatic Centre at Sydney Olympic Park in Homebush.
The Sydney Festival 2011 presented the second Lah-Lah live production, 'Lah-Lah's Musical Wonderland' throughout the festival with shows at the Festival First Night in Hyde Park, The Famous Spiegeltent in Hyde Park, and The Riverside Theatre in Parramatta.[4]
Following the May 2010 Babies Proms season, the Sydney Opera House commissioned a new show concept from Lah-Lah in the 30th anniversary year of the Babies Proms. The commission was for the inaugural presentation in a new series - the Family Proms - aimed at offering wonderful musical experiences to all primary aged children. The show, 'Lah-Lah's BIG Live Band', featuring an 11 piece big band (trumpets: Simon Sweeney, Dane Laboyrie, Ray Cassar, Elizabeth Geyer, trombones: Lucian McGuiness, Alex Silver, Justin Kearin, saxophones: Andrew 'Jock' Robertson, David Theak, Richard 'Woody the Woodwind' Maegraith, Stephan Schafer), twenty child violinists as well as twenty child singer/dancers in addition to the core Lah-Lah quintet, presented 5 concerts in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for the House:Ed and Kids at the House Programs from 24–26 June 2011.[5]
The Powerkidz festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse was the second interstate live show for Lah-Lah in July 2011.
In September 2011 Lah-Lah performed two shows at the opening of Darling Quarter in
The City of Sydney council included Lah-Lah in the program for the lighting of the Christmas Tree concert in
December 2011 saw Lah-Lah continue to expand nationally with their first
The Melbourne Recital Centre programmed Lah-Lah for a show in the Elizabeth Murdoch Hall as part of the Music Play children's music festival in January 2012.
Lah-Lah continue to tour nationally with concerts in
Audio
Lah-Lah recorded its debut album Shake It Like This in November 2008 at Sydney's Megaphon Studios. Lah-Lah recorded its second album Making Music Lah-Lah's Way in 2011 at Sydney's Megaphon Studios. Lah-Lah recorded its third album Sing It Loud! in 2014 at Sydney's Trackdown Digital. Lah-Lah albums are currently independently released and available exclusively from their official website. Shake It Like This is also available digitally from the Australian iTunes Store.
On 30 October 2015 an announcement was made by the band that Lah-Lah had been signed by Sony Music and the Lah-Lah's Adventures Sound Track album would be available from 6 November 2015.
Video/TV
In July 2009 Lah-Lah went to Down Under studios, Sydney with production company LitUp Digital to film 12 music video clips from the
Also in July, Lah-Lah signed a broadcast agreement with
In February 2010 the clips were licensed to
In April 2013 Lah-Lah went into production on series 1 of a television program entitled
ABC TV acquired the broadcast rights to
The series is an Australian-Canadian official co-production produced by Stella Projects in Australia and Bardel Entertainment in Canada.
Another series starring Lah-Lah was introduced titled Lah-Lahs Stripy Sock Club which aired on ABC Kids in 2019 producing 18 x 7-minute episodes.
Group Members
Nic Cecire as Tom Tom (drums/percussion/backing vocals)
Gary Daley as Squeezy Sneezy (piano accordion/keyboards)
Tina Harris as Lah-Lah (vocals)
Mark Harris as Buzz The Band Leader and Lola Double Bass (double bass/vocals)
Matt Ottignon as Mr Saxophone (tenor and soprano saxophones/clarinet/flute)
Reviews
Live Show Review - Sydney Festival 2011 - Daily Telegraph. 18 January 2011[7]
Live Show Review - Enmore Theatre 2009 - Arts Rocket. 8 October 2009[8]
Discography
- Shake It Like This (2008) - Audio CD
- Lah-Lah's Big Live Band(2009) - DVD
- Making Music Lah-Lah's Way (2011) - Audio CD
- Lah-Lah's Adventures - Brand New Day (2014) - DVD
- Sing It Loud! (2014) - Audio CD
- Having Fun! (2017) - Audio CD
- 10th Birthday Party (2018) - Audio CD
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual ceremony presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Having Fun! | Best Children's Album | Nominated | |
2018 | 10th Birthday Party | Nominated |
Notes
- ^ "Archived copy". www.symphonyofaustralia.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "St Kilda Festival". St Kilda Festival. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "What's on".
- ^ "Sydney Festival: 6-30 January 2022".
- ^ "What's on".
- ^ "Nick Jr Lah-Lah". Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ Jones, Grant (17 January 2011). "Review: Lah-Lah's Musical Wonderland at Sydney Festival 2011". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Arts Rocket | Discovering & exploring Arts in Sydney and beyond with kids.: Lah-Lah's Big Live Band - Review". 8 October 2009.