In this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Jocelyn Bishop talks with the wonderful Jack Riley (Pronouns he/him). Jack is a Naarm (Melbourne) based musician with a wide breadth of experience including composing for theatre, and performing across Australia, and is the creative director for Key Change Choir, a choir exclusively for trans, gender diverse and gender exploring adults. Jack is also a Registered Music Therapist with the Australian Music Therapy Association. As a part of his work, he helps people learn how to use music as a resource to support their health and well-being. Jack also performs one of his songs LIVE on the show - Wonderful!
Esther was born in 1877 in London of German/Jewish descent. At the age of five, she made her first public appearance in London as a pianist and won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music - an amazing opportunity for such a young child – but unfortunately, she was not able to take it…