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Saraband Music is located in Kilcoy, QLD, Australia. Saraband Music began in 1994, selling sheet music and facsimiles, strings and CDs. Publishing began in 1996. In 2004, the business changed to mainly publishing, and the string business was sold to Ian Watchorn in Melbourne. From 2007, Saraband Music continued to publish early music under both the Saraband and Hammer & Tongs Reproductions imprints, and introduced a new range of music and interesting products for customers, including antiquarian maps and cards. A private collection of old books, including many first editions is also being sold.
   
Saraband Music is owned by Patrice Connelly, who has the degree of M.Mus (Hons) from the University of Sydney. She plays and teaches viola da gamba, and has edited music for viols published by Dovehouse Editions (Canada), PRB Productions (California) and the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain, and written articles and reviews for a number of journals. Her early musical studies were undertaken at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, before progressing to the Music Department at the University of Sydney. She began playing piano at the age of 8, and violin at age 12. During her B.Mus, she also played viola before giving up both violin and viola for the viola da gamba.

Patrice's other interests include growing organic vegetables, travel, nutrition, genealogy, early English history/archaeology, the environment, and reading - that is, when she isn't playing with her cat Scuzzi (who has a terrific webpage!) She has also studied a wide variety of natural therapies courses at Nature Care College in Sydney prior to moving to Queensland, and has completed a Bachelor of Natural Therapies at Southern Cross University. If she could have another go at this life, she'd choose archaeology!

In genealogical terms, she has Irish (Galway, Wexford, Dublin, Kildare), English (Lancashire, Warwickshire, London) and Scots (Perthshire) blood, with a touch of French (via Jersey) and German (Eisen) several generations back. Some of the main surnames she is researching are McManaway, Lambert, and Lattin (from Ireland), Gibbs, Linney and Saxon (from England), and Griffith, Le Gresley and Rose (Jersey).

Two years ago, Patrice, Tony and Scuzzi have bought a property at Stoney Creek, near Woodford in Queensland, and plan to move there (with Saraband) in late 2008. In the meantime, while they owner-build the rather large dream house, they are living at Kilcoy, which is 15 minutes drive West of Stoney Creek. Some photos of the Stoney Creek property can be seen by clicking here.

 

Recently I've been involved in setting up a website for a local community respite centre. Please go to www.kilcoycc.com to see what we've come up with.