Swing on This
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Swing on This | |
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 Swing On This starring Michael Falzon, Matt Lee, Luke Kennedy and Ben Mingay debuting at Adelaide Festival Centre 6 June 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | swing |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Members | |
| Website | swingonthis.com.au |
Swing on This is made up of musical theatre leading men, Michael Falzon, Luke Kennedy, Matt Lee and Ben Mingay, singing a collection of classic swing songs reworked with a more contemporary style, as well as more recent popular music arranged for an 18 piece big band.[1] Although songs range from Irving Berlin and Cole Porter through to more recent influences like Oasis, Swing On This embraces a more contemporary style of swing, with Falzon comparing it more to Michael Buble and Robbie Williams.[2] Swing on This includes a medley of Australian classic rock and pop.[3]
Swing on This was originally conceived by Michael Falzon[4][5] and had been in development for several years.[1] Initially produced by Good Egg Creative and Asia Theatricals as a one-off, stand alone cabaret act specifically for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Swing on This debuted on 7 June 2014.[6] Falzon claimed his intent was not about creating a boy band, but a group of "mates coming together and having a sing."[7] He added that "The strength of this show is based on individual personalities and everyone brings something different."
Following Adelaide Cabaret Festival, they performed as the headline act at both the official black tie launch of the refurbished Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre on 25 July and at the community concert[8] the next evening, again playing to a full house. Falzon, Lee, Kennedy and Mingay were accompanied by the Perth Symphony Orchestra Big Band, part of the newly formed Perth Symphony Touring Ensemble. The freshly arranged Australian pop section was performed in Sydney for the first time at the Rob Guest Endowment concert on 13 October 2014. Their Gold Coast debut followed in March 2015 at Queensland's 1100 seat Arts Theatre. Swing on This made their television debut on Channel 9 Gold Telethon, 8 June 2015, a fundraiser for Sydney Children's Hospital. This performance included Mingay, Falzon and Lee. Kennedy and Falzon performed as Swing on This in Perth, Western Australia with Perth Symphony Orchestra Big Band for The Pinnacle Awards.
Swing On This was originally choreographed and directed by Christopher Horsey with Musical Direction by Craig Schneider.[9] Music for Swing On This was arranged by Richard Sidwell, whom Falzon had worked with on Music of Queen: Rock and Symphonic Spectacular.[1]
