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Mt Oberon’s Summit
by Hugh Planigale Composed while on vacation at Wilson’s Promontory in 2022. Continue reading
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Mrs O’Grady of Curradavitt
by Ciaran O’Grady I wrote this tune for my grandmother Helen O’Grady who was just an incredible woman. She was a farmer who had a larger family – 20 children, and my Dad was no. 12. Composed in 2021. Continue reading
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Mr Robertson Takes the Helm
by Judy Turner Written for Matt Robertson on the occasion of his ascending to the role of Director of the might Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers. Composedin 2011. Continue reading
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Moser’s Jig
by Andy Rigby Written for Cat Moser’s parents. Continue reading
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Miss O’Brien’s Suite
by Shane Lestideau I’ve always loved and admired the work of J.S. Bach, especially his Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. This suite of tunes started the day I broke up the D minor gigue from Partita II to playfully improvise with the B part. I wanted to fuse the sounds of an Irish jig… Continue reading
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Miss Katherine Fitzgibbons
by Pria Schwall-Kearney When I was young, I went on a dancing competition to Tasmania. On that trip, an eleven year old dancer went down a slide and managed to break her ankle in the worst way I’ve ever seen. She had to go to hospital, then they couldn’t do the surgery in Tasmania so… Continue reading
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The Migrant
by Ciaran O’Grady When I first moved to Australia, I decided to write a tune every day for a month while I was waiting to get a job. This was one of them. Composed in 2015. Continue reading
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The Merry Dancers
by Andrew Cooper The Merry Dancers is a description of the Northern Light by John Muir, a Scottish environmentalist. I was given a book about John by some friends around the same time I went on tour with some friends. We didn’t have a name for this tune (well we didn’t have a flattering name),… Continue reading
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Merry
by Regina McDonald I wrote this tune around the time I was playing Celtic music and the influence of that crept into my tune making. Continue reading
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Merri Creek Set
by Meredith Beardmore I moved to Coburg at the end of 2017 and quickly discovered the charm of the Merri Creek. I seemed to cross it or walk or ride alongside it all the time and it never ceases to enchant me. Composed in 2018. Continue reading
About Melbourne Tune collection
Melbourne Tune Collection records and publishes original folk tunes and songs from around Australia.
I started this project after realising that I barely knew any Australian folk tunes, even though I’ve been playing the fiddle for almost two decades. It wasn’t that Australians weren’t writing tunes, it’s just that there was limited publishing opportunities for them.
I thought maybe if I collect these tunes and put them together, they would have a better chance of getting played. So in early 2019 I set off with my camera and recorder, first around Melbourne, then across Australia.
This site is the result of these travels. Its purpose is to make Australian folk music as accessible as possible and promote the incredible music that’s being written today. I genuinely believe that there’s something special happening in the Melbourne and Australian folk music scenes right now.
I hope you enjoy playing through these tunes as much as I have!
Katherine Oleinikov
