The Coast continues to attract top class performers with two of Australia’s finest performers appearing at Laycock Street Community Theatre on 12 May.

Singer Katie Noonan and guitarist Karin Schaupp met by chance at a festival some twelve years ago and have been formally collaborating as a duo since 2011.

Since then Katie and Karin have produced two CDs, performed three sold out Australian tours and received two ARIA nominations.

The pair will take the audience through the great South American dance forms and songs, including bossa nova, samba, salsa and tango, when they perform works from their latest co-creation, Songs of the Latin Skies, which they are touring nationally over the next few months.

Council’s Connected Communities Group Leader Julie Vaughan said it was wonderful to have two of Australia’s most outstanding musical talents performing right here on the Coast.

“Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp are each established performers of great acclaim and to have both of them appearing at Laycock Street Community Theatre is a rare opportunity to hear the crème de la crème of the music world,” Ms Vaughan said.

“Katie Noonan is a multi platinum selling, ARIA award-winning artist and Karin Schaupp has won prizes in international competitions in Lagonegro, Italy and Madrid, Spain, where she was also awarded the special competition prize for the Best Interpretation of Spanish Music.”

Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Luis Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim will be featured.

The duo’s rendition of Sting’s Roxanne on their first album, EP Songs from the British Isles, was in the top three of the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project Air It (a platform where producers access music for airplay) charts for four weeks.

Their second album, Songs of the Southern Skies, featured home grown composers and songwriters from Australia and New Zealand and includes distinguished artists such as Iva Davies, Claire Bowditch, Diana Doherty and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

When: 12 May, 8pm
Where: Laycock Street Community Theatre
Tickets: Members $42, All other tickets $44
Bookings: call 02 4323 3233 or www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/theatres