If tenacity, fearlessness and creativity are the marks of a true artist, then Diana Rouvas was born for the role. A self-confessed perfectionist and dreamer-turned-doer, this Sydney-born vocalist and songwriter has lived and breathed music since she could barely speak.

Having grown up in a tremendously musical family, Rouvas made her onstage debut at a young age and was a music industry veteran by the time she was twenty years old. She began serious vocal training at just four and started writing music at seven. At sixteen, Rouvas travelled to the US to hone in on her songwriting skills and perform around the country, and by seventeen, she was touring internationally as a backup singer for Tina Arena. Over the last decade, she has become one of the darlings of the Sydney music scene and gained industry respect as an outstanding live vocalist. Having studied voice from a young age – she has also been teaching voice production here and in the US, for the past 12 years. She has sung alongside some of Australia’s most successful musicians, and worked aside some of the most successful artists and musicians in America. In 2006 Rouvas recorded her original material with the legendary Funk Soul Bank “RUFUS” (Rufus and Chaka Khan) which Rouvas says was an incredibly humbling experience, and toured the world as a solo artist and even represented Australia by performing at the prestigious G’Day USA Australia Week showcase in Los Angeles.

In 2012, Rouvas was one of the final eight contestants on the first series of The Voice as part of Keith Urban’s team. While many would argue that her defining moment was a vibrant and charismatic rendition of Beyoncé’s Love On Top, her depth and nature as an artist wasn’t truly felt until she floored the judges with a raw and incredibly sultry performance of blues standard Stormy Monday that was not only goosebump-inducing, but technically impressive.

Rouvas was signed to Universal Music not long after her time on the voice, Releasing the single Heart of Goodbye, Rouvas collaborated with ARIA-nominated producer, Louis Schoorl (Daniel Johns, The Veronicas, De La Soul, Tina Arena) and UK producer Sermstyle (Pitbull, Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar) to create a mature, but uplifting soul-meets-pop track that has its roots deep in 70s throwback cool, with a very on-the-pulse feel.

In a sea of electronic bleeps and production overkill, Diana Rouvas is a breath of fresh air. An accomplished entertainer with an old-school approach of integrity, determination and detail and a youthful but sexy on-stage magnetism that is completely her own. She is a musician’s musician, the real deal, and you bet she’s in it for the long haul.

Gavin has built his reputation and honed his overseas for most of the last ten years. He has lived and worked in Europe and also New debut album at the famous ‘One Soul’ recording studios with his U.S. based jazz piano trio alongside fellow musicians Chris Riggenbach on bass seven years touring around the world with highlights including a concert series in Norway and performances in Slovakia.

After returning to Australia in 2008 Gavin has been busy with performances at various Jazz Festivals (Norfolk Island, ewcastle), the release of a new acoustic jazz some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians and the development of his pop/funk/soul Manaslu with their debut album Nomadic.

James is a freelance Director and Producer with a long list of clients and TV shows properties that include Yahoo!7, the CSIRO, Lynx deodorant, Allianz Insurance, Home and Away, The X Factor, A Place To Call Home, Dancing With The Stars, Sunrise and The Morning Show. As an emerging media specialist, James has designed games, apps, and transmedia campaigns, and continues to develop personal projects in this space.

Alysia Hodges trained with Janice Breen in jazz, tap and classical ballet and is now senior teacher and studio manager. She has worked as a dancer, teacher and choreographer for the past 22 years. In addition to her work at JBPS, Alysia currently lectures in technique and performance for the BA Dance degree program at the Wesley Institute and works as a dance and arts consultant within a variety of education settings. Alysia holds a BA (Communications) and is currently completing an honours degree in Dance Education with the Royal Academy of Dance.

Alysia’s choreographic and production credits include: assistant choreographer on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Paralympic Opening ceremonies, 2003 Rugby World Cup Opening ceremomy and 2003 NFL Superbowl half time show as well as work for stage, television, advertising and corporate entertainment. Alysia’s long standing association with the Randwick Girls/ Boys Rock Eisteddfod team has seen them achieve a high level of success . They have won the NSW State competition 5 times and the National competition in 2002, 2007 and 2011. In 2011 the Randwick team were awarded 2nd place in the Global competition judged across 5 countries.

Stephen has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Urban Studies; a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Musicology; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology. He has taught in the Higher Education sector since 1980 at  Institutions including the Australian Institute of Music, the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, the University of Newcastle and the Academy of Music and Performing Arts.

Stephen has published a range of articles on performance and in particular guitar performance and pedagogy. He has been an active teacher of classical guitar for a number of years. He has distinguished himself, further, in the area of musicology.