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Vincent's Chair belong to a generation of musicians who eschew stylistic boundaries and have created a highly flexible hybrid which borrows from many and is beholden to none.

Vincent's Chair, write and perform original music which draws inspiration from jazz and roots music to create a new contemporary sound.

The group began in 2000 as a 6 piece, and has evolved into its current trio line-up of Kathie Renner on vocals & keyboard, accompanied by Karen De Nardi on viola and Hugh Stuckey on guitar. The combination of instruments and the beautifully crafted songs, together with their outstanding musicianship make for a lush, sonorous and unique sound.

Their blend of musically eclectic and lyrically introspective songs have left audiences amazed at the astonishing level of artistry and skill. In an age of fierce competition just to be noticed, this is one musical experience not to be missed.

Vincent's Chair cite as their influences Joni Mitchell, Sting, Pat Metheny, and Lior.

View the Vincent's Chair biography

Vincent's Chair Trio will be heading to Europe and the UK in May 08.
We have been invited to return to EUROPAfest in Bucharest, Romania (previous performance 06) As part of this tour we are also securing dates in Switzerland and the UK.
Please contact us if you would like furthur details.
kathie@kathierenner.com

Sunday 2nd of September is Fathers Day but is also ABC 75th birthday party in Elder Park.
Vincent's Chair trio will perform in the Rotunda at about 8:30am on the national broadcast of 'Australia All Over' (broadcast in Adelaide at 9am)
Kathie has been a regular on Macca's show over the years and it is always great to catch up when he does his show live in Adelaide.
Songs performed will be Fishermen's Secret and Fifty Things.

Isn't it interesting to discover the new music venues that appear during the Adelaide Fringe Festival. The Tea House Gallery on Synagogue Place, run by Con Virlas, is pouring out all kinds of jazz varieties in concerts at 6:30pm and 8:30pm every night. $10/night.
Vincent's Chair Trio performed there on opening night, Thurs 8th March and again on Wed 14th March.
Local photographer, Steve Moon, took some lovely black and white photo's of us during our second performance.
Show me all of Steve's Collection

Sat March 17th 'St Patrick's Day'. Vincent's Chair Trio will be returning to Whistler Wines, Barossa Valley for a Twilight Concert. If you were among the audience at the last performance there, you will remember the gorgeous weather, beautiful grounds, friendly staff and ofcourse good wine and music. Come along, bring a group of friends, a chair and a picnic basket or try the BBQ and cheese platters available from Whistlers. Part proceeds will be donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Entry on the day is $5, concert starts 6pm. We are sure you will enjoy the performance of our original music and covers of our favorite musicians. So come along, wear green! (optional), and have a good time.

Mon March 5th. The trio are also performing at COMA-Hipnote Sessions. There are two groups performing on the night. We are first at 8:15pm for 50mins and will be performing songs from our new CD 'Stretch' , followed by the Mandala Project - spirited spontaneous composing.
Entry $8/$5(coma members). Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thebarton

and...

The Adelaide Fringe Festival - Jazz Sessions
Thurs March 8th - 8:30pm, after the Fringe parade and
Wed March 14th - 8:30pm.
more info to come.....

"Kathie Renner made a truimphant return to the Barossa on Saturday the 18th with an amazing performance by her group Vincent's Chair at a Twilight concert held at the beautiful grounds of Whistler Wines. Playing to a back drop of vines, roses and gum trees, Kathie's musical genious was enjoyed by the audience, many of whom referred to it as a 'magical night'" - The Leader (Wed 22nd Nov 2006)
In addition to the array of music performed by the trio, the audience were treated to new tunes from their newly released CD, "Stretch"
The performance raised over $700 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Such was the success of the twilight concert, Vincent's Chair will return to Whistler in the new year for another evening of music on Saturday 15th March, 2007.

We are very happy to tell you about a concert we are doing on Saturday 18th November in the Barossa Valley. Karen, Kathie and Hugh will be performing a twilight concert in the beautiful grounds of Whistler Wines in the Barossa Valley.

The trio will play many new tunes as well as some more familiar ones, and we will have some special guests join us on stage.

The concert is FREE and starts at 6pm and you are invited to bring a picnic basket and chair. There will also be a gold coin donation to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Whistler Wines is located on Seppeltsfield Road, Marananga in the Barossa Valley.

We're back from our trip to EUROPAfest - Romania
and we want to share some stories and music with you so we've organised to do a gig next
Wednesday 7th June at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton 8pm - FREE
See you there with your beanies on!

What an excellent adventure!
We are back in Adelaide after performing at EUROPAfest06 in Romania. We performed several concerts, two of which were broadcast live on National Romanian Television (TVR). Our venues were the ArCuB Hall - which is their main jazz venue in Bucharest - and we were invited to perform in the final night gala concert at the beautiful and ornate Royal Atheneum - which is their premiere concert venue.
We all had a great time and are ready to do it all again...soon!
Our thanks go to Luigi, Bogdana and their excellent team of volunteers.

Check out some images of our venues on the Picture Gallery page.

In May, Vincent's Chair Trio will perform at Europafest an annual event held in Bucharest, Romania. The trio will present 3 performances - 20 minutes in a variety concert and two 90 minute concerts.

Karen says, "It is an exciting opportunuty to be able to perform our original music in Romania. The focus of this year's festival is Jazz and Pop, and we are looking forward to presenting our music and listening to the other international artists."

Joining Kathie Renner and Karen De Nardi for this tour is Hugh Stuckey, on jazz guitar.

South Australian residents can read an article about Vincent's Chair Trio in the May edition of SALife Magazine.