User:RosemaryPonnekanti

Rosemary Ponnekanti is an award-winning writer, musician, multimedia storyteller and festival director. An Australian by birth, she has lived on three continents with a career ranging from classical double bassist and church organist to newspaper journalist and communications professional. She created and directed two arts festivals in Tacoma, Washington: Tacoma Ocean Fest and Tacoma Light Trail. As a soloist, Rosemary creates her own compositions on looping bass inspired by (and often including) nature, either live or recorded, and layered with her own spoken word poetry. She has played for West Seattle Art & Nature Festival, Tacoma Light Trail, Lakewold Gardens Solstice Lights and others, as well as with the Melbourne Symphony and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, currently playing with Christ Church Camerata. She lives in Newcastle, NSW.