By Anthony Probert | posted on September 1, 2017
TICKETS to Radio Active are fast becoming hot property each year, as the collaboration between the WA Academy of Performing Arts and music students from ASHS and Great Southern Grammar continues to bloom.
Friday night’s concert to a near full-house at Albany Entertainment Centre was living proof that there is a deep pool of young musical talent in the region simmering below the surface and ready to boil over into live music venues post-high school.
The show opened with the atomic burst of Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir, and took the audience on a journey through some classic covers and catchy original tunes.
Singling out one performer is not ideal in such a deep pool of talent, including several highly capable multi-instrumentalists, but the crowd clearly dug into ASHS’ Evan Ayers’ medley of Elvis favourites.
If you closed your eyes you heard the King’s voice, but you also missed the signature gyrations.
The backing from the cream of WAAPA’s crop provided the safety net for the local young talented singers as they launched themselves into their performances and handled quick changeovers between songs and a packed theatre.
