Aeolus has prepared recitals for ArtSong Canberra, the Canberra Chamber Music Festival, Pro Musica, the Canberra New Music Society, the National Gallery of Australia and the Arts Council. Aeolus has presented seasons at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra Tea Rooms and Dorette’s Bistro, and supported Cleo Laine and Stephane Grapelli in their Canberra performances.
The trio also headlined at the School of Arts Café in Queanbeyan and the music theatre work that opened the Street Theatre (Pentagram with music by Canberra composer Jim Cotter) was written for Aeolus and five actors.
Aeolus has been heard in broadcasts on Artsound FM and 2CN and national broadcasts on ABC FM, including live broadcasts from Floriade.



Lis Hoorweg toured with the Australian Youth Orchestra to Asia and, after graduating from the Canberra School of Music, taught clarinet at the American High School in The Hague. On returning to Canberra, she performed with a number of clarinet and wind ensembles, notably with the Canberra Wind Players sextet and Aeolus. She has been teaching the clarinet and performing in Canberra since the early 1970s. In addition to her work with Aeolus, she has presented a solo recital for Pro Musica. Lis teaches in her studio in Campbell and St Clare's College.

David Whitbread performed on bassoon with the Canberra and Melbourne youth orchestras and the Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra. Returning to Canberra, he could be heard with Windpower, a wind quintet, and as a founding member of Aeolus. He accompanied on piano and produced vocal arrangements for the Woden Valley Youth Choir for many years and toured with them to Japan and Brisbane. He performed on piano with numerous artists at the School of Arts Café and was the musical director for the acclaimed 1992 Canberra production of Noël and Gertie. He has been a judge for the Canberra Area Theatre Awards for 15 years. He was Artistic Director and General Manager of Canberra Youth Music in 2003 and 2004. His Rumpole-esque bassoon solos are heard in the National Archives of Australia permanent exhibition on the Centenary of the High Court of Australia.

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