The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom

Stephanie ACRAMAN (voice)

Having commenced her professional performing life as a contemporary dancer trained in tap, ballet and jazz, Stephanie then studied classical voice earning Bachelor and Masters degrees (first class Hons).

Performance and recording credits include roles with New Zealand Opera, George Limb Opera, Michael Williams’ Prodigal Child and Juniper Passion (CD and Italy tour), Alexander Productions’ Dead Man Walking, Auckland Philharmonia, ABC Classic FM, Radio New Zealand, Sydney Opera House, Vietnamese Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Orchestra, Auckland Arts Festival and a range of other organisations and venues.

Stephanie is also a teacher of voice, having held positions as Senior Lecturer, Head of Voice and Head of Performance Studies. Now Artistic Director for the Australian touring opera company CoOpera, she works closely with developing young artists in vocal technique and stagecraft, also directing opera, with a focus on the Italian repertoire.

Liam WOODING (piano)

Liam Wooding (Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) hails from Whanganui, New Zealand, where his love of the piano and making music was fostered at an early age in primary school. After initial piano studies in New Zealand, he completed further studies at the Australian National Academy of Music and in the United States as a Fulbright Scholar.

Throughout his training, he performed as a soloist with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, the Wellington Chamber Orchestra, and on several occasions with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Since then, he has gone on to perform recitals across New Zealand and Australia and was recently a soloist with the Western Australian Youth Orchestra.

In addition to this release, Liam features on the album Play Pen (2019) and appears on Lachlan Skipworth's ARIA-nominated album ‘Chamber Works Vol. II’ (2022). Many of Liam’s live recordings can be found online at the websites of Radio New Zealand Concert and SOUNZ Center for New Zealand Music.