MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music of the Americas - Tangos, Songs and Dances for flute and guitar

Initially inspired by popular music and flamenco to start playing the guitar, Timothy Kain's first classical guitar lessons were with Sadie Bishop at the Canberra School of Music. After graduating, he lived in Spain and England where he studied with Jose Tomás and Gordon Crosskey, and won first prize in the Third International Guitar Competition in Alicante, Spain, and the Royal Northern College of Music Bach prize.

Virginia Taylor has given recitals in all capital cities of Australia and performed as a soloist with almost all of the Symphony Australia Orchestras, as well as having been guest Principal Flute for many of these orchestras. She is currently Principal Flute of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Coordinator of the Australian National Academy of Music's Flute Program. She has won several flute awards and is involved in numerous flute events, institutions and festivals as a lecturer, performer and Artistic Director.