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Singer Songwriter Performing Artist

 

Pete Vance’s life-long passion is singing and performing! Among early highlights were playing alongside the ‘Royal Australian Navy Band’ at PNG’s Independence Ball (1976); performing at the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay Celebrations and on ABC TV’s Stateline (Brisbane 2000) and at World Expo, Aichi, Japan (2005).

 

Peter wrote his first song ‘Welcome to My Day’ with other Access Arts members then performed it at the Asia-Pacific Wataboshi Music Festival in Nara, Japan (1999). The audience applauded loudly… he found out later they just thought he was ‘Kenny Rogers!’ 

 

More recently Peter has written and performed theme songs for the three festivals in his home village of Sandgate: Einbunpin (July 2018-22); ‘Jingle All The Bay’ (December 2018-21) and ‘Bluewater’ for the start of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht race, (2019 & 2022).

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In 2007 Peter became Brisbane‘s Senior Superstar singing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ in front of a capacity crowd at Brisbane City Hall and last year closed the Lord Mayor’s Seniors Gala Concert with crowd favourites ‘Love is a Many Splendored Thing’ and ‘FAME’ with stage and TV star Karen Knowles. 

 

A life member of the Brisbane Jazz Club (BJC) Peter performs there regularly with Brass Roots Live BIGBAND, the Men About Town trio and the monthly Jazz Singers Jam Night hosted by Ingrid James. He also sings each month with Art Deco Swing Band at the Royal Hotel Nundah.

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