THE VALKYRIES
Clever, Creative and Comedic
In Norse Mythology, a Valkyrie is a spirit who goes to battlefields and chooses warriors worthy enough to enter Valhalla - the afterlife.
Seeing as none of these three are actually Nordic demigoddesses, their talents reside in the arts.
Dom, Heather and Joy play original compositions inspired from their classical, jazz and contemporary musical training. Many of the works include experimentation with sound, chord progressions and percussive patterns.
BAND MEMBERS
DOM PARKER
Double Bass/Electric Bass
Dom is an electric/double bassist, arranger and composer currently in her fifth year of studying a bachelor of music and bachelor of arts at UNSW. She has studied music with Todd Hardy, Jeff Longhurst, Karl Dunnicliff, Mark Howard, Brett Hirst, Brendan Young, Abel Cross, Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Sandy Evans and many more. She's played in countless  rock bands and jazz bands, was principal double bassist for the UNSW Orchestra from 2014-2015 and UNSW String Ensemble from 2014-2015. She is currently bassist for the UNSW Jazz Orchestra.Dom’s main interest is within Japanese music, especially that of Japanese popular music, jazz music and video game music. She toured Japan with her school's music department and was lucky enough to experience Japan's music and gaming culture first hand. Her love of anime and game music can be heard within her arrangements and compositions.
HEATHER DARVEY
Drums/Percussion
Heather has a passion for many kinds of music and is influenced by Japanese math rock, funk, shoegaze, jazz fusion, ambient, post-rock, Afro-Cuban and Indian rhythms. Heather initially studied Visual Arts and her fascination with vivid colours and patterns is evident her playing. In 2014 Heather completed a Bachelor of Music at the Australian Institute of Music. Since then she has played in various music projects ranging from experimental rock to folk. Heather has a love for performing and improvising, it is in improvised music that she feels she can make the drums truly sing and explore the textures and colours of her instrument.
JOY YANG
Piano/Theremin
Joy Yang (L.T.C.L., AMusA) started playing the piano at the age of four in South Africa before moving to Sydney at the age of seven. Joy currently studies Classical Piano with Neta Maughan AM, and Jazz Piano with Dimitrije Vasiljević (Serbia/USA). She has studied piano with renowned artists such as Alister Spence, Satoko Fujii (Japan), Rochelle Sennet (USA), Christine Logan and Tamara-Anna Cislowska in the past. Joy currently plays jazz piano in the Valkyrie Trio, and Advanced Jazz Ensemble (UNSW).
Joy is a self-taught theremin player and produces her own electronic music. Joy currently performs theremin in a Sydney-based multidisciplinary trio. She also collaborates locally and internationally with other jazz, electronic and world music artists, with a vision to explore new projects and sounds.
