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Blak & Bright operates on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Owners and Custodians of the land, water and sky of this Country. We pay our respect to all Elders past, present and future.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images, footage, voices or names of deceased persons.

Shauntai Sherree Abdul-Rahman

Multi-faceted vocalist and composer Shauntai Sherree Abdul-Rahman effortlessly inhabits the worlds of opera, inspirational soul and gospel, classical composition, and theatre making. Shauntai has appeared as a soloist for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Victorian Opera, Sydney Opera House, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Short Black Opera, and Arts Centre Melbourne.

She was the featured composer at the 2019 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival premiering her critically acclaimed song cycles drawing on Wiradjuri heritage and First Nations languages. She is a principal artist with Short Black Opera and was nominated best actress and best supporting actress in an opera in the 2016 at the Australian Broadwayworld awards.

In 2021 Shauntai made her Victorian Opera Debut as Mrs Waa in 2021 and 2023 she played the role of “Winsome” in Christopher Sainsbury and Jane Harrisons’s ‘The Visitors’. Shauntai is currently in the process of writing her first Australian Musical which is supported by Creative Victoria, inspired by the life of her late father Wally ‘Wait a While’ Carr an Indigenous boxer who held twelve titles across six different divisions across his 15-year career as a boxer and is inducted in the boxing Hall of Fame in Melbourne.

Events

Storytime with Blak & Bright

Blak & Bright isn’t just for grown ups! In this session, Shauntai Sherree Abdul-Rahman reads a collection of children’s books to delight and entertain little ones (ages 3 – 8). In partnership with State Library Victoria.