Australian Guitar duo Ziggy and Miles will perform in Westfield on Sunday, January 18

Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Westfield is excited to present the internationally acclaimed Australian guitar duo Ziggy and Miles in concert at 5 PM on Sunday, January 18.St. Paul’s is located at 414 East Broad Street (near Euclid Avenue) in Westfield, NJ…Tickets, priced at $30 (adults) and $15 (students), can be purchased either online at www.steepleconcerts.org or at the door. A gala reception follows the event, allowing concert attendees to meet and greet this gifted, personable, “down under” duo. .Concert parking is available in the St. Paul’s parking lot (off of Euclid Avenue) or on St. Paul’s Street next to the church.

Described by The Age Magazine as “Australian guitarist brothers making history,” Ziggy and Miles are “two of Australia’s finest young musicians who are forging an international career.”Winners of the 2023 YCA (Young Concert Artists) Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, the brothers are the first guitar duo to receive this prestigious award in the organization’s 63-year history.

Their album, Sidekick, was featured as one of WQXR’s "Best New Classical Albums of 2023.”It is praised by Soundboard Magazine, who says the album is “[played] with perfect unanimity and admirable virtuosity.” Sidekick showcases new works written for the brothers, plus their own “transfixingly beautiful” (Limelight Magazine), arrangement of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” and works from Spain, Latin America, and Australia that have shaped their musical identity.

The title track, Sidekick, “is a “a musical telling of the duo’s brotherly dynamics both on stage and off” written by award-winning composer Katie Jenkins.In Jenkins’ own words, “They make fun of each other but need each other, they compete with one another but are stronger together.”

Natives of Melbourne and graduates of the Masters Program at The Juilliard School, Ziggy and Miles were the first Australians and first guitar duo accepted into the school’s prestigious Artist Diploma program, where they also received the Norman Benzaquen Career Advancement Grant.They studied under multiple Grammy winner Sharon Isbin, who shaped and inspired their artistic identities.

In 2024-2025, the duo served as the Musicians-in-Residence at the Dumbarton Oaks historic, gardens-renowned estate in Washington, D.C…Dumbarton Oaks serves as a Harvard University research institute (humanities and garden-landscape studies), museum and library.

Please join Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s on Sunday, January 18 at 5 PM for a very special afternoon of great music!