Performing Arts

Emilio Kormanic Cheers on Isaiah at 2017 Eurovision Contest

Scoresby Secondary College Guitar tutor Emilio Kormanic was the guitarist for Eurovision 2017 finalist Isaiah’s Live Touring Band.  He has kindly taken the time to provide us with an insight to his touring year so far.

Mr Kormanic …

I got the call to play with Isaiah back in December last year. His management contacted me to ask me if I'd be interested in taking the role of his guitar player. I was really excited to be involved and we got started at the beginning of 2017, putting together the show for the first tour.

We kicked off Isaiah's first tour, 'The River Dream Tour', playing the opening show at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne on Feb 4th, and continued to play shows in Sydney and Brisbane for the rest of the month. The first tour was a really great experience! 

Shortly after, Isaiah was asked to join Jessica Mauboy on her national tour, 'All the hits: live' and we got to play 8 shows all around Australia to packed out arenas. We played Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Darwin.

The show at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne was a real highlight for me, a venue that has a capacity of 7500 people. I'd seen a number of concerts there and it was a real dream come true to get to play that stage in front of so many people!

After finishing the Jessica Mauboy Tour, Isaiah headed over to represent Australia at Eurovision 2017 where he did extremely well, placing 4th with the Judges and holding a Top Ten position after voting was complete, finishing at 9th. 

He'll be heading home shortly and we're looking forward to playing many shows that we have booked in for the coming months!

Mr Kormanic has been very active in helping our music department in establishing its contemporary music ‘Artist Development Program’. Many of our students have been highly inspired by his guitar and industry experience. We wish Mr Kormanic all the best with his teaching and industry commitments for the remainder of the year.

Mr Kormanic with Year 7 guitar student

Jed Bradford

Mr Kormanic on stage live with Australia’s 2017 Eurovison Contest representative Isaiah.

Frank Martinek

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