Music With Panache

Music with Panache is a spirited band sharing a love of music and an enduring friendship. Because they work from a two to six piece band the line-up is flexible.
	About the band members... Lyn is the founding member, and will be there from the first contact through to performance. With years of experience organising music for weddings big and small, formal and intimate, from beaches to Grand Ballrooms, Lyn will be able to give you friendly advice and listen to your individual ideas. Lyn plays flute and tenor saxophone as well as singing lead and harmony vocals.

Murray Ferguson is well known to Australian audiences as the band leader of The Castaways, who performed nightly on P&O's Fairstar & Fair Princess for over seven years. On lead vocals, bass and guitar Murray’s versatility has him in high demand around Sydney’s night spots.	John Conley is a formidable talent on Double and Electric Bass. He is recognised around Sydney for his performances with Galapagos Duck.	Glenn Skarratt is a versatile musician who has over 30 years experience playing classical, rock, celtic, blues, folk and jazz music. A regular performer at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Glenn has also played the music scene in Sydney and its surrounds in many capacities; soloist, half of the duo “Skarratt and Watts”, in countless bands and in orchestras for the musicals Les Miserables and West Side Story. Glenn plays electric and acoustic guitars, classical guitar, mandolin as well as singing lead and harmony vocals.

Derek Davies started playing violin and viola at age 11. He won a scholarship from The ABC and spent 3 years performing with The ABC Orchestra before becoming a freelance musician. Derek has performed in Sydney’s finest venues (Sydney Opera House, State Theatre and all the Grand Ballrooms of the city’s elite hotels) as well as playing shows at most of Sydney’s five star restaurants.		Malcolm Wakeford performed, recorded and toured with Dr John, Vince Gill, Tommy Emmanuel, Albert Lee, Stevie Wright, Marcia Hines, Mario Millo, John Farnham and bands including Little River Band, The Imports (with Stephen Housden and Jackie Orszazcky), Redgum, The Flying Emus, Jak Housden Band and many other rock, jazz and funk bands.