Yvette Audain is a prolific, versatile musician, composer and arranger born and based in Auckland, New Zealand, having also lived and worked in Wellington, Melbourne (Australia) and most recently Whitianga. Yvette’s instruments are clarinet, saxophone, flute, piano, recorder and Irish whistle as well as singing and she has professional experience in a variety of genres: classical (Auckland Philharmonia; Auckland Chamber Orchestra; New Zealand Opera), jazz (Brett's New Internationals; APOPS ensemble the Jam Donuts), military band (the full-time Royal New Zealand Navy Band), Celtic-style originals (trio 'Doris'), gypsy (the Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band), free improvisation (Vitamin S), salsa (Cuban Accent Banda) and many more settings beyond these.