Australian violin and viola player. Cleis has played music for contemporary dance and poetry performances. She also was integral to [a=MacKenzie Theory], an Australian jazz rock / fusion group who formed during September 1971 in Melbourne, and then disbanded during May 1974. In 1976 Cleis joined raga rock band [a=Kanguru] who released the album [i]Dreaming[/i] (1976). In the 1980s Pearce teamed up with [a=Cathie O'Sullivan] and released a folk album [i]High Places[/i] (1983). Since the 1980s she has toured and perf…