In our second workshop for the year Dene Olding, core member of the Australia Ensemble @UNSW and co-concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, will work with two promising UNSW students.
This masterclass is free and open to the public, offering a rare opportunity to get inside the minds of musicians and learn about how they practice their art.
Selby & Friends’ annual foray into Beethoven’s great chamber music is a welcome harbinger of celebrations for the great master’s 250th birth anniversay in 2020. In response to audience demand, Beethoven’s Back!, with Sydney Symphony concertmaster Andrew Haveron, Australian cellist Richard Narroway, and pianist Kathryn Selby, tours in October and November in an eagerly anticipated…
The Balmain Sinfonia makes a long-awaited return in June with its second 2013 concert in its newly refurbished home, the Macquarie Theatre at Macquarie University, North Ryde. The centrepiece of the concert is that rarest of beasts, a piece featuring a bass trombone solo – the Rhapsody by American composer Eric Ewazen. The rest of the program includes the popular Waltz from Gounod’s Faust,…
The Zephyr Quartet and soprano Jane Sheldon join forces paying tribute to composers unknown in Música Anonymous. In an age where there is almost no such thing as anonymity, Música Anonymous brings together Adelaide’s award winning Zephyr Quartet and acclaimed New York-based Sydney-born soprano Jane Sheldon, in a program that pays tribute to composers unknown. Through the medium…
Omega Ensemble showcases the versatility of wind instrument and the rich tapestry of their sounds in Beethoven’s Quintet, a programme of music by Beethoven, Nielsen, Hindemith and Francaix performed by Sally Walker (flute), Celia Craig (oboe), David Rowden (clarinet), Michael Dixon (horn), Ben Hoadley (bassoon) and Maria Raspopova (piano) The programme: Nielsen, Wind Quintet, Op. 43/ Hindemith, Kleine…
‘Big’ may be ‘beautiful’, but ‘small’ is ‘wonderful’ in Halcyon’s presentation of of their early June concert Small Wonders. Focusing exclusively on works for very small forces, it demands the soloistic talents of each ensemble performer. Halcyon’s Alison Morgan (soprano) and Jenny-Duck Chong (mezzo-soprano) are joined by guest artists cellist Geoffrey Gartner, pianist Jo Allan…
The Musician Project Orchestra welcomes back conductor Fabian Russell in a programme that features cellist Jack Bailey and the music of Richard Strauss and Prokofiev. Fabian Russell previously conducted the young ensemble in their 2015 performance of Mahler’s 9th Symphony. Young Australian cellist Jack Bailey returns from studies in the UK to perform with the ensemble.<style>…