International Choral Insights presents Practitioner’s View: How do you teach conducting? Why teach conducting?
Dr Karen Grylls is one of the central figures behind choral music in New Zealand. She is a teacher and mentor; an expert of choral conducting as a practitioner and a pedagogue. International Choral Insights will delve into her experiences and the ideas that have shaped how she does what she does as a teacher of conducting.
When The Sixteen first began performing over thirty years ago, its members were paid the princely sum of £5.00 with a pint of beer as a bonus. Since then, The Sixteen has become one of the most highly regarded ensembles in the world. They have enjoyed success across the media with concerts and festival appearances…
Palace Opera and Ballet presents Jean-Philippe Rameau Rameau’s Les Indes galantes captured live from Opéra Bastille, Paris on 10 Oct 2019. This opera-ballet in four acts with prologue has Leonardo García Alarcón conducting the Orchestre Cappella Mediterranea with Sabine Devieilhe (Hébé/Phani/Zima), Florian Sempey (Bellone/Adario), Julie Fuchs (Émilie/Fatime), Mathias Vidal (Valère/ Tacmas), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Osman/Ali),…
Get a rare look at how a winter courtyard turns into into a sumptuous salon in just 4 minutes when Opera Australia leaves the curtain open during the scene change between scenes 1 and 2 of Act II of Verdi’s La Traviata, giving the audience a glimpse of how the magic really happens in this…
Nigel Westlake, the Willoughby Symphony’s 2018 Composer-in-Residence is guest conductor for Flight, a breathtaking concert of Nigel’s innovative works. One of Australia’s greatest composers, Nigel Westlake’s music has won numerous awards and is performed all over the world. He has created several dramatic film soundtracks as well. The opening item from the evocative score for the film Paper…
Following their brilliant performance of Mozart’s Requiem last year, the students of the Conservatorium High School in Sydney perform the music of Mussorgsky, Ravel and Poulenc in Pictures, Glorious Pictures. They will present two perspectives on Mussorgsky’s ten movement virtuoso piece Pictures at an Exhibition – the original piano version composed in 1874, and the orchestral adaptation by…
Acacia Quartet The Acacia Quartet takes you on a romantic musical trip to Southern Europe in a Sunday afternoon program featuring the work of Wolf, Puccini, Peterson, Verdi and Turina. The thrice ARIA Award-nominated ensemble performs Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade, Giacomo Puccini’s Crysantemi, John Peterson’s String Quartet No. 3, Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet and Joaquín…