Written by Leona Geeves The Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship Concert was held in a flurry of frocks and very high notes on Sunday 16th October 2016 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Guest presenter, Peter Coleman-Wright AO, entertained with his expert knowledge of opera and quirky and amusing asides. The competition was adjudicated by…
Mezzo soprano Jade Moffat, has been awarded the 2013 Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’). The 23 year old from Queensland performed with the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Legge, competing with Hannah Dahlenburg, Alexander Knight, Edward Laurenson and Danita Weatherstone before adjudicators Conal Coad, Peter Czornyj, Michael Halliwell and Ian McCahon. Soprano Lorina Gore and…
Five singers have progressed to the finals of the IFAC Australian Singing Competition later this month. Mezzo-soprano Jade Moffat 23, from Queensland, sopranos Hannah Dahlenburg 25, from Victoria and Danita Weatherstone 23, from New South Wales, baritones Edward Laurenson 24, from New Zealand and Alexander Knight from New South Wales, are all in contention….