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Peter Johns Joins Music Theatre Faculty
We are delighted to welcome Peter Johns to our Music Theatre faculty!
Erin James Joins Music Theatre Faculty
We are delighted to welcome Erin James to our Music Theatre faculty!
Floods of Fire
On Saturday 16 March, the university transformed into a festival site for Floods of Fire, a vibrant community-led celebration closing the 2024 Adelaide Festival.
I'll Be Your Mirror / In Conversation with Laurie Anderson (Adelaide Festival)
The distinguished American composer, performer, writer, film maker – and much more – Laurie Anderson, described by the New York Times as one of the world's most influential artists, was the focus of two events in the Adelaide Festival.
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Is this the gate? (Daylight Express)
Elder Conservatorium staff performed a major excerpt from a new opera by Nicolas Lens, with a libretto by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, based on his novel Elizabeth Costello. In this world premiere, soprano Judith Dodsworth, violinists Elizabeth Layton and Helen Ayres, Stephen King (viola), Tom Marlin (cello), Michael Ierace (piano) and Matthew Kneale (bassoon) gave a performance described as 'outstanding' in The Barefoot Review.
Dancing with the Birds (Daylight Express)
The opening concert in this year's Adelaide Festival Daylight Express series featured several current and former Elder Conservatorium staff members. Titled 'Dancing with the Birds', this concert showcased the talents of our very own Elizabeth Layton, Lucinda Collins, Anna Goldsworthy, as well as Lloyd Van't Hoff who both performed in and curated the event
Lloyd Van't Hoff in Orange Chamber Music Festival
Congratulations to our Head of Woodwind, Lloyd Van't Hoff, who recently performed in the Orange Chamber Music Festival (Thursday 7–Sunday 10 March) with inspiring colleagues including Zoe Freisburg (violin), Vatch Jambazian (piano), Ensemble Trivium, the Orava Quartet, The Song Company, and the Nexus Quartet, amongst others.
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Women of Note: Celebrating Australian Composers (Volume 6) Released on ABC Classic
ABC Classic is thrilled to be releasing the sixth volume in their now annual celebration of Australia's female composers, Women of Note, which includes a recording of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performing Musaic by our Adjunct Lecturer in Composition, Dr. Anne Cawrse.
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