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Elder Conservatorium Baroque Ensemble at North Adelaide Baroque Hall
On Thursday 17 October the Elder Conservatorium Baroque Ensemble had their final end-of-year concert at the North Adelaide Baroque Hall. 18 students took part in a concert featuring the music of Lully, Corelli, Vivaldi, Muffat and Dall'Abaco to a very full and receptive house.
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Elizabeth Layton with the ASO in Adelaide and Gawler
Violinist Elizabeth Layton was soloist and director with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in two sold-out concerts in Adelaide and Gawler, with repertoire ranging from CPE Bach to Peter Maxwell Davies. The performances will be broadcast on ABC Classic on Monday 28 October at 1.00pm.
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Seraphim Trio Tour in Victoria – September 2024
Seraphim Trio (Anna Goldsworthy, Helen Ayres and Tim Nankervis) enjoyed a whirlwind tour of Victoria between September 5 and 8, performing trios by Beethoven, Lili Boulanger and Saint-Saëns at Beleura House and Garden in Mornington, Tempo Rubato in Brunswick, Queens College at the University of Melbourne, for the Camberwell Music Society, and at Ballarat's Anglican Cathedral Synod Hall.
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OMA Student Sissi Rong Awarded A+ for AMEB Grade 8 Flute Examination
Sissi Rong was recently awarded an A+ in her AMEB Grade 8 comprehensive flute examination. Sissi has been studying the flute with Anna Henwood at the Open Music Academy (OMA) since 2021 and is in Year Nine at Glenunga International High School. She shares her reflections on learning at the OMA:
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September Graduations
It was wonderful to celebrate the achievement of graduates across all of our disciplines at today's graduation ceremony, where Lynn Arnold AO delivered an eloquent speech about the importance of service to the community alongside the self-realisation of the individual. Congratulations to Hannah Beth Yates, admitted to the Degree of Master of Philosophy for a thesis entitled: Group Song Writing and Music Making Opening Social, Education and Career Pathways for Low Socio-Economic Status in Adelaide's North; and to the newly minuted Drs of Philosophy Dr Michael Bevan, and Dr Simón Pazos Quintana, for their theses titled, respectively, Pas De Deux with Seven Strings: Reimagining the Seven-String Guitar in Contemporary Duo Formats and The Sound Beyond the Noise: A Performance-Based Exploration and Contextualisation of the Expressive Content of Aleksandr Mosolov's Piano Works.
William Judd Triumphs in Mt Gambier Eisteddfod
Open Music Academy (OMA) student William Judd, who lives in Mt Gambier (the family gets up at 4am to drive to Adelaide for lessons on Saturday) won every section of his age group at the recent Eisteddfod in Mt Gambier.
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University of Adelaide Big Band in Clare Valley
Last week, the University of Adelaide Big Band were incredibly fortunate to travel to along with the Open Music Academy! Over three days, the big band performed for various schools and conducted workshops with their music students, topping it off with a concert for the community on Wednesday night.
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Jakub Jankowski's 'Ritornello' Performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Next week, the Australian Chamber Orchestra is performing Ritornello by Elder Conservatorium alumnus Jakub Jankowski (Bachelor of Music with Honours in Composition; Graduate Diploma in Conducting) as part of their Tognetti.Bach.Mendelssohn national tour (Newcastle City Hall, City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney Opera House, Wollongong Town Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Hamer Hall, Adelaide Town Hall, Llewellyn Hall, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre). This is a significant achievement that builds on Jakub's formidable success this year as the recipient of the 2024 John Bishop Memorial Commission for the Adelaide Festival, and his role as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's Emerging Composer in Association. Please come along and hear the performance in Adelaide if you can!
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