On Friday night I had the delight of going to BG Sound Project, a collaboration of celebrated didgeridoo performer William Barton & guitarist/composer Anthony Garcia. I took along 2 friends who knew little about classical music and asked one of them to answer some...
I enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of Australia Quartet concerts at UTS Bon Marche Studio, but the acoustics don't do justice to their ability - which could be heard in this wonderful short pre-dinner Saturday concert at The Independent Theatre in North Sydney. The...
In January and February 2013 Jenny undertook at short term Winter Residency at The Banff Centre, Canada. Banff is one of the largest arts centres in the world. To be accepted she had to present a proposal which in her case was to prepare a recital called "Six of the...
Andrew Meisel was born in Sydney and began his musical and double bass studies at the age of 16. He graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium in 1996 after five years of study with Brett Berthold and in the same year was awarded a Big Brother Scholarship for overseas...
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Ian Sykes studied at the University of Newcastle with Margery Smith, graduating with a Bachelor of Music (first class honours). Subsequent studies have included a Master of Music (performance) degree with Catherine McCorkill at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and...
Alison completed her Bachelor of Music in Performance in 1999 and her Master of Music Studies in 2000 at the Queensland Conservatorium. She then went on to complete Master of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, graduating in 2005 with High...
Helen Ayres is a Doctoral graduate from the University of Melbourne where she studied with Mark Mogilevsky and completed research into the music of the Romanian violinist and composer George Enescu. She served as Acting Head of Strings in 2007 and continues now as a...
Helen Ireland, originally from Adelaide, has made Melbourne her home since moving in 2000 to attend the Australian National Academy of Music. Soon after Flinders Quartet was formed, and as her dream had been for many years to be a member of a permanent string quartet...
Sydney based string quartet The NOISE have embarked on a Composed NOISE journey. They've commissioned 7 composers to write a work involving improvisation and held an event to share their journey and raise money. Watters Gallery in East Sydney is a wonderful space, and...