2019 4mbs musica viva sid page finals - school of music
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1pm
Thursday 24th October 2019
Nickson Room
UQ School of Music
2019 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Finals
2019 UQ Students Present
Our Land
Upcoming Concerts and Events
9 - 5pmWednesday 25 October Churches of Christ41 Brookfield RoadKenmore
"Our Land" is the debut concert of a new series by the Southern Cross Soloists Next Gen Artists. The Undine Flute Duo and the Sunrise String Quartet feature in the concerts held on Oct 25 and 27. Located at the newly developed Kenmore Churches of Christ, the concert will intertwine repertoire from the Baroque, Australian contemporary music, and more. The concert will evoke nature, from the dawn to brilliant songbirds. "Our Land" will explore music that celebrates Australian natural landscapes.
Adult: $15Concession/Student: $10Children (10 years and under): Free
HDR Symposium 9 - 5pmWednesday 27 November Nickson RoomUQ School of MusicSt Lucia Campus
We are pleased to announce that the School of Music will host the 2019 HDR Symposium.
This conference is intended to engage HDR students, (PhD and MPhil), Honours students, and faculty in the discussion and exchange of ideas around the theme: Creativity and Collaboration. This will also provide an opportunity for Music HDR students to fulfil their milestone oral presentation requirements.
The conference theme is intentionally broad in order to represent the rich and diverse field of music research and encourage a variety of perspectives, including musicology, music theory and analysis, psychology of music, practice-based and practice-led methods, music education, performance, and composition.
Program
Agilita Duo 3 Madrigals for Violin and Viola, 3rd movement only
Program Program
Ann CarewAnn Carew is a fourth year Bachelor of Music
(Honours) student at the University of Queensland,
majoring in violin performance. Outside of
university she also plays viola and harp, performs
in a number of chamber ensembles and orchestras,
and currently runs a successful private teaching
studio, teaching all three instruments to a wide
range of students. Some recent highlights for Ann,
include touring to America to perform at the New
York International Music Festival as Concertmaster
of the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra, touring
to China with the UQ School of Music to perform
with the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra, and being a
participant in Australian Youth Orchestra programs.
In 2019, she has been an intern and casual player
with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
Liam Mallinson
Liam is an enthusiastic young musician who brings
an engaging and emotionally resonant performance
style to the concert stage. He has a passion for
new music and regularly performs new or atypical
works in addition to traditional viola repertoire.
Liam has been commended numerous times for his
emotional engagement with his performances and
for his enthusiasm for communicating through both
physical and musical expression in performance.
Liam’s greatest musical passion is as a performer
of chamber music; in which he regularly performs
as a member of the Sunrise String Quartet and
Pulse Chamber Orchestra. He has had an extensive
performance career thus far, highlights of which
include appearing as a concerto soloist on the
Sydney Opera House stage in 2016 and performing
in the finals for the Richard Pollett Performance
Prize in 2019.
Brahms Quartet 1st movement, Brahms’ Piano Quartet no. 3, in C minor
Rory Smith
Cellist, Rory Smith is an enthusiastic musician with
a passion for chamber music. Recent years have
seen him develop as a solo, chamber, and orchestral
musician, performing across Australia and overseas.
Currently, Rory is an Upbeat Program member with
Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, a Next
Generation Artist with Southern Cross Soloists and
is Principal cellist of UQ’s Symphony Orchestra. This
year Rory has performed as Principal cellist with Pulse
Chamber Orchestra and was invited to join Camerata
on their Regional Tour which included performance
and education-based engagements with rural
communities in Queensland. As a member of the Sunrise String Quartet, he has played in the Redbox series
concert at SLQ with QMF, received mentorship from Tinalley String Quartet and ASQ and recently performed
at the Bangalow Music Festival. In the past three years, Rory has been a finalist in UQ’s Sleath Strings Prize, the
Richard Pollett Prize and the 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Prize. In 2017, he played with the Xi’an Symphony
Orchestra and he is looking forward to performing with them again later this year. He also has participated
in multiple training programs in chamber and orchestral music for young emerging artists including AYO’s
National Music Camp and the Tinalley Winter Chamber Music School. He is currently in his fourth year of study
at UQ under the tutelage of Patrick Murphy.
Joseph Chan
Joseph Shing Him Chan is a fourth year viola student
studying under Professor Patricia Pollett in the
Bachelor of Music (Honours) Performance Extended
Major at the University of Queensland. He is also a
talented and enthusiastic young conductor who
graduated from Sydney Conservatorium High School
in 2015. Joseph was selected in 2018 to attend three
prestigious Australia Youth Orchestra Music Camp
throughout Australia and successfully auditioned for
Queensland Symphony Orchestra viola internship
program. He went on tour to Sunshine Coast
and Toowoomba with the Orchestra and got the
opportunity to work with world class conductors-
Alondra de la Parra, Daniel Carter and Guy Noble.
During this internship, Joseph also played in a full
opera production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni with
Opera Queensland conducted by Johannes Fritzsch.
Celine ChongCeline Chong is an emerging classical musician and
a current student at The University of Queensland.
With a wide variety of musical interests, she has
participated in the Advanced Masterclass program
at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, is a
regular contributor to CutCommon Magazine and
has worked with internationally-acclaimed pianists
Piers Lane, Jayson Gillham, Sergio Tiempo and Orli
Shaham in a variety of masterclass and festival
settings. She has received Dean's Commendations
for academic excellence in each year of her study,
and is eager to use her skills to contribute positively
to the those around her. Using her diverse skill-
set, Celine aspires to have a portfolio career in
music, encompassing performing, teaching, music
journalism, arts administration and chamber music. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Music
(Honours), majoring in piano performance with Dr Anna Grinberg, and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in
English.
Amy HoskingBorn in Durban, South Africa, Amy begun her violin
studies with a solid grounding in the Suzuki method.
Currently in her fourth year at the University of
Queensland, she is studying a Bachelor of Music
Honours under the tuition of Associate Professor
Adam Chalabi. In 2016, Amy attended the Winter
Strings Conference in New York, while last year
she participated in the Sound Thinking chamber
camp. In 2017 and 2019, she performed in a musical
collaboration with the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra
in China and in June this year, she participated in
the Inaugural UQ Winter Chamber Music Camp.
Amy has performed in a masterclass run by Robin
Wilson and has been a finalist in the Richard Pollett
Memorial Prize. Her involvement with orchestral
playing has included concertmaster of the University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra, participation in
the Pulse Chamber Orchestra, Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Youth Orchestral
national music camp.
Program
The Schmitt Ensemble Schmitt Chansons à quatre voix ( four movements )
Naomi Klazinga
Naomi Klazinga is a third year singer studying a Bachelor of Music (Hons) under the tutelage of Sarah
Crane. She considers herself very lucky to be singing roles such as Pamina, Frasquita and Woglinde with
the UQ Singers. Recently, she won first place in the Ethel Osborne prize in May 2019, having been a finalist
in 2017 and 2018. In 2017 she had the opportunity to be the soprano soloist for the Australian premier
performance of Donna Nobis Pacem, singing with the UQ Chorale and QYO 2. She has participated in
multiple summer music schools, under such teachers as Peter Colemann-Wright and Cheryl Barker, as well
as Margaret Schindler.
Jenny Gunnarsson
Jenny Gunnarsson is a third year Bachelor of Music (Honours) student specialising in classical voice
under the tutelage of Sarah Crane. Throughout this degree, she has had the opportunity to travel to Xi’an,
performing Mahler No. 2 and to Tenterfield, assisting Annie Lower with the kids musical theatre excerpt at
the Cuskelly Winter Music School. Jenny has also performed in a number of opera excerpts, including Erste
and Zweite Dame from The Magic Flute and Mercedes in Carmen, as well as been a finalist for the Ethel
Osborn Prize in 2018 and 2019.
Hainian Yu
Hainian Yu is a third year baritone at the University of Queensland studying under Shaun Brown. In the past
six months, he has performed the role of Dr. Falke in Sound Thinking Opera's fully staged production of Die
Fledermaus, as well as the role of the bass Storm Trooper in Brisbane City Opera's production of Richard
Ferguson's Opera Galactica. He was also the bass soloist in UQ Chorale's recent QPAC performance of
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Previously, he has played the role of Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro, been
a soloist with the Amadeus Orchestra and been a finalist in both the Nickson and Ethel Osborn Prizes at UQ.
He sings regularly with the UQ Vocalists, and as a dep at St John's Cathedral and St Stephen's Cathedral,
and has obtained a Trinity College Silver medal for outstanding performance in Trinity vocal exams.
Program
Natalie Chow
Natalie Chow is a fourth year Bachelor of Music (Honours) student specialising in piano under the tutelage
of Max Olding and Anna Grinberg. Natalie pursued her piano examinations and completed her certificate
of performance in 2014. In 2017 and 2018, she was also awarded the UQ and Duchesne College Music
Achievement Scholarship, as well as second runner up in the Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and
Accompaniment. She also had a precious privilege to have a masterclass with the international recognized
singer and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz & Laetitia Grimaldi and a voice and piano accompaniment
masterclass with John Wood, Valerie Dickson.
Matthew Chapman
Matthew Chapman is a third year Bachelor of Music (Honours) student majoring in piano under the tutelage
of Anna Grinberg. Matthew has completed his certificate in performance and was awarded the UQ St Leos
College Music scholarship in 2016. He has also had the privilege to have a masterclass with internationally
recognised Singer and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz and Laetitia Grimaldi.
Connor Willmore
Connor Willmore is a first year singer studying a Bachelor of Music (Honours).
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3 - 5pmSunday 3 November Nickson RoomUQ School of MusicSt Lucia CampusFree Entry
The UQ Singers encompasses all of the emerging artists majoring in classical singing at The University of Queensland. Together they will perform a variety of comedic and dramatic scenes from quintessential opera and music theatre scores.
UQ Singers Present...
UQ BLOOM Festival 2019
Upcoming Concerts and Events
3 - 5pmSunday 3 November Nickson RoomUQ School of MusicSt Lucia CampusFree Entry
UQ's unofficial Jacaranda Festival is back and it's bigger and better than ever! BLOOM festival is a celebration of all things UQ, highlighting innovation and achievements throughout 2019 via a variety of events and activations across the St Lucia campus.
The 11 day festival will be jam packed with social events, celebrations, arts and crafts, music, innovative projects, installations, walks, food and drink, light displa, and of course - Jacarandas!
For more information: bit.ly/uqbloom2019