AYO String QuartetTuesday 16 October 6pm Umbrella Studio for Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD

Thursday 18 October 2.30pm Magnetic Island RSL Sub Branch, Arcadia, QLD

Saturday 20 October 7.30pm C2, Townsville Civic Theatre, Townsville, QLD

Sunday 21 October 2.30pm Starlight Foyer, Burdekin Cultural Complex, Ayr, QLD

Principal Sponsor Program Partners

Each year, the Australian Youth Orchestra presents ten training programs across metropolitan and regional Australia, ranging from orchestral fellowships, to tailored regional residencies for chamber ensembles, seasons by the Australian Youth Orchestra, or the intense environment of over 230 young musicians-in-residence at AYO National Music Camp.

The Australian Youth Orchestra is the flagship ensemble of the organisation ‘Australian Youth Orchestra’. Founded in 1948, it has attained an international reputation as one of the world’s most prestigious and innovative orchestral training organisations.

Since its first performance in 1957, the Australian Youth Orchestra has performed in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals, fulfilling the role of cultural ambassador for Australia on no fewer than 20 international tours.

Aged up to 25 years, orchestra members are selected through a highly competitive annual audition process and represent the best young musical talent in the nation.

The orchestra regularly attracts superlatives from the ranks of the international music press, confirming its high standing throughout the world.

In 2010 the AYO performed in China and Europe under the direction of Sir Mark Elder. The orchestra’s performance at the BBC Proms in London on that tour was acclaimed by critics and broadcast on BBC Television. The orchestra will again tour to Europe in 2013 with celebrated conductor Christoph Eschenbach and Grammy award winning violinist Joshua Bell.

This July the orchestra received critical and audience acclaim for their performance at Queensland Performing Arts Centre of An Alpine Symphony under the baton of Simone Young and Wagner’s Brünnhilde’s Immolation scene with soprano Lisa Gasteen. Last year the orchestra gave the world premiere of Carl Vine’s Violin Concerto at the Sydney Opera House in July with soloist, Dene Olding and conductor, Thomas Dausgaard.

Other recent landmark appearances include performances of Britten’s opera Peter Grimes with the West Australian Opera at the Perth International Arts Festival, the award-winning Beethoven cycle conducted by John Nelson at the Adelaide Festival Centre, and a concert performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Queensland Music Festival.

Today, countless AYO alumni are members of some of the finest professional orchestras worldwide.

AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA

AYO REGIONAL RESIDENCIES

The AYO Regional Residencies program encourages development of chamber music skills and, this year, provides a unique and invaluable opportunity for a String Quartet and a Brass Quintet to experience life as a touring ensemble.

This year, the AYO String Quartet has come together to work intensively under the guidance of specialist string tutors, Michele Walsh and Patricia Pollett. During their two week residency, the Quartet will explore challenging repertoire, and share their knowledge and expertise with members of the local community.

AYO STRING QUARTET

Tuesday 16 October 6pm Umbrella Studio for Contemporary Arts, Townsville, QLD

Thursday 18 October 2.30pm Magnetic Island RSL Sub Branch, Arcadia, QLD

Saturday 20 October 7.30pmC2, Townsville Civic Theatre, Townsville, QLD

Sunday 21 October 2.30pmStarlight Foyer, Burdekin Cultural Complex, Ayr, QLD

Zoe Freisberg violinFlora Wong violinCameron Campbell violaOliver Scott cello

MILLS String Quartet No.4 ‘Glimpses from my Book of Dada’

HAYDN String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4

RAVEL String Quartet in F Major

No filming or flash photography is permitted during the concerts

AYO STRING QUARTET

Zoe Freisberg violinZoe commenced her violin studies at the age of four under the direction of her mother, Helena Freisberg. She later attended John Paul College under a full music scholarship, and partook in many school orchestral groups. In 2008 she was awarded the Queensland Youth Music Awards Bursary, and in 2010 she was awarded the Matilda Jane Aplin Prize during her first year at Griffith Conservatorium. Zoe has been concertmaster of the Queensland Youth Symphony since 2010, and has recently played as soloist with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and the Corda Spiritus Orchestra. She has participated in many AYO programs, including the Australian Youth Orchestra’s 2010 International Tour.

Cameron Campbell violaCameron began his tertiary musical education at the Queensland Conservatorium in 2009, where he is principal violist of Griffith Chamber Players. Cameron has also acquired orchestral experience through Australian Youth Orchestra programs including being Principal Violist of the Alexander Orchestra at AYO National Music Camp in 2012. Cameron also performs regularly with the Sydney Sinfonia and has performed and toured with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Cameron is also a passionate chamber musician and has participated in the Australian Festival of Chamber Music with his quartet, which involved receiving master classes and giving public performances.

Flora Wong violinFlora completed her Bachelor of Music majoring in Performance at the University of Queensland in 2009, graduating with First Class Honours and a University Medal. She is currently completing a Masters in Philosophy (Music Performance) with John Curro as her practical advisor, and also holds a Graduate Certificate in Music Studies and a Graduate Diploma of Professional Music Practice from the University of Tasmania. She is currently a member of the Sydney Sinfonia and the Australian Youth Orchestra, and has also performed with a number of other orchestras, including the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She has been the recipient of the Howard and Gladys Sleath Scholarship, the School of Music String Bach Prize, the School of Music Musicology Prize and a Sleath String Performance Prize.

Oliver Scott celloOlive Scott is currently in the second year of a Bachelor of Music Degree at the University Queensland under the tutelage of Patrick Murphy. Current professional engagements include an augmenting position with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, acceptance into the Melbourne and Tasmania Symphony Orchestras’ fellowship programs, and regular engagements with the Sydney Sinfonia. Oliver is heavily involved in chamber music and in 2011 the string quartet to which he belongs won the Sid Page Memorial Chamber Prize at the University of Queensland. In 2011 Oliver was prize winner of the “Sleath String Prize”, the highest award for string players at the University of Queensland.

AYO REGIONAL RESIDENCIES TUTORS

Michele WalshViolinist Michele Walsh is a graduate of the University of Adelaide and winner of the prestigious ABC Young Performer’s Awards. She was concertmaster of the Australian Youth Orchestra before undertaking further studies in London with distinguished violinist Szymon Goldberg. Michele has appeared as soloist with major orchestras in Australia and has performed in the UK, USA, Europe and South-East Asia. Formerly Associate Concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, a position she held for over a decade, she is currently Senior Lecturer in Violin, Head of Strings and Head of Performance studies at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Michele is a founding member of the Griffith Trio which has made several successful international tours and is a frequent guest at chamber music festivals around the country. She is also in demand as guest concertmaster of Australian symphony orchestras. Michele is a Board member of the Australian Youth Orchestra and Chair of the Artistic Advisory Committee. She is in demand as a guest teacher and frequently serves on competition juries in Australia and South-East Asia. Many of her former students are major competition prize winners and hold positions in Australia, Europe and Asia.

Patricia PollettPatricia Pollett is one of Australia’s leading string players. A graduate of the University of Adelaide, she has received numerous awards, including a Churchill Fellowship and an Australia Council International Study Grant. She studied with Peter Schidlof of the Amadeus Quartet and at the Royal College of Music in London, and with Bruno Giuranna at the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin. She has extensive international performance experience, particularly as violist with the Italian string ensemble I Solisti Veneti, and was a founding member of the contemporary ensemble Perihelion, resident at the University of Queensland. Patricia is an advocate of new music for the viola, and has commissioned, performed and recorded numerous new solo works by leading Australian composers. She was honoured for this work with an APRA Australian Music Centre Classical Music Award for the Most Distinguished Contribution to the Presentation of Australian Composition by an Individual. She is in demand as a teacher, giving masterclasses for leading education institutions in Australia and overseas. Patricia is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland where she is Director of Performance Studies at the School of Music.

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The Australian Youth Orchestra is supported by the Australian Government

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Media Supporter The AYO is supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW

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Chair of the AYO, Mary Vallentine AO, Board of Directors, staff and participants would like to thank everyone who supports Australia’s national youth orchestra.

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FoundersProfessor John Bishop OBERuth D. Alexander

PatronEmeritus Professor Di Yerbury AO

Board of DirectorsMary Vallentine AO, ChairmanPeter Grant, Deputy ChairRon Ogden, Treasurer/ Company SecretaryKellie BendaDr Graeme L Blackman OAMMonica CurroErin FlahertyLuke NestorowiczShefali PryorClare PullarFrank Zipfinger

Foundation MemberRon Maslyn Williams

Honorary Life MembersLeonard Amadio AOMargaret GreeneDonald Hazelwood AO OBEProfessor John Hopkins OBEJ. Leonard PorterProfessor Peter Sculthorpe AO OBEMaureen WhiteGraham Wood OAM

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