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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Thomas Green has a reputation in Brisbane as a versatile composer whose focus is to bridge the space between musical areas like 'pop' and 'classical' or 'high and low art'. He is a prizewinner in national composition competitions, and has travelled internationally to pursue his interest in modern music. Over the last fifteen years Thomas has been involved with and composed music for a number of groups in Brisbane pioneering new music; these include The Seventh Chapter, The Trickster Project, and Sympatico. Thomas has been chosen as one of the resident composers for the newly formed Brisbane based Lunaire Collective. Presently Tom works at home in his composition studio completing a PhD in composition, under Robert Davidson at University of Queensland, as well as freelance jobs for local artists. “Element” world premiere C3 Saturday 3 September 1.30 pm Emma Gregan is currently completing her second year in Advanced Performance French Horn at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, studying with Ysolt Clark and Peter Luff. In 2007 and 2009, she received the Queensland ‘Musically Outstanding Students’ (MOST) Biannual State High School Program Scholarship. In 2008, in the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition, Emma won third place for the Young Performers Soloists. In October 2011, she took part in the Ironwood Developing Artists Program, and performs with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. F2 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am St John’s Anglican Church Shenton Gregory has performed as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, music director and actor in all manner of professional productions nationally and overseas. His performances with two-times Aria award winners Monsieur Camembert have seen him perform at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore and major festivals across Australia. Shenton continues to be at the top of his field in jazz, rock and world music styles not just on violin but also on viola, bass, gypsy jazz guitar and mandolin. C6 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am Anna Grinberg is Performance Research Fellow at University of Queensland, School of Music. Born in the former Soviet Union, and later becoming an Israeli citizen, Anna’s engagements include concerts in the United States, Australia, Israel, England, Italy, Germany, Belgium and solo and chamber music performances at Royce Hall, Los Angeles and New York's Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Anna was awarded America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships and was supported in a year of study at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Anna was twice a major prizewinner in the Connecticut Young Artists Piano Competition. C1 Friday 2 September 7.30 pm C2 Saturday 3 September 9.30 am C4 Saturday 3 September 4.30 pm Eleanor Hill began learning the violin at age five. She learns from Emin Tagiev in Brisbane. In recent years she has enjoyed playing as a soloist and in an orchestra in renown venues such as the Sydney Opera House, QPAC, Darling Harbour, Brisbane City Hall, Sydney Town Hall and Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is currently the leader of the second violins in the Brisbane based Tagiev Chamber Orchestra, and is the lead violinist in two string quartets. Eleanor is the 2011 Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts winner of the Tyalgum Festival Prize “Most Promising Classical Musician”. C2 Saturday 3 September 9.30 am Louise King is an award winning graduate of the Royal Colleges of Music in London and Manchester. Louise studied with Emma Ferrand, Leonid Gorokhov, William Bruce, and the baroque cello with Richard Boothby. Louise has worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Topology, The Queensland Orchestra, and Southern Cross Soloists, as a tutor for the Australian Youth Orchestra and with many of Australia’s early music specialists on her much loved baroque cello. Her performing life embraces solo and chamber music concerts, new Australian works, backing for Katie Noonan, Il Divo, Boccelli, Josh Groban and recording for ABC classics and Naxos. C4 Saturday 3 September 4.30 pm Tyalgum Hall circa 1930’s and present 10
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Paul Kopetz, composer, is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, the Victorian College of the Arts and the Rotterdam Conservatorium. Over the years he has worked as a freelance bass clarinettist (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra), arranger (over 120 pieces for various combinations of instruments and skill levels), composer, conductor and educator. His original works and arrangements have been performed internationally in the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Holland and Poland. His current style of composition aims at the fusion of Pop music styles with traditional and contemporary Classical music focusing on exploration of rhythm and contrapuntal textures. He is particularly interested in programmatic chamber music and is currently working towards the release of his first CD featuring original chamber music compositions. “Armadillo” world premiere C3 Saturday 3 September 1.30 pm C7 Sunday 4 September 2.30 pm Lauren Manuel, French horn, at age 17 was awarded a Single Studies scholarship from the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide and the Ross McDonald prize for excellence in brass playing. After completing her Bachelor of Music with honours, Lauren was regularly employed as a casual horn with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra before moving to Melbourne to undertake her Masters degree in Music at Melbourne University, under the tutelage of Geoff Collinson and Barry Tuckwell. Previous to her appointment in late 2009 with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Lauren freelanced successfully in Melbourne and has played with most of the Australian and New Zealand orchestras including the Melbourne Symphony, Orchestra Victoria, Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. C3 Saturday 3 September 1.30 pm Gerard Mapstone, guitar, as a teenager won the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University classical guitar prize, and in 2011 was nominated for the classical Freedman Fellowship. From Brisbane he moved to Spain in 2004 and lived in Jerez de la Frontera where he studied with Jose Ignacio Franco, a renowned flamenco guitarist in Andalucía. He continued studying in London with Carlos Bonell, guitar professor at the Royal College of Music. Mapstone guested on two recordings by flautist Philippe Barnes and All Jigged Out, and DADGAD guitar virtuoso Lee Westwood. C6 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am Oscar McDonald, trombone, began his musical career playing piano at the age of 3, and began learning the trombone as his second instrument at the age of 10. He obtained his A.mus.A for piano in 2007 and trombone in 2008, and his L.mus.A for trombone in 2010. Oscar is now aged 20 and in his third year at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. In 2010 Oscar became Principal Trombonist of the Queensland Youth Orchestra and has just completed an internship with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and is second trombonist with the Australian Youth Orchestra. F2 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am St John’s Anglican Church Campbell McInnes is a Year 12 student from John Paul College. Over the past six years, he has progressed from his school orchestra, the State Honours Ensemble Program, the Young Conservatorium Brass Ensemble, and the Queensland Youth Orchestra to the point where he is now a member of the Queensland Youth Symphony. Campbell’s greatest musical achievement to date has been attending the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp in January 2011. He received the position of Principal Horn for the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Young Symphonists program in 2011 and won the Tyalgum Festival Prize for Outstanding Musician, Young Conservatorium (Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University). Campbell’s goal is to pursue music as his career, and after completing Undergraduate study at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University in 2014 hopes to further his studies in Germany. F2 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am St John’s Anglican Church Elise Mills started learning tuba at age 13. Upon graduating high school, Elise enrolled in the Bachelor of Applied Science degree at the Queensland University of Technology. Elise commenced playing with the Conservatorium Brass Band with a year of study at Queensland University of Technology still outstanding, eventually enrolling in the Bachelor of Music (Performance) degree. During her time at the Conservatorium, Elise has played in a wide range of ensembles, playing tuba in the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Brass band, as well as smaller ensembles, various brass quintets and the Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Elise is currently completing the fourth year requirements of the Bachelor of Music (Performance) degree at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University of Music, under tutelage of Thomas Allely. F2 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am St John’s Anglican Church 11
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Page 4 and 5: Music, Art & Nature in Australia’
Page 6 and 7: Hall in perfect harmony with artist
Page 8 and 9: 2011 FESTIVAL PROGRAM Friday 2 Sept
Page 10 and 11: ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Sylvia Arroyo
Page 14 and 15: ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Patrick Murphy
Page 16 and 17: ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Shannon Tobin,
Page 18 and 19: The second movement, Blues: Moderat
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Page 22 and 23: CONCERT C3 WINDS OF CHANGE Saturday
Page 24 and 25: CONCERT C4 CELLO ORCHESTRA Saturday
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