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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Patrick Murphy holds the position of Performance Fellow in the School of Music at the University of Queensland. Currently on staff at the Hobart Conservatorium he also teaches cello and chamber music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has performed extensively with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Murphy has toured throughout Europe, Japan and Canada, where he was an Artist in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts with the Halcyon Quartet. C1 Friday 2 September 7.30 pm C4 Saturday 3 September 4.30 pm Eve Newsome has performed in many different capacities including Principal Oboe with the Queensland Philharmonic, tutti oboe with the Melbourne Symphony and most recently Principal Cor Anglais with Orchestra Victoria. She has toured internationally with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras performing in the United States, China, Korea, Russia and throughout Europe. She has performed as guest Principal Oboe with the Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Queensland Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony and Orchestra Victoria. C3 Saturday 3 September 1.30 pm Patrick Nolan was Principal Flautist with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra (1987-2000) and the Queensland Orchestra (2001-2006) and has presented numerous concerti with both orchestras. He was widely praised for his artistic direction of the highly successful Tenth Australian Flute Convention held at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University in 1999 and his co-ordination of the 1999 Australian National Academy of Music Flute Program. Patrick currently teaches flute at the University of Queensland, Marist College and Mount Saint Michael’s College. C3 Saturday 3 September 1.30 pm Kacey Patrick, soprano, formed the acclaimed duo stringmansassy in 1996 with guitarist Aaron Hopper which has evolved into one of Australia’s leading performance duos. Kacey toured extensively as “Sassy” throughout Australia, Germany, South East Asia and Japan. The duo was invited to perform at the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai and performed in China for the first time. Kacey made her solo debut at the QPAC Playhouse in September 2003 when she was invited to join the cast of Women in Voice 11. A highlight of the Brisbane music calendar, Women in Voice annually showcases both local and nationally renowned female performers. Kacey has since performed with some of Australia’s leading musicians both in a jazz and world music context. C7 Sunday 4 September 2.30 pm Katherine Philp, cello, has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Vada Jeffries Bach Prize and the 4MBS Chamber Music Competition. As a chamber musician Katherine has performed and toured widely throughout Queensland and New South Wales, performed in the finals of the Australian Chamber Music Competition, collaborated with didgeridoo soloist William Barton and with Australian composers Elena Kats-Chernin, Matthew Hindson, Timothy Constable and Peter Sculthorpe. Katherine recently undertook an Asialink residency (supported by Arts Queensland and Australia Council) at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamshala, India, where she studied Tibetan classical and folk music. C4 Saturday 3 September 4.30 pm Phillip Prendergast, tenor, has competed in various eisteddfods and was awarded Vocal Champion at the 2008 Toowoomba Eisteddfod. Phillip has appeared at various concerts, cantatas/oratorios and musical productions in Toowoomba over the last five years. He is now a member of the Opera Queensland chorus and is continuing vocal studies in the various styles of classical music with his teacher James Christenson. He was a finalist at the 2010 Dame Joan Sutherland Award and won the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts Alton Budd Memorial bursary in 2010. C2 Saturday 3 September 9.30 am Sunday Morning Service 4 September 8.30 am C7 Sunday 4 September 2.30 pm Selena Rasmussen, trumpet, moved to Brisbane in 2009 to continue her passion for music. She began playing cornet at an early age before taking up the trumpet and a number of other instruments. Currently she is in her third year of a Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. She has been a member of various orchestras and ensembles for many years; including the Queensland Youth Symphony, Brisbane Brass Band and various Conservatorium orchestras. Since early 2010 she has been a member of the Conservatorium Brass Quintet. In early 2011 she undertook an internship with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra to further her performing career and experience. F2 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am St John’s Anglican Church 12
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS Specialising in Pipa (the Chinese guitar), Minnie Shen was born in 1986 to a musical family in Shanghai and developed a passion for traditional Chinese music. Minnie has been learning Pipa with many well known teachers since 1998 and has participated in numerous performances and competitions. Apart from playing the Pipa, Minnie has also received training for dancing and singing. Minnie moved to Australia in 2003 and since then has been expanding new repertoire with tradition and modernism. F1 Saturday 3 September 11 am St John’sAnglican Church Andrew Shetliffe, cello, has a Masters degree from the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. In 1995, he was awarded scholarships to attend the Aspen Music Festival where he studied with Alan Harris. He completed his studies in Detmold, Germany, with Karine Georgian. Andrew lived a number of years in Scotland where he worked extensively with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He also performed with the Scottish Ensemble and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. A former member of Elision ensemble and Perihelion, Andrew has performed as chamber musician at festivals and venues throughout Australia and Europe. Andrew last performed at the Tyalgum Festival in 1998, and is pleased to make his long awaited return. C4 Saturday 3 September 4.30 pm Rachel Smith has been a member of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra since 1997 and as Principal First Violin since January 2008. She has performed with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Rachel completed her Masters degree at Northwestern University, Chicago. From 2001-2004 she was violinist with the Iven Street Trio, who performed extensively in Australia and overseas, including acclaimed performances at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. She has been the director of the Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival since its inception in 2007. C1 Friday 2 September 7.30 pm Oleg Stepanov, piano, was born in Riga, Latvia and completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Professor Lev Vlassenko. His teaching career began at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he was invited to join the piano department. Oleg has been teaching at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, since 1992 and currently is a Coordinator of the Young Conservatorium Piano Program. Many of his students have won major national and international piano competitions and scholarships. Oleg with his wife, Natasha Vlassenko, is co-founder of the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition. C5 Saturday 3 September 7.30 pm Patrick Suthers graduated from the Australian National University in 2007 with First Class Honours and the University Medal in Music, completing his studies with David Pereira and Julian Smiles. In 2008, he was the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship cellist, and then worked as Associate Principal Cello with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra during 2009-2010. Patrick has worked regularly with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and as Guest Principal and Associate with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. Patrick’s other chamber achievements include invited string quartet performances in Dubai and at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (Townsville), guest artist performances in the Brisbane Chamber Collective and the University of Queensland Sunday Concert Series. C4 Saturday 3 September 4.30 pm Nicole Tait, bassoon, obtained a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Western Australia. Upon completion of her undergraduate studies, she moved to Tasmania to fulfil a contract position as Principal Bassoon with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She continued to freelance extensively with orchestras including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She was appointed Principal Bassoon, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, in 2002. C3 Saturday 3 September 1.30 pm Ryan Tierney, trumpet, is in his fourth year of study at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. He has played Principal Trumpet with the 2nd Queensland Youth Orchestra for two years and Second Trumpet with the Queensland Youth Symphony. Ryan has played Holst’s Planets Suite, Mahler’s Sixth Symphony and William Walton’s Belshazzar's Feast as a casual trumpeter with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He is currently under the tutelage of Iaan Wilson (BBC Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Opera) and is going to Salzburg, Austria, at the end of next year to audition for future study and performance opportunities. F2 Sunday 4 September 10.30 am St John’s Anglican Church 13
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