Pittwater Life May 2024 Issue

Enviro Art Prize
Deadline looms
Entries for the 2024 Manly Art Gallery
& Museum-led Environmental Art
& Design Prize ($46,000 prize pool)
close at 5pm on Sunday May 19.
The Prize presents an opportunity
annually for the Australian community
to engage with the unique insights
that artists and designers bring to our
understanding of the natural world and
the environmental challenges we face.
The Northern Beaches has a strong
relationship with the natural environment
and sustainable living, as well as a long
history of excellence in art and design.
The Gallery says that in bringing
these themes together over the past
three years, local creatives and diverse
participants from across Australia have
been inspired to contribute to an exciting
and relevant exhibition that connects
audiences with new ideas, innovative
practices and critical reflection.
The exhibition of finalists’ works
engages audiences with contemporary
arts practice, reaffirming the
Northern Beaches as a vibrant hub of
contemporary arts and culture.
*Entries open Australia-wide; more info
MAG&M website
Star duo’s local concert
Internationally acclaimed virtuoso
instrumentalists, flautist Jane Rutter
and classical guitarist Giuseppe Zangari
(pictured), are coming to the beaches this
month, brought to our shores by Peninsula
Music Club.
Everyone is welcome to experience the
magic of this brilliant duo who have been
performing to sell-out audiences around
the world for several years.
The concert CANTILENA! Hispanic,
Classical & Baroque Jewels for Flute &
Guitar will feature a a captivating performance
of works by Ravel, Bach, Haydn,
Piazzolla, Bizet and more.
The concert will be held at 8pm on
Friday 24 May, at a new venue for 2024 –
The Byrne Theatre at Mater Maria Catholic
College in Warriewood.
The concert is the first in a series of
four concerts hosted by Peninsula Music
Club this year.
Other concerts feature one of Australia’s
most renowned classical pianists
Simon Tedeschi with special guest,
violinist Cedar Rose Newman, playing
Schubert, Prokofiev, Gershwin and Bloch
on Friday 23 August; Aria Award-winning
pianist and ABC presenter Tamara- Anna
Cislowska, playing familiar classics by
Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Liszt on
Friday 27 September; and sublime Jazz
Vocalist Hetty Kate bringing her clarion
tone and effortless swing to the songs
you love by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern,
George and Ira Gershwin and more on
Friday 22 November.
A feature of Peninsula Music Club concerts
are the free suppers served after
each performance, when concertgoers
have the opportunity of meeting the artists.
– Lisa Offord
*Single tickets cost $35; annual membership
$100 (four concerts, a saving of
$40). Bookings at peninsulamusicclub.
com.au or buy at the door. Enquiries
0413 077 749.
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