Concert 1
Two If By Sea
(In association with Musica Viva)
Saturday 18th February 7.45 pm
Rachel Johnston, cello, mandolin
Trent Arkleysmith, guitar, mandolin, cello, banjo, voice
A VOYAGE IN SOUND.
Two if by Sea bring a classical aesthetic to traditional idioms and the result is a sparkling selection of fresh and elegant interpretations across a repertoire that spans oceans. Kreisler, Murena and Piazzola rub shoulders with Bach, Jacob de Bandolim and music from Scandinavia, the Shetlands, the New World and Australia- the common thread being simply the joy of sharing beautiful music!
Concert 2
ANU Chamber Orchestra
The RAG Holmes Tribute Concert
Saturday 22nd April 7.45pm
Concert 3
Echoes of the Picture Palace
Nick Russiniello & The Golden Age Quartet
Saturday 24th June 7.45
In this cine-concert experience, the Golden Age Project re-create the traditions of the silent film era. Although silent in name, the films of the 1920s were shown in bustling picture palaces complete with live musical accompaniment. Echoes of The Picture Palace pays tribute to this lost tradition.
This programme features a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant, a 1917 silent film regarded as one of the best in its genre. Chaplin’s bar fights, seasickness, a heated card game and budding romance are animated by original music composed by Nick Russoniello. Also screening is Australia’s earliest film Patineur Grotesque (1896) accompanied by a freshly improvised piano solo.
Concert 4
Sonia Anfiloff and Friends
Sunday 10th September 2pm
Soprano Sonia Anfiloff sings songs of Spring. The program for Sept 10 will include music from R. Strauss, Verdi, Donizetti, Beach, and more.
Including special friends for a quartet climax.
With Allen McCracken on piano.
Canberra local Sonia Anfiloff is currently the Head of Choirs at Canberra Girls Grammar School and a voice teacher at the ANU School of Music. After graduating with a Masters in Music- Voice Performance in 2010, Sonia moved to Vienna, Austria to continue finessing her vocal technique and gain as much European experience as possible. Sonia has 2 decades of stage experience and has at least 2 dozen solo recitals under her belt. She has performed in operas such as Die Zauberflöte, Don Carlos, Dido and Aeneas, and Suor Angelica. Sonia is also highly experienced in Oratorio, with solos in Requiems by Verdi, Mozart, Haydn, Rossini, Bach and Handel.
Sonia has been back in Canberra since 2020 and has had 3 recitals with Art Song Canberra, and been a soloist for National Capital Orchestra.
Concert 5
Arcadia Winds
(In association with Musica Viva)
Saturday 21th October 7.45pm
Kate Proctor, flute
Rachel Bullen, oboe
Lloyd Van’t Hoff, clarinet
Rachel Shaw, horn
Matthew Kneale, bassoon
Arcadia Winds are trailblazers for Australian wind music. Awarded a fellowship at the Australian National Academy of Music upon their formation in late 2013, they became Musica Viva Australia’s inaugural FutureMakers musicians from 2015–17. They have brought their brand of energetic, joyful and spontaneous performance to festival stages in almost every state and territory in the country; concert halls across mainland China; and listeners around the world through broadcasts of the BBC Proms Australia chamber music series. And they have revelled in musical partnerships with internationally renowned performers including the Australian String Quartet; piano virtuosi Lambert Orkis, Paavali Jumppanen and Anna Goldsworthy; and woodwind masters Ole Kristian Dahl and Thorsten Johanns.
The Power of Pop
The “Power of Pop” – Yass Music Club turns 70
Yass Music Club presented a concert for high school and primary school students from across the Yass Valley Shire on Thursday and Friday November 9 and 10: Laura Murphy’s “The Power of Pop”
More than 1600 students attended one of three performances in the superb Yass High School auditorium.
The star of the show was Laura Murphy, one of Australia’s leading musicians. She not only sang the lead role, but had also written and directed the show, specially for Yass.
Laura Murphy’s fabulous voice and vibrant energy brilliantly brought the show to life. Accompanied by Nathan Barraclough on guitar, Amanda Jenkins on bass, Gianna Cheung on keyboard and Brendan Paul on drums, Laura held the audience enthralled.
Two other vocalists, Monique Salle and Drew Weston, also starred in the performance. The audience loved Monique Salle’s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, drawn from Laura Murphy’s Sydney musical, the Dismissal. The students were amazed by the incredible range and power of Monique Salle’s voice, as well as her great dance moves.
Drew Weston took the role of Malcolm Fraser. With his handsome looks and great physique, one of the primary school children commented in the Q and A session at the end, “You look like my Dad!”
Other numbers were drawn from Laura’s show “The Lovers” performed last year in Sydney Opera House, and also from her forthcoming show “The Zombies”.
The “Power of Pop” concert was presented by Yass Music Club with sponsorship from an anonymous source, facilitated by the Australian Cultural foundation, to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Club, and as a tribute to Mary Reid, one of the founders of Yass Music Club. Yass Valley Shire Council also contributed to the transport to bring students from country schools into Yass for the concert.
Students of Yass High School assisted the professional lighting and sound technicians, David Grigg and James Wallis, and other students were mentored by the cast. It was a unique experience for these students to work alongside professional musicians.
As the show ended, many of the students came out of the auditorium still singing the Wiggles earworm “Fruit salad! Yummy, yummy!” and exclaiming about how much they loved the concert.
Yass Music Club hopes that many of these students will continue to make music an important part of their lives. Who knows? Maybe one of them will be performing in the Sydney Opera House in future – just like Laura Murphy.
President of Yass Music Club, Peter Crisp OAM, thanked the sponsors and the staff of Yass High School for their help in bringing these professional musicians to Yass.
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