Category: Artists


Meet the musicians – Anna-Louise Cole

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January 7, 2014

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Anna-Louise Cole was born in Melbourne. She holds a BA Hons and a BMus Hons from the University of Melbourne majoring in Music Performance (Voice) and German, and also studied in Austria and Germany, through scholarships from the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst and Melbourne Abroad.

Anna-Louise made her debut with Melbourne Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni in 2006, and has subsequently performed roles including Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Frasquita (Carmen), Serpina (La Serva Padrona), Suor Dolcina (Suor Angelica), Annina (La Traviata), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), der Friedensbote (Rienzi) and Cherubino (La Nozze di Figaro).

Anna-Louise has appeared as a chorus member and soloist with companies including Opera Australia, Victorian Opera, Melbourne Opera, Melbourne Lyric Opera, More Than Opera, the AIMS Festival Orchestra and others in both Austria and Australia, as well as the Kronos Quartet as the soprano soloist in the Australian premiere of Sun Rings for the Melbourne Festival in 2011.

Anna-Louise has won prizes and been a finalist in a number of national and international singing competitions, including the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna, the Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship, the Audi German Opera Scholarship, the Acclaim Awards and the Herald Sun Aria, and won the American Institute of Musical Studies Award and the Sundell Study Award from Opera Foundation Australia in 2008.

Anna-Louise has worked privately and in masterclasses with major Australian and international artists including Richard Bonynge, AC CBE, Yvonne Kenny AM, Barbara Bonney, David Aronson, Philip Mayers, Bodo Igesz, Richard Divall OBE AO, Sylvia Greenberg, Gabriele Lechner, Sharolyn Kimmorley, Anna Connolly, Raymond Connell and Rosamund Illing. She is currently in the studio of Raymond Lawrence. In 2014 she will be appearing in both Rienzi and La Traviata for Melbourne Opera, and in the choruses of both Carmen and Eugene Onegin for Opera Australia.

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Meet the Musicians – Matthew Horsley

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Matthew Horsley (b. 1986) is a multi-instrumentalist and composer currently based in Melbourne. Hailing from Brisbane, he holds a Bachelor of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and a Master of Music Performance (by Research) from the Victorian College of the Arts.. He is currently completing a PhD in ethnomusicology at Monash University.

Matthew has an avid interest in Irish traditional music, specialising in the uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes). As the recipient of a JUMP Mentoring grant, he traveled to Ireland in 2014 where he studied with renowned piper Mikie Smyth and performed a solo recital for Irish National Heritage Week. His first uilleann piping album, Australian Waters, was released in 2015. He was a finalist in the Performance of the Year category at the 2018 Australian Art Music Awards.

Matthew has performed extensively across classical, experimental, popular, jazz and folk genres, with artists such as Steve Reich, the Australian Art Orchestra, Speak Percussion, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ludovico’s Band, Topology and Clocked Out. He performs regularly with Irish traditional music trio Trioc, Balkan folk ensemble Anja & Zlatna and in a duo with recorder player Ryan Williams.

 

 

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Meet the Musicians – Zachary Johnston

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September 17, 2013
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Australian contemporary and folk violinist, string educator, and random mandolinist, Zachary Johnston is a member of several new music ensembles including Arcko Symphonic Project, 3 Shades Black, Argonaut, and Bolt Ensemble.

As part of long-term research Zac is investigating into how curiosity and contemporary music is integrated into pedagogy, particularly in string studies. He has taken this philosophy into his education work with various ensembles including conducting State Music Camp, MSO Pizzicato Effect, and a variety of improvisation and Exploratory Music workshops for school ensembles. He is also a monthly cohost with Biddy Connor for 3MBS’ “Classically Kids” Saturday morning show.

Zac holds a Bachelor of Music Performance (VCA), a Masters of Performance (Performance Teaching), and amongst a myriad of recordings and concerts has performed with Rubiks Collective, 6 degrees, RAAH project, Sunwrae, Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music (BIFEM), the 2014 and 2016 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, and Bang on a Can Summer Festival 2015 at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts.

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Meet the Musicians – Charlotte Jacke

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September 16, 2013

 

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Charlotte Jacke, Cello.

Charlotte Jacke hails from Bonn, Germany. In 2006, she graduated with High Distinction in Cello Performance from the Universität der Künste Berlin, where she then also worked as Assistant and Seminar Lecturer.

In 2004, Charlotte participated orchestral workshops with conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

As a member of the Berlin based jazz orchestra Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra Charlotte has toured extensively throughout Germany, Switzerland and Korea as well as featuring on their 2009 release “Take Off”. She also was a core member of the Wüthrich- Quartett in Berlin, which worked closely together with young/ contemporary composers and the director Daniel Ott (Professor for composition, Berlin).

Since moving to Melbourne in May 2009, Charlotte has worked as a cellist and instrumental teacher. She performs regularly as a freelance cellist in solo, chamber ensemble and orchestral capacities such as Orchestra Victoria, Arcko Symphonic Project, and Southern Cross.

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Meet the composers – Luci Everett

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September 15, 2013

Luci Everett is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer creating for a variety of clients and studios. She loves working with paper, paint, flora, sunshine and coffee.

 

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Meet the Composers – Julian Maher

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February 20, 2013

Artist Julian Maher is widely exhibited both in NZ and in the USA. She gained the Masters in Fine Art with Honours from Auckland University of Technology 2007. In 2003 she as runner up in the Mazda Emerging Artist of New Zealand and for the 5 last years has worked moving between New Zealand and the United States. During this time she participated in a number of Artist in Residence programs and collaborations. Her work is exhibited in galleries both in New Zealand and in the US .

To see her work and last collaboration view online at: http://fe29.com/artwork/

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Meet the Composers – Paul Smith

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February 19, 2013
Paul uses a mixture of traditional and digital techniques to create both sound and visual compositions. His music has been reviewed and featured in music magazines throughout Europe, Australia and Japan including ‘The Wire’ magazine. He has performed as a solo artist throughout the UK (as Reverbaphon) and in collaboration (with Box, Novus) . Now living in Auckland, he is a regular participant in the improvising collective Vitamin S, the percussion ensemble ‘fritterhead’ and is a founding member of ‘Plastic Sheep’.
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Meet the composers – Celeste Oram

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Celeste Oram is an Auckland-based composer, flautist, singer, actor, and director. Her compositions have been performed, recorded and nationally broadcast by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Intrepid Music Project. This year she will be creating a new work for the Song Company, a Sydney-based vocal ensemble. Celeste has a particular interest in composing for theatre: in May 2011, her chamber opera The Electrical Eclipse was premiered at the University of Auckland, and she has scored songs and incidental music for productions ranging from Euripidean tragicomedy to German-language theatre to various Shakespeare plays. In 2012 she completed a BMus(Hons)BA with first-class honours at the University of Auckland, where her recognitions included Douglas Lilburn prizes in composition and performance, and the Douglas Mews composition prize.

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Thanks for a fabulous Fringe 2012!

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October 14, 2012

The many and talented performers of Immersion.
(Minus Laila and SuYing who were nowhere to be found at the moment of photo taking… )

 

3 Shades Black, before our final performance of “Immersion” at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2012.
Thanks to everyone who put in such amazing work performing, and behind the scenes. An extra thanks to our amazing audiences, who came and drunk the mulled wine, cozied up on the beanbags, and rode the crazy wave that is “in C” for over an hour.

 

Photo by Nick Moulton.

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Meet the Musicians – Rosie Savage

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October 3, 2012

Rosie’s interest in music began at age six when she started learning the piano. Through primary school she dreamt of playing the French horn and becoming a professional horn player, however, it wasn’t until high school that she was able to start lessons on the horn which quickly became her main instrument.

Rosie has always had an interest in chamber music and more recently has been exploring the world of Jazz. She is a member of Shrewd Brass (Musica Viva in Schools group) which allows her to combine this passion for chamber music and jazz with her passion for music education. She has taught horn in various schools including her current schools Eltham High School (since 2006) and Huntingtower College (since 2010).

Rosie has studied the horn under Geoff Lierse, Geoff Collinson, Russell Davis, Debra Hart and her first teacher Kate Burgess. As well as her initial Bachelor/honours degree in Music Performance (VCA) Rosie has completed Masters in Music Performance (Melbourne Uni) and also spent two years studying at the Australian National Academy of Music. It was during this time that she composed and performed her first piece written for voice, horn and piano.

Rosie regularly performs in the Melbourne freelance scene which includes casual work with Orchestra Victoria and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as well as other various Melbourne ensembles, opera companies and in musicals such as Mary Poppins and Love Never Dies.

Outside of music Rosie has a love for food (cooking and eating it!) and writing poetry

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