EVENSONG: SIMPLY STRINGS
LAUNCH OF THE 2024 AVONDALE CONCERT SERIES WITH BRISBANE ADVENTIST COLLEGE ALUMNI STRING ENSEMBLE AND AVONDALE STRING ORCHESTRA
PRESENTED BY AVONDALE CONSERVATORIUM SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024, 5 PM ELLA HUGHES CHAPEL
PERFORMERS
AVONDALE STRING ORCHESTRA
Director: Dr Sohyun Eastham
Violin 1: Dr Sohyun Eastham (Concertmaster), Keith Sneddon, Jessica Brown, Andrew Thompson and Matthew Clark
Violin 2: Harrison Allwood (Leader), John Duncan, Talyah Manners, Candace Ryan, Brent Allwood, Francine Ausage and Shanna Duke
Cello: Gavin Clark (Principal), Joshua Cho and Kaiden Albert
Flute: Dr Gemma Christian
Piano: Christina An
AVONDALE CONCERT SERIES 2024
Saturday, March 23
EVENSONG
5 pm, Ella Hughes Chapel
Brisbane Adventist College String Ensemble and Avondale String Orchestra.
Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30
FOREVER: AN EASTER STORY
7.30 pm, Avondale University Church World premiere! A musical experience telling a revolutionary story of love, compassion and mercy.
Wednesday, May 8
OPEN REHEARSAL
6 pm, Music Hall
David Pudney and his Avondale Jazz Ensemble.
Saturday, May 18
SING PRAISE
Wahroonga Seventh-day Adventist Church
Benjamin Milis and Sing Series with Wayne Bucknor (Chair, Music Department, Oakwood University).
Sunday, May 19
EVENSONG
5 pm, Ella Hughes Chapel
Wayne Bucknor and The Promise.
Saturday, June 1
EVENSONG
7 pm, Ella Hughes Chapel
Performances of a Johannes Brahms concerto and Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer. Featuring:
BRISBANE ADVENTIST COLLEGE
ALUMNI STRING ENSEMBLE
Violin: Sarah Colquhoun, Oliver Dixon, Thomas Haycock, Amelia Lemmon-Cawse, Isabella LemmonCawse, Wendy Lemmon-Cawse and Elihon Taulapapa
Cello: Elizabeth Ferris
Double Bass: Anna Haycock
Electric Guitar: Thomas Haycock
Electric Bass: Ben Nisbet
Drums: Oliver Dixon
Vocals: Samara Bentley, Sarah Colquhoun, Charlotte Lemmon-Cawse, Isabella Lemmon-Cawse and Elihon Taulapapa
John Duncan and Ian Fisher.
Saturday, June 22 ORGAN RECITAL
7 pm, Avondale University Church
Rev Brendon Lukin (Concert organist, and (Chaplain in Training, Australian Defence Force)
Saturday, August 24
HOMECOMING 2024 CONCERT
7 pm, Avondale University Church Gospel music with a touch of country. Featuring: Rick Ferret and friends, including Covenant Quartet
Friday, October 25-Sunday, October 27
MY FAIR LADY
Chan Shun Auditorium
A production of the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical that brings George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion to the stage.
Saturday, November 9 CONCERT
7.30 pm, Avondale University Church Newcastle Youth Orchestra and Avondale String Orchestra. Featuring: Australian premiere of Jacob Cummins’ Battle Tower suite.
Saturday, December 7
THE THRIFT HONOURS
7.30 pm, Ella Hughes Chapel
A celebration of our graduands, high distinction recital and prize-winning students and scholarship recipients.
PROGRAM
Congregational singing
Opening remarks
“Majesty” Brisbane Adventist College String Ensemble (BAC) (Jack W Hayford arr. W Lemmon) and Avondale String Orchestra (ASO)
Dr Aleta King Director, Avondale Conservatorium
“Lord, I Need You” (Matt Maher) Isabella Lemmon-Cawes, dance
Congregational singing “Days of Elijah” (Robin Mark arr. Brad Henderson and Dan Galbraith) BAC and ASO Harrison Allwood, violin
“Lord of the Dance” (Ronan Hardima arr. Larry Moore)
BAC and ASO
Gemma Christian, flute
Remarks Aleta King
“Highland Cathedral” (Trad. arr. Carole N Rabinowitz) BAC and ASO
Gemma Christian, flute Hallelujah from Messiah (George Frideric Handel) BAC and ASO
Offering
Offertory
Academic prizes (see below) Aleta King
Pachelbel’s Canon (Johann Pachelbel)
BAC and ASO
“Gabriel’s Oboe” (Ennio Morricone) BAC and ASO “Palladio” (Karl Jenkins) BAC and ASO
I. Allegretto
Dr Sohyun Eastham, violin
Remarks Aleta King
Congregational singing
“Amazing Grace” (John Newton)
BAC and ASO “Because He Lives” (Bill and Gloria Gaither)
“This Train/The Saints” (Trad.)
Closing remarks Aleta King
Congregational singing
GIVING
“The Blessing”
BAC and ASO (Kari Carnes, Cody Carnes, Steven Furtick and Chris Brow arr. Wendy Lemmon-Cawse)
AVONDALE CONSERVATORIUM ACADEMIC PRIZES
Your offering or donation supports our academic prizes. Acknowledging achievement encourages students to strive for excellence.
Donations above $2 give you a tax deduction in Australia. Make your donation online: www.avondale.edu.au/giving/arts/academicprizes
DONORS 2023
Avondale Conservatorium gratefully acknowledges those who appreciate music and value an education in music. Thank you for continuing to demonstrate this through giving.
Honorary Patrons
Dr Lyell and Gaylene Heise
Dr Wilf Pinchin
Patrons: Fellows
Peter Duncan
Duncan–Kranz Vocal Scholarship
Patrons: Partners
Brian and Barbara King
King Family Scholarship
Pr Ian Royce
Dr Marion Shields
Shields Music Scholarship
ALBUM
THE THRIFT HONOURS
Keith and Julie Smith
The Promise
Donors: Ambassadors
Anonymous Fund A Scholarship
Donors: Principals
Donors: Associates
David Clark, Pr Ray and Daphne Coombe, Dr Barry Hill, Eldon Rosenberg and Kingsley Wood
Academic Prizes
Donors: Friends
Matthew Brown, Kelly Byrne
Dr Ian Gray, Sumit Jadhav, Dr Harwood Lockton, Verbena Peduche, Pr Kevin and Sue Price, Ruth Webster and Dr Gwen Wilkinson Academic Prizes
The annual celebration of our graduands, high distinction recital and prize-winning students and scholarship recipients featured quality ensemble and solo performances in a variety of musical styles.
Photographs: Bevan Craig