2021 Chamber Music Festival

PRESENTS

2021 CHAMBER

MUSIC

FESTIVAL

A weekend featuring performances from some of the country’s leading musicians with performances by CVCon teachers and students.

JUNE

FRIDAY 18 SATURDAY 19 SUNDAY 20

THE PROGRAM CONCERT ONE Friday 18 June, 7pm Acacia Quartet - Lisa Stewart, violin; Myee Chlohessy, violin; Stefan Duwe, viola; Anna Martin-Scrase, cello.

CONCERT TWO Saturday 19 June, 2pm Streeton Trio, Acacia Quartet, Sirius Chamber Ensemble, CVCon Strings ‘n’ Things, The Academy.

CONCERT THREE Saturday 19 June, 7pm Sirius Chamber Ensemble - Ian Sykes, Clarinet; Emily Long, Violin; Clare Kahn, cello; Claire Howard Race, piano.

CONCERT FOUR Sunday 20 June, 1pm Streeton Trio - Benjamin Kopp, piano; Emma Jardine, violin; Eliza Sdraulig; cello

Program is correct at time of printing. Clarence Valley Conservatorium reserves the right to alter program at any time.

Concert One: Acacia Quartet

Friday 18 June, 7pm

In eight years Acacia Quartet has won great respect for their versatile and inventive programs which couple established repertoire with the unorthodox.

We are pleased to welcome them back to the Clarence Valley, and to the chamber music festival, where they will once again wow us with their brilliance and musicality.

PROGRAM Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet Lyle Chan - After Night Vigil Lyle Chan - Dextran Man Part 3 Lyle Chan - Tony-ony Macaroni Part 2 Alexander Borodin - String Quartet No. 2

MUSICIANS Lisa Stewart, violin Myee Chlohessy, violin Stefan Duwe, viola Anna Martin-Scrase, cello

Concert Two: Festival Concert

Saturday 19 June, 2pm Join us for a unique concert featuring the 3 visiting chamber music groups, the CVCon’s Strings‘n’Things and Coffs Harbour Conservatorium’s Academy.

The Academy and Strings‘n’Things will open the concert before sharing the stage with some of Australia’s finest musicians for a celebration of music.

MUSICIANS Streeton Trio Acacia Quartet Sirius Chamber Ensemble Strings‘n’Things The Academy Adam Wills, Conductor

Festival Dinner

Saturday 19 June, 5pm - 7pm Join the musicians of the festival and indulge in a two course meal prepared in the award winning restaurant.

Enjoy a sumptuous meal of chicken or lamb followed by a delicious desert. A cash bar will be in operation.

All dietary requirements will be catered for - please indicate any requirements when making the booking. All bookings to be made via the Conservatorium.

5:00pm - 7:00pm $50 per person Bookings essential

Concert Three: Sirius Chamber Ensemble Saturday 19 June, 7pm

Formed in 2011, Sirius Chamber Ensemble is a mixed ensemble of winds, strings and piano. The ensemble performs music from the classical to contemporary periods in a friendly and accessible atmosphere, and regularly features programmes of music showcasing the music of local composers.

Recent collaborations include Blush Opera (Fancy Me Dead, Bondi Feast) and the album Flying with composer and saxophonist Spike Mason. The ensemble’s name resonates with the history of Sydney as it refers to the name of the flagship of the First Fleet, the H.M.S Sirius.

PROGRAM Paul Smith: Starburst Nino Rota: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

MUSICIANS Ian Sykes, clarinet Emily Long, violin Clare Kahn, cello Claire Howard Race, Piano

Concert Four: Streeton Trio

Sunday 20 June, 1pm Described by Musica Viva as “Australia’s most internationally successful piano trio,” the Streeton Trio was formed in 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland, from three young Australian musicians. In 2010, the trio was selected to be a part of the prestigious European Chamber Music Academy, where it was in residence for three years. Now based in Sydney, the trio has studied intensively with the world's leading chamber musicians and has performed extensively all over the world.

PROGRAM Beethoven - Piano Trio in E flat major Op.1 No.1 Harry Sdraulig - Joybox (2017) Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor

MUSICIANS Emma Jardine, violin Eliza Sdraulig, cello Benjamin Kopp, piano

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