Clarence valley conservatorium Visiting Artists Series (2018)

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Clarence Valley Chamber Music Festival

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY: New England Ensemble Acacia Quartet Ensemble Q Michelle Ryan CVCon Ensembles CLARENCE VALLEY CONSERVATORIUM April 6-8

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Message from the Director

The 2018 Clarence Valley Conservatorium Visiting Artists Series includes many different genres of music, something for everyone!

From the blues guitar of Fiona Boyes through to the Sydney Chamber Choir, and finishing off the year with performances by two stellar piano trios. There is really something for everyone to enjoy.

Don’t forget the 2018 Clarence Valley Chamber Music Festival to be held at the CVCon between April 6 and April 8.

We hope to see you at one or more of the Visiting Artists Concerts this year.

Adam Wills Director

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Fiona Boyes Blues Guitar

The Clarence’s own international superstar blues guitarist Fiona Boyes performs her first concert for the Clarence Valley Conservatorium.

Fiona is a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, who has been recording and performing for more than 25 years, building a career that has taken her to major festivals and stages around the world.

Equally at home on acoustic or electric guitars, her repertoire is like a Blues travelogue. Listen to her play and you’ll hear pre-war Delta slide, wailing laments, single chord Mississippi Hills grooves, intricate and beautiful finger picking, rollicking New Orleans barrelhouse, greasy Memphis soul, driving classic Chicago sounds, the country stylings of Texas Swing, and the uptown sounds of the West Coast.

CONCERT Saturday 3 March, 7:00pm Moran Auditorium Clarence Valley Conservatorium Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5 WORKSHOP Saturday 3 March, 3:00pm Clarence Valley Conservatorium Participants: $10

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Nick Parnell Vibraphone

Celebrated as one of the most exciting vibes players in the world today, Nick Parnell plays both contemporary composition and makes old music new again. He injects energy into repertoire that might be familiar to some, but definitely inspirational to all. With a spirit of recklessness, Parnell takes one of the newest of classical instruments and gives it a genre-bending makeover.

Nick makes a welcome return to the Clarence Valley to present works from his Secret Songs concert.

CONCERT Tuesday 13 March, 7:00pm Moran Auditorium Clarence Valley Conservatorium Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5 WORKSHOP Tuesday 13 March, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Clarence Valley Conservatorium

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Sydney Chamber Chior

The Art of Choral Harmony Sacred and profane, ancient and modern, imported and home grown: join Sydney Chamber Choir on a musical journey into the heart of beauty. The human voice is the most expressive of all instruments, and this concert features some of the great masters of choral writing: HIldegard of Bingen’s ecstatic melodies, written for the nuns of her 12th-century abbey; exquisitely passionate madrigals by Monteverdi and Gesualdo; the lush harmonies of Brahms and the delicacy of Debussy; and three thrilling Australian choruses for a mighty finale.

CONCERT Saturday 5 May, 7:00pm Christ Chruch Cathedral, Grafton Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5 WORKSHOP Sunday 6 May, 10:00am - 11:30am Clarence Valley Conservatorium Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia

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Ay Pachanga

Ay Pachanga is the Latin party of the year! Following sell-out shows in Sydney, Ay Pachanga celebrates the world’s largest Latin label, Fania Records, and the music that made it famous. Founded in New York in 1964, Fania Records produced Latin music stars such as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ray Barreto, Willie Colon, and Ruben Blades, and showcased a melting pot of musical influences derived from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, America and Panama. Music Director Martin Taylor (Mucho Mambo) performs with a stellar line-up of top Australian musicians performing Latin boogaloo, salsa, and mambo - the Latin sounds of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Joining them on stage are award-winning dancers in a colourful showcase, celebrating the street styles of Latin New York in the Fania era.

CONCERT Saturday 30 June, 7:00pm Grafton District Services Club Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5 WORKSHOP Saturday 30 June, 5:30pm Salsa Dance Grafton District Services Club Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia

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Mission Songs Project

Mission Songs Project is an initiative to revive contemporary Australian Indigenous songs from 1900 to 1999, focusing on the Christian missions, state run settlements and native camps where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were relocated. Searching for the secular songs that were sung after church, Mission Songs Project looks to explore the day to day life of the mission days, from cultural identity to love and loss. These unique songs consist of almost forgotten stories that shed light into the history of our Indigenous elders, families and communities.

CONCERT Friday 3 August, 7:00pm Moran Auditorium Clarence Valley Conservatorium Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5

Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia

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Seraphim Trio

Over the last two decades, Helen Ayres, Anna Goldsworthy and Tim Nankervis have remained steadfastly committed to chamber music – from building the contemporary repertoire, to developing new audiences and teaching the next generation of performers. Inspiring others through intelligent programming and a deep knowledge and love of chamber music, Seraphim Trio never fails to delight audiences.

Seraphim frequently collaborates with Australia’s leading musicians: most recently with Diana Doherty, Paul Dean, Lisa Harper-Brown and David Elton.

CONCERT Saturday 15 September, 3:00pm Moran Auditorium Clarence Valley Conservatorium Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5

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Streeton Trio

Described by Musica Viva as ‘Australia’s most internationally successful piano trio’, the Streeton Trio was formed in 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland, from three of Australia’s leading young musicians. The trio was the first Australian ensemble to be selected for the prestigious European Chamber Music Academy, where it was ensemble-in-residence from 2010 to 2013.

Named after the Australian Impressionist painter, Sir Arthur Streeton, the trio has performed to great acclaim at venues such as Wigmore Hall , Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Trondheim Festival and the Pablo Casals Festival (Prades).

The Streeton Trio returns to Grafton after their successful performance in 2016.

CONCERT Sunday 4 November, 3.00pm Moran Auditorium Clarence Valley Conservatorium Adults: $25 | Concession: $15 | Child: $5

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2018 Visiting Artist Series BOOKING FORM

CONCERT

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Fiona Boyes (Blues Guitar)

3/3/18 (7:00pm)

Nick Parnell (Vibraphone)

13/3/18 (7:00pm)

Sydney Chamber Chior

5/5/18 (7:00pm)

Ay Pachanga

30/6/18 (7:00pm)

Mission Songs Project

3/8/18 (7:00pm)

Seraphim Trio

15/9/18 (3:00pm)

Streeton Trio

4/11/18 (3:00pm)

ADULT ($125)

CONC. ($80)

CHILD ($25)

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