Scholarship Winner returns for Kendall Concert The lady & her music returns
Former Wauchope pianist, Leonie Thompson, winner of the Clare Foster Memorial Scholarship in 2008, will return this month to give a recital in Kendall for the Camden Haven Arts Council.
The legendary film and theatre music star and two-time Grammy Award winner, Petula Clark, returns for an Australian Tour in March 2012, proudly presented by ATA AllStar Artists. Her career has been extraordinary and outstanding and has spanned over 65 years, with more gold albums to her credit than any other British artist.
Leonie has been studying piano performance with Dr. Anna Goldsworthy at the University of Melbourne and last year completed her Bachelor of Music. She also attained her Licentiate diploma and was recently awarded the Doris Chandler Bursary for excellence in piano performance. Originally from Wauchope, Leonie achieved her Associate Diploma studying with Frank Taranto, and won many championships and scholarships in the Port Macquarie, Kempsey and Taree Eisteddfods. This year, Leonie will continue into an Honours year in piano performance under the guidance of Prof. Ronald Farren-Price. Future plans include post-graduate studies in Europe. Leonie will be joined in her concert by Nick Slaney, who began his piano studies after initially wanting to learn the electric guitar. A fellow student of renowned pianist Dr Goldsworthy, Nick was selected for the University’s exchange program and studied with Kuang-Hao Huang at the Chicago College of Performing Arts last year. In addition to his passion for the solo repertoire, Nick enjoys
playing Chamber Music and accompanying Lieder and plans to continue graduate study in Germany in 2014. Nick has performed solo recitals across Australia and the US after receiving numerous prizes in various Eisteddfods and competitions. Their concert, on Sunday, February 26, commences at 3.30pm. Tickets are $15 (Arts Council members), $20 adults and $10 children. Doors to Kendall School of Arts Hall will open at 3pm for ticket sales. The historic Hall has wonderful acoustics and is found at Comboyne Street in Kendall. Drinks and refreshments will follow the concert. Leonie’s and Nick’s concert will please lovers of the traditional classical repertoire, including Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Liszt, van Beethoven and Prokoviev.
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