Concert 4

SHEP QUEENSLAND

Concert 4 Sunday 4 October 2020, 10.50 am Conservatorium Theatre

DIRECTOR'S WELCOME We are delighted to welcome our SHEP Queensland cohort of 900 emerging musicians to Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s state of the art South Bank facilities. We trust you will enjoy your experience with us. Now a firmly established aspect of music education in Queensland, SHEP has grown from relatively modest beginnings in 2001 to hosting over 4,500 students throughout Queensland each year; with many more being nominated than we are able to accommodate. Congratulations to all involved. In 2020 we are again pleased to offer a Big Band and Symphony Orchestra; along with 3 Wind Ensembles, 3 Vocal Ensembles, 2 String Ensembles and a Guitar Ensemble. Participants travel to Brisbane from the Border to the Cape and from as far west as Mount Isa, representing 172 secondary schools. Our 11 SHEP Queensland clinicians (and 3 AHEP clinicians) are all esteemed Queensland clinicians. This year we are particularly pleased that so many families and schools have been willing, and able, to participate in our programs and thank all involved for their continued support of music education throughout the State. Welcome to SHEP Queensland 2020. We hope to see many of you return as students, performers and audience members in the future.

Professor Gemma Carey Acting Director Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS ORCHESTRA Sir Charles Mackerras (1925-2010) was a conductor and musicologist, who introduced the passionate and heartfelt music of Leos Janácek, the Czech nationalist composer, to British audiences. He was one of the great conductors of the 20th Century, with interests ranging from the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan to the high opera of Wagner and Strauss and was blessed with a rare ability to combine performance and musicology. He began taking violin lessons at the age of seven, and also studied flute, but changed instruments after reading in a newspaper of a shortage of oboists. After he orchestrated his own expulsion from The King’s Scchool, Parramatta, his parents relented over his musical ambitions. By the age of 16 he was orchestrating music in the style of Mozart. After four years as oboist with the ABC Sydney Orchestra he sailed for England in 1947.

Although based in London for more than 60 years, he remained an Australian at heart, never losing his “Aussie twang” or his direct, sometimes brusque, no-nonsense manner of speech.

Conductor - Loreta Fin LMusA, AMusA, ATCL Loreta Fin studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and was a first violinist with the Sydney Youth Orchestra. She has since performed regularly in chamber music and orchestral concerts and has been the Principal Viola player with the Qld Pops Orchestra for over 25 years. During this time, Loreta has performed with some of the world’s most renowned artists and entertainers. She has held the position of Director of Strings and Instrumental Music at Somerville House School in Brisbane, since 1993.

An experienced educator and adjudicator, Loreta has presented at many Australian National Music Conferences, as well as two American National String Teachers’ Conferences. She has adjudicated at major events and competitions all around Australia and has composed over 100 works for String Orchestra, which have been published worldwide. Loreta was a committee member of the Australian Strings Association for over 25 years, serving as both State and National President during that time. She received a Qld State Award for services to AUSTA in 2009. Loreta is an examiner with the Australian Music Examinations Board and is currently the State Advisor for Strings. She was on the Education Advisory Committee for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra for over 10 years. In 2015, she conducted the State Honours Ensembles Program in Brisbane, followed by the North Qld State Honours Ensemble Program in Cairns in 2016. In 2017, Loreta released her latest publications – a Beginner String Ensemble Series for Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass. She was nominated for the inaugural Australian Recording Industry of Australia (ARIA) “Best Teacher” award. In 2018, she conducted the inaugural Australian Honours Ensemble Program and also the Miri Music Project in Malaysia. Loreta was honoured to receive the National Award for Services to Music and String Teaching in Australia at the 2015 AUSTA National Conference.

REPERTOIRE Saison de Cordes Francis Feese Libertango Astor Piazzolla arr. James Kasic The Bird Finale Franz Joseph Haydn arr. Matthew Moreno Praelude from Holberg Suite Edvard Grieg Sparks Chris M Bernotas Spine Chiller Loreta Fin Palladio Karl Jenkins After the Rain Susan H. Day She Will Hang the Night With Stars William Hofeldt Rhythm Dances Brian Balmages Symphony No 25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Thomas LaJoie

ENSEMBLE MEMBERS VIOLIN

VIOLA

Charles Bergman - Padua College (Kedron) Bethanie Barns - Gin Gin State High School Jack Bortolanza - Fraser Coast Anglican College Lily Boyle - Loreto College Callum Byrnes - Varsity College Eda Chin - Narangba Valley State High School Claire Cho - Rockhampton State High School Charlotte Coulton - Somerville House Nicola D'Abreton - St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Jasmine Dawkins - Cannon Hill Anglican College Elizabeth Delley - Noosa District State High School Finn Francey - St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe Jacob Frisch - Padua College (Kedron) Emma Gilmour - Clayfield College Amalie Grime - Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra and Technology Tana Hooper-Nguyen - Sandgate District State High School Daaine Hwang - Varsity College Lily Kimberly - Somerset College Claire Kong - Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology Chloe Liao - Somerville House Kelly Liu - Saint Stephen's College Olivia Luxford - St Andrew's Catholic College Declan Mason - St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe Ella Newton - St Paul's School Quyen Pham - Stretton State College Tahlia Pih - Loreto College Jean Pluschke - Atherton State High School Jessica Povey - Clayfield College Bella Saccardo - Chancellor State College Haris Salam - Matthew Flinders Anglican College Belle Smibert - St Paul's School Phoebe Smirk - Moreton Bay College Ai Suzuki - Varsity College Rebecca Tan - Stretton State College Amelia Tranter - The Glennie School Leigh Williamson - Narangba Valley State High School Ruien Yang - King's Christian College Suri Yu - Warrigal Road State School

Isabella Bluett - St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Aunima Chowdhury - Varsity College Ella Cross - Loreto College Meghan Knowles - Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology Angus Lisle - Matthew Flinders Anglican College Julie Lu - Brisbane Girls Grammar School Natalie Portmann - John Paul College Andy Tran - Matthew Flinders Anglican College John Waters - St Laurence's College Emma Watson - Moreton Bay College

CELLO Annabelle Allan - Loreto College Sidney Bell - Siena Catholic College Abby Bradley - Trinity Lutheran College Emma Carland - Centenary Heights State High School Yu-Chen (Elia) Chen - St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Riley Collier - A.B. Paterson College Ryan Erglis - Varsity College Emelia Green - Moreton Bay College Alexandra Harper - St Paul's School Yunqi (Alice) Huang - King's Christian College Kelsey Ingham - Gladstone State High School Lucy Johnston - Biloela State High School Isobel Jones - Mt St Michael's College Eloise Nutley - Corinda State High School

DOUBLE BASS Kayden Beyer - Padua College (Kedron) Jessica Clarke - Loreto College Oliver Crewe - Redcliffe State High School Marcus Henville - Ormiston College Erin Little - Sunshine Coast Grammar School Sophie Moore - The Gap State High School

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