MEDIA RELEASE
6 December 2009
ON THE WAY - A YEAR OF SPLENDID MUSIC MAKING AT THE CON
There will be no stopping the music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2010.
Next year’s Concert Program – to be officially released this week - outlines more than 140 free and
ticketed events – and reaches out beyond Sydney to national and international audiences.
Performance will be front and centre from February to November as Faculty, Staff and Guest Artists
join in producing a wave of concerts - individual and ensemble – to whet the appetite like never
before.
The program extends the depth and breadth of The Con’s commitment to performance
development for general public consumption going back many years and includes:
Sensational Sundays Series
Cocktail Hour Recital Series
Lunchbreak Concerts
Open Academy Rising Stars Series
Conductors’ Series
Opera Program
Jazz in the Café
A new facet of the program is the CONtext Lectures, which will feature discussions with Richard
Toop, Keith Howard, Judy Bailey, Martin Jarvis, Peter Sculthorpe and Andrew Ford.
The Conductors’ Series will offer performances across Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, Early
Music Ensemble, Choirs, Modern Music Ensemble, Sydney Conservatorium Big Band and Wind
Symphony.
“Exciting is one way of looking at the 2010 schedule, fabulous is another,” commented Professor
Kim Walker, the Dean and Principal of The Con.
“It is a schedule that will enable our wonderful array of established and budding musicians,
composers, arrangers, researchers, teachers, managers and young virtuosos to beguile, entertain,
bewitch, and ultimately give pleasure.
“It is a program that embraces all musical genres and appeals to the vast cross section of musical
tastes.”
Professor Walker said the year ahead would see The Con spread its wings through its involvement in
and championship of a cavalcade of special concert appearances around the country and overseas.
“The Chamber Orchestra will undertake its inaugural National Tour, and perform in its first ever US
concert series, hosted by New York’s renowned Juilliard School, while selected undergraduate
students plus young members of the Open Academy will represent Australia when they perform at
the Youth Festival as part of the World Expo in Shanghai, China,” she said.
“On top of this, for the first time in the 78 year history of the International Society for Contemporary
Music, the annual ISCM World New Contemporary Music Days Festival will be held in the Southern
Hemisphere in May, with The Con hosting the event along with the Aurora Festival, ABC Classic FM
and the Australian Music Centre.
“This festival, the largest of its type in the world, will see musicians and composers from 50 countries
take part in some 22 concerts, many of them held in The Con.
“There will also be a strong international flavour to the second year of the 101 Compositions for 100
Years project; and students and Faculty will join forces to present a united front of brilliant
performances for our second annual Open Day and the Dean’s Gala.
“So whether you are a Con regular or a first-timer, whether you are a jazz nut or an opera addict, a
lover of solos or a devotee of orchestra, you can’t go wrong in 2010,” Professor Walker added.
Highlights of the 2010 Program include:
Sensational Sundays
Opening Banquet
Sunday 18 April 3:00pm
Ole Böhn, violin; Reiner Schmidt, viola; Daniel Yeadon, cello; Kees Boersma, double bass; Alexa Still, flute-
recorder; Ngaire de Korte, oboe; Francesco Celata, clarinet; Darryl Poulsen, horn; Kim Walker, bassoon; Paul
Goodchild, trumpet; Neal Peres Da Costa, harpsichord
Berwald Grand Septet in B flat Major
Boismortier Bassoon Sonata in G Major for bassoon, double bass and harpsichord
Lutoslawski Dance Preludes
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Jazz and the Abstract Truth
Sunday 22 August 3:00pm
Kevin Hunt, David Theak, Craig Scott, Judy Bailey, Matt McMahon, Kerrie Biddell, Warwick Alder, Steve Brien
and friends.
Program to be announced from the stage
Conductors’ Series
The First and Last - Symphony Orchestra and The Conservatorium Combined Choirs
Friday 28 May 6:00pm. Saturday 29 May 4:00pm
Imre Palló, conductor; Anke Höppner, soprano soloist; Barry Ryan, baritone soloist; and fellow soloists
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
Cocktail Hour Recital Series
Summer Breezes from the Woodwind Unit
Monday 15 March 6:00pm
Alexa Still, flute; Kim Walker, bassoon; Andrew Barnes, bassoon; Michael Duke, saxophone; Ngaire de Korte,
oboe; Alexandre Oguey, oboe; Cathy McCorkill, clarinet; Francesco Celata, clarinet; Darryl Poulsen, horn; Bob
Adair, double bass
Tomasi Printemps
Bentzon Racconto No. 1
Villa-Lobos Quinteto em forma de choras
Gubaidulina Duo Sonata for two bassoons
Masters of the Chamber
Monday 22 March 6:00pm
Megan Lang, baroque flute; Daniel Yeadon, viola da gamba; Neal Peres Da Costa, harpsichord
Marais Suite in F Major (Book IV)
J.S. Bach Sonata in B minor for flute and obbligato cembalo
Leclair Trio Op. 2, No. 8
Romantic Piano
Monday 3 May 6:00pm
Gerard Willems, piano
Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor
Beethoven Andante favori
Chopin Ballade in G minor, Op. 23; 4 Mazurkas; Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. Post; Polonaise in A flat Major,
Op. 53
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