Well, buy Cafe Music was a  great afternoon of music. It was a little smaller than most of  our events but it was nice and relaxed and the students got to play more than just one piece. It was a lot of fun. We got a few impromptu little groups playing together. I can’t wait till the next one!
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Everyone is welcome to come and join in with Carols in the Park this Saturday at 6.30 pm.
The carols will performed in the beautiful Centennial Park.
This year the Carols will be lead by the wonderful voices of the Cooma Harmony Chorus.
For more information visit: http://www.visitcooma.com.au/
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The Adaminaby Hangar Bush Dance on Saturday 13 November was a lot of fun. Here’s some pictures:
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Chris Wall
An Afternoon of Music promises to be an enjoyable and entertaining event. Our own Daryl Gaukroger, stomatology himself a talented musician has organized this concert which will feature  many of our local musicians.  The extremely popular Cooma Harmony Chorus will be performing along with Daryl Gaukroger, David Ford, Vera Shanley, Chris And Sarah Wall, and more.
Cooma Harmony Chorus
“Café Music with a touch of Christmas Fun!â€Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea in our “Music Caféâ€.
Live music will be provided by students & teachers of Cooma School of Music.
The “Café Music†concept is a variation on the theme of “student concertâ€. We decided to “play†this in the “key of relaxedâ€. The audience is seated at tables around the hall. They can listen to the music, prescription
read the Saturday papers, pills
play a game of chess, pulmonologist
cards, snakes and ladders, have a conversation, enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea with bottomless cups of tea or coffee. The music students will perform in a more relaxed atmosphere.
The audience is not expected to stay for the whole afternoon. They can come and go as they please. We realise how busy everyone is right now!
The café opens at 4pm, Saturday 11 December at St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, 138 Commissioner Street.
Please bring a plate of festive food to share and some games to play. Tea & coffee will be provided free.
Prizes for the Best Table Decorations!
Lucky Door Prizes!
If you want to play, when you arrive, just choose the time you want to play and write your name next to that timeslot on the whiteboard in the Hall.
Admission:
Musica da Camera in concert on Sunday 21 November 2010 at St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, prosthetic Cooma.
An audience of over 60 people was treated to a lovely concert by Canberra-based chamber orchestra, Musica da Camera. This wonderful group of musicians was ably directed by Rowan Harvey-Martin.
The lush rich sounds of  Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings was a perfect work  to open the concert. After a short intermission, harpist Meriel Owen performed Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances with the orchestra. She played this favourite of the harp repertoire beautifully.
The next piece was Radastave Op. 146 No. 2 by Jean Sibelius. Sibelius is said to evoke the landscape of his beloved Finland in this and many of his works.
The orchestra was then joined by Anthony Smith. This extremely talented pianist  performed “Eclogue for Piano and Strings” by the British Composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956). This work was also a treat for me  as I am unfamiliar with this composer. It was a lovely piece played beautifully by Anthony Smith and Musica da Camera.
The concert was received very positively by an enthusiastic Cooma audience, and I’m sure that they would love to hear Musica da Camera perform again in Cooma in the near future.
Musica da Camera will be performing next in Canberra on Saturday 9 April 2011 at 2:30 pm, at Holy Covenant Anglican Church, Cook.
If you would like to get on to the Musica da Camera mailing list here are their details:
Chris Wall
An Afternoon of Music promises to be an enjoyable and entertaining event. Our own Darrell Gaukroger, illness himself a talented musician has organized this concert which will feature  many of our local musicians.  The extremely popular Cooma Harmony Chorus will be performing along with Darrell Gaukroger, David Ford, Vera Shanley, Chris And Sarah Wall, and more.
Cooma Harmony Chorus
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Musica da Camera, formed in 1979, is a Canberra-based string chamber orchestra of about 20 players. For over 30 years this group has been delighting Canberra audiences as well as music lovers throughout the region.
The concert in Cooma will be directed by the acclaimed musician, Rowan Harvey-Martin. The programme has yet to be finalized but it will include many beautiful works such as:
Rowan Harvey-Martin - Musical Director
Rowan graduated violin with honours from the ANU School of Music and has also studied at the Eastman School of Music, New York.
She is Principal Violin with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and has had extensive orchestral experience with the Eastman Virtuosi in New York, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and as Associate Concertmaster with the Australian production of Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon.
Rowan is currently Co-Artistic Director and Concertmaster of The Haydn Bande which regularly performs around Canberra.
Rowan studied choral conducting with Micheal McCarthy at the Canberra School of Music and orchestral conducting with Donald Hunsberger at the Eastman School of Music.
In 2007 and 2008 Rowan took part in Symphony Australia’s Conducting Development Program with Christopher Seaman conducting the State Orchestra of Victoria and the Adelaide and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. She took part in the same program in 2009 with Sebastien Lang-Lessing, Arvo Volmer and Christopher Seaman when she conducted the Tasmanian Symphony and The Queensland Orchestra.
In 2007-2008 she was assistant to Nicholas Milton with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. She is currently Musical Director of The Llewellyn Choir in Canberra with whom she has conducted Mozart’s Requiem in D-minor and John Rutter’s Requiem. With The Llewellyn Choir and the Haydn Bande she has performed Haydn’s Nelson Mass and in 2008 she conducted Bach’s St. John’s Passion and Handel’s Messiah. She recently conducted the The Llewellyn Choir in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem.
Rowan is currently the Chorus master for the Canberra Combined Choirs when they perform with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra for their Gala performances for which she has prepared both Orff’s Carmina Burana in 2008 and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 in 2009.
At the Sydney Conservatorium she has conducted Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and in 2009 she will conduct both the Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestras.
She has also been awarded the Stuart and Norma Leslie Churchill Fellowship in 2009 to further her studies in conducting in Europe and the United States.
Musica Da Camera
Title: Canberra Concerto Orchestra – Wednesday 22 September
Location: Albert Hall, sick Commonwealth Ave Canberra
Description: The Canberra Concerto Orchestra presents
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Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-09-22
Title: Canberra Concerto Orchestra – Wednesday 22 September
Location: Albert Hall, information pills
Commonwealth Ave Canberra
Description: The Canberra Concerto Orchestra presents
BEETHOVEN
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-09-22
Title: Music Industry And Songwriting/Arranging Workshop for local youth September 29, Hepatitis
Jindabyne
The Deckchairs September 29, Jindabyne
Location: Jindabyne Memorial Hall
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Date: 2010-09-29
In 2007 four young men from very different backgrounds met while studying music in Brisbane. They formed a band called The Deckchairs and in 2008 released their first EP SOME STRANGERS SHIP.
With reviews such as “exhilarating, uplifting and addictive†(TheDwarf,com) The Deckchairs were off and running.
2010 has seen the release of their second album UR, a Canadian festival tour, and a Contemporary Music Touring Grant from the Australian Government for a 23 gig tour from Jindabyne to Cairns.
As part of this grant The Deckchairs are running a two hour workshop for local youth aspiring to a future in the music industry. The workshop will be held at Jindabyne Memorial Hall on the afternoon of Wednesday 29th September.
The Deckchairs are playing a gig at the hall later that evening and are offering one or two local youth bands the opportunity of playing support to an established band.
Interested participants should contact Heidi Kunz, Cultural Development Officer, South East Arts Region on 6451 1104 to register for the workshop.