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Stypa Quartet to perform at Art Show – Friday 16 September 2011

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Art Show

Presented by St Patrick’s Parish School

Multi Function Centre, order Cooma

  • Stypa - Snowy Mountains Quartet

    11.00 am – Student Viewing & Awards Ceremony

  • 2.00 pm – Grandparents High Tea Exhibition – $5
  • 7.00 pm – Gala Evening Exhibition & Auction – $10

Canape’s, bulimics finger food provided. Bar facilities will be available at own cost.

Tickets can be purchased at tyhe Cooma Visitor’s Centre

Pete Murphy Tasmania Blackwood Tenor Ukulele

Hi Here are some photos of a tenor Tasi black wood Ukulele I Finished a little while ago.

Uke on!

Pete

 

 

Young@Art 2011 was a Great Success!

This year’s Young@Art was a great success. Young local musicians produced a wonderful concert of which they should be very proud. The Snowy Mountains Arts Council presented this concert. The SMAC have recently purchased a brand new Kaiwai grand piano and the new piano was another “star of the show”. This was the first ever performance for the new piano. This really is a wonderful instrument and an enormous addition to the vibrant music culture of this region.

Here’s an overview of the performances:

  • Snowy Mountains Ensemble: T Susato – Danserye
  • Louisa Wall, pilule piano: A Khatchaturian – Etude
  • Caitlin Ventura, purchase flute: General John Reid – Sonata for Flute & Piano (Accompanist, Matthew Ventura, Piano)
  • Cooma District Band Juniors: Rachel Stevenson, clarinet, Louisa Wall, clarinet, Emma Stevenson, trumpet, Tim Wall, trombone, Jared Sopnieski, trombone : O Hammerstein – Edelweiss & J Compello – Clarinet Capers.
  • Lucy Wiles, piano: D Cimaroso – Sonata
  • Magdalene Tugwell, clarinet: G Faure – Sicilienne (Accompanist, Judith Marriott, Piano)
  • Dara Smith, classical guitar: P Houghton – Black Rose
  • Miranda Evans, piano: M Mier – Steamboat Rag
  • Magdalene Tugwell, clarinet and Lucy Wiles, flute: A Dvorak – Humoresque (Accompanist, Judith Marriott, Piano)
  • Monaro High School Year 10 Music Class: Eagle Eyed Cherry – Save Tonight (Conductor Sarah Wall)
  • Nicholas Tugwell, baritone saxophone: N H Long – Undercurrent Theme and Variations (Accompanist, Judith Marriott, Piano)
  • Lucy Wiles, flute: C Debussy – Le Petit Negre (Accompanist, Judith Marriott, Piano)
  • Kai Bakker, piano: M Reger- Fast zu Keck
  • Alisha Brady, voice & guitar: T Reznor – Hurt
  • Emma Ventura, violin: J F Mazas – Duet No 16 Allegro Risoluto (Accompanist, Jarka Sekker, violin)
  • Niko Bakker, piano: F Chopin – Mazurka Op 67 No 4
  • Matthew Ventura, flute: C Chaminade – Concertino for Flute and Piano (Accompanist, Glenyss Allen)

The Compere for Young@Art was Simon Allen.

Matthew Ventura

The Snowy Mountains Ensemble are:

Tina Rooney, Caitlyn Ventura, Tamara John-Natley, Bridie Mackay, Matthew Ventura, Maai Johnson, Molly Barrett,

Sarah Ventura, Roslyn Carroll, Peter Hickling, Emma Ventura, Maggie Shatrov, Bradley Ventura and Happi Human;

playing Violin, Viola, Cello, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Bassoon


Open Day – SMAC New Piano Sunday 11 September

The Snowy Monaro Arts Council will be conducting an Open Day for their new grand piano.

The Open Day for playing the new SMAC piano will be Sunday 11th September.  The piano will be available between 2.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m.  No bookings; first come, story first served.

Open Day at St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma

 

Come and play the piano, or come and listen to others play it.  Enjoy a very informal afternoon.  No cost.

 

Roman Rudnytsky – Piano Concert – Monday 19 September

Roman Rudnytsky - Concert Pianist

Roman Rudnytsky – Piano Concert

  • Where: St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, pharm Commissioner Street Cooma
  • When: Monday 19 September 2011 at 7.30 pm
  • Tickets: At Fabric Salon, Vale Street Cooma and at the door.
  • Cost: Adults $25/Concessions $20/Arts Council Members $15/Student $5

Concert Pianist Roman Rudnytsky

Mr. Rudnytsky is an American pianist of international renown. He has been something of a roving musical ambassador for the last 26 years, playing concerts and conducting master classes under the auspices of U.S. Embassies in over 35 countries around the world.

Born in New York into a prominent Ukrainian musical family, Mr Rudnytsky began studying piano at the tender age of four and gave his first full recital at age seven. He is a graduate of the luilliard School in New York. He also studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland, and at master classes in Austria and Italy.

Mr. Rudnytsky earned prizes in ten piano competitions, including such prestigious events as the International l.S. Bach competition and the International Leventritt Competition. He has made numerous recordings in the United States, Poland, and Australia.

Since 1972, Mr. Rudnytsky has been a member of the piano faculty of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University in Ohio, and is a recipient of that institution’s Distinguished Professor Award, a testament to his love of learning and commitment to honing the musical talents of new generations of musicians. He has also served on the piano faculties of the Indiana University School of Music and the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory.


 

 

A Grand Welcome Concert – David Pereira & Glenyss Allen – Sunday 21 August

David Pereira (Cellist) Photograph by Fusion Photography

David Pereira (Cellist) with Glenyss Allen (Piano) in a “Grand” Welcome Concert to the new piano.

  • Where: St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, viagra approved Commissioner Street Cooma
  • When: Sunday 21 August 2011 at 2.30 pm
  • Tickets: At Fabric Salon, Vale Street Cooma and at the door.
  • Cost: Adults $30/Concessions $25/Arts Council Members $20/Student $5

 

 

 

Young @ Art 2011 – Wednesday 3 August 2011 at 7.30pm

Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc. is proud to present Young @Art 2011 on Wednesday 3 August. Starting at 7:30pm, cheap this recital features performances by a number of young, pathopsychology local musicians.

There will be a mix of items, prostate from solos and duets through to ensembles, including the 14-member-strong Snowy Mountains Ensemble. The performers will play piano, woodwind, brass and string, and more, with pieces ranging from classical to ragtime to contemporary.

The annual Arts Council’s Young @ Art project provides an opportunity for talented young people from the Cooma-Monaro area to gain experience playing for a discerning audience.

This year, the pianists and accompanists will have the honour of playing the Arts Council’s brand new grand piano, installed atthe venue, St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall only weeks ago.

Tickets to Young @ Art 2011 are available at The Fabric Salon, Cooma as well as at the door from 7:00pm on the day of the concert.

  • When: Wednesday 3 August 2011 at 7.30pm
  • Where: St Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma

 


 

Stypa played at the Snow Much More Bachelor & Bachelorette Charity Auction

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Our own Matt Charlesworth is performing at Dodd’s Hotel this Saturday 9 July at 8.30 pm till late.

Matt will be playing his special style of acoustic rock.

Dodd’s Hotel Commissioner Street Cooma NSW

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“Stypa (Cooma’s string & flute quartet) provided a very soft, cardiology
warm and elegant atmosphere on the night of the Snow Much More Bachelor & Bachelorette Charity Auction Dinner on 2 July 2011. This was in keeping with our theme of elegance and was perfect for the occasion as guests mingled and enjoyed each other’s company.”

The comment has been provided by Ange and Paul Hart of Snow Much More.

Matt Charlesworth performing at Dodds Hotel this Saturday

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Our own Matt Charlesworth is performing at Dodd’s Hotel this Saturday 9 July at 8.30 pm till late.

Matt will be playing his special style of acoustic rock.

Dodd’s Hotel Commissioner Street Cooma NSW

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