Presented by St Patrick’s Parish School
Multi Function Centre, order Cooma
Stypa - Snowy Mountains Quartet
Canape’s, bulimics finger food provided. Bar facilities will be available at own cost.
Tickets can be purchased at tyhe Cooma Visitor’s Centre
Cooma’s University of the Third Age (U3A) presents an afternoon of music appreciation by the Snowy Mountains Ensemble.
The programme includes music by: Purcell, resuscitation Handel, visit this site Holst, myocarditis Broadwater and more.
Snowy Mountains Ensemble
Music with a touch of Christmas Come and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea in our Music Cafe.
Live music will be provided by students & teachers of Cooma School of Music.
The concept is a variation on the theme of a student. We decided to play this in the key of relaxed. The audience is seated at tables around the hall. They can listen to the music, discount read the Saturday papers, play a game of chess, 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 Cafe opens at 4pm, Saturday 18 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:
Hi Here are some photos of a tenor Tasi black wood Ukulele I Finished a little while ago.
Uke on!
Pete
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:
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
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.
Pete Murphy just brought in this lovely new ukulele that he’s made. It has a wonderfully responsive solid spruce top and eye catching black-heart sassafras back and sides. He wants to keep this little beauty for himself.
You can contact Pete:
Pete Murphy Ukulele - Solid Spruce Top
Pete Murphy Ukulele with Black-Heart Sassafras back
Roman Rudnytsky - Concert Pianist
Roman Rudnytsky – Piano Concert
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.
David Pereira (Cellist) Photograph by Fusion Photography
David Pereira (Cellist) with Glenyss Allen (Piano) in a “Grand” Welcome Concert to the new piano.
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.
Matt Withers
Renowned classical guitarist, ampoule Matt Withers will be performing in Cooma in October this year as part of his “Solo” CD tour.
This concert is proudly supported by Cooma School of Music
About Matt Withers:
Matthew Withers is a Masters graduate of the Australian National University (ANU) School of Music where he studied Classical Guitar Performance under the renowned performer and pedagogue, Timothy Kain.
Matt has given performances throughout Australia and internationally. In 2010 he travelled to Shanghai to perform at the World Expo. Here he was featured in the Australian Pavilion as part of their VIP Rising Star program. As part of both Guitar Trek and Brew Guitar Duo, Matt has given live, nationwide broadcast concerts for ABC Classic FMs Sunday Live Program.
As well as launching his performing career two of Australia’s leading chamber guitar ensembles, Matt has had considerable success as a soloist. After learning classical guitar for only 4 years, he won the title Best Young South Australian Guitarist in the Australian National Open Guitar Competition. In 2006, he was placed first in Open Solo event of the McDonalds Performing Arts Challenge and was a semi-finalist of the 2010 Adelaide International Guitar Festival.
Matt is an artist of diverse talents. He has become proficient as a recording technician whilst working as the assistant to Niven Stines (Technical Manager) at the ANU. In this role, Matt has recorded many quality guitarists including Timothy Kain, Harold Gretton and Minh Le Hoang as well as two discs for the Brew Guitar Duo and his recent debut solo album.
Matt studied in Adelaide under the successful classical teacher, András Tüské, prior to his tertiary studies. During this period, he also participated in the Suzuki Autumn Schools and became a role model for the younger players as leader of the South Australian Youth Guitar Ensemble.
The CDs:
Matt Withers_Solo
Brew Duo_Landscape
Brew Duo_Songs & Dances
