Winter School – Cairns
Cairns QLD
Australia
2014 CAIRNS WINTER SCHOOL MUSIC DATES
JULY 7th- JULY 10th
Works to be studied and performed
• Rossini – Overture to the Barber of Seville
• Grieg – Piano Concerto
• Dvorak – Symphony No 8
OUR CONDUCTOR
Our conductor for the Cairns Winter Music School is Mark Eager, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Welsh Sinfonia. Mark is a highly experienced conductor and has appeared as guest conductor throughout the world having toured extensively to Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Egypt, Jordan, South Africa, France and Italy. Previously he worked full time with the BBC National Orchestra, Wales as Principal Trombonist and soloist for 14 years. We are privileged that he has committed himself to a long term involvement with the Cairns Winter Music School. Mark’s Website – www.markeager.com
OUR SOLOIST
Our soloist for the 2014 Cairns Winter Music School is the exciting young Australian pianist Benjamin Austin who is looking forward to performing the Grieg Piano Concerto with us. Ben is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where he was awarded a First Class Honours in Advanced Performance. In 2012 he won the People’s Choice Prize at the 2012 Australian National Piano Award and First Prize in the Australian Society of Keyboard Music competition. An accomplished performer Ben has appeared as a soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Edvard Tchivzel, and the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luis Haza.
The 2014 Cairns Winter Music School
The 2014 Winter Music School will follow a similar format to previous years. We will have intensive sectional rehearsals and then spend time perfecting this orchestra of players from across the country. It is expected that players will learn their music in advance of the course to enable Mark to work with us on aspects of musical interpretation and performance.
Other aspects of the 2014 CWMS will include the popular Welcome Event – sponsored by our major sponsor Trinity Anglican School – and the public Finale Concert to be held in the Centre of Contemporary Arts.Courses are dependent on an adequate number of enrolments.
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