Detailed Program
The conference program is found below, but please click here to download a PDF version.
Program
Conference delegates have free entry to events on the days they are registered. Registration Identification is required for access, most particularly to the Concerts and the Geoffrey Parsons Final.
Friday May 30
No meals provided - several cafes & restaurants are available on or around the University campus.
| Time | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 11.00am | Registration | Hartley Building Main Office Foyer |
| 1.10 pm | Lunch Hour Recital
Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes OP 52 plus solo songs |
Elder Hall |
| 2.30 pm | Registration continues
Afternoon at leisure |
Hartley Foyer |
| 5.00 pm | Open rehearsals
The three Geoffrey Parsons Award Finalists rehearse the set song, Wolf’s Kennst du das Land, with soprano Rosalind Martin plus their additional repertoire. |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 7.30 pm | Final - The $6000 Geoffrey Parsons Award
Jury: Malcolm Martineau (chair), Diana Harris, Elizabeth Koch, Stephen McIntyre, David Miller. |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 9.30 pm | Approx - close. |
Saturday May 31
Light refreshments provided for delegates for morning/afternoon tea and lunch.
| Time | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 8.30 am | Registration | Hartley Building Main Office Foyer |
| 9.00 am | Welcome
Conference Convenor - Diana Harris |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 9.10 am | Recital
Adelaide University students from classes with Malcolm Martineau at the Elder Conservatorium |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 9.30 am | Interview
Graham Abbott (courtesy of ABC Classic FM) interviews the Conference Musician in Residence - Malcolm Martineau |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 10.00 am | Recital “Now Touch the Air Softly”
Calvin Bowman - pianist and composer (PhD Composition/Adel); Jacqueline Porter - soprano |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 10.30 am | “…. but can’t you just follow me?”
David Miller AM, Head of Ensemble Studies, Sydney Conservatorium |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 10 55 am | Morning tea | Room 2 |
| 11.15 am | Masterclass - Vocal
Malcolm Martineau |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 12.30 pm | Telling the Tale: word and gesture in Ravel’s Histoires Naturelles
Emily Kilpatrick - piano (PhD in Musicology/Adel) Kerry Wake-Dyster (soprano) |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 1.00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30 pm | The Compleat Accompanist or “Do the Words Really Matter?”
Margaret King - Head of the German Studies discipline in the School of Humanities University of Adelaide, Language coach |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 1.30 pm | Accompanists - an endangered species?
Helen Tuckey - violist, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra |
Room 2 |
| 2.00 pm | The Choral Accompanist
Leonie Hempton - Music Director, St Peter’s Cathedral Adelaide |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 2.00 pm | Accompanying at the Australian National Academy of Music
Leigh Harrold - freelance accompanist, Australia wide. |
Room 2 |
| 2.30 pm | Instrumental Master Class
Stephen McIntyre AM, Associate Professor, Melbourne University |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 3.30 pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.45 pm | Accompanying Dance - communication, style, tempo & improvisation
Contemporary dance class demonstration Samantha White - piano |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 3.45 pm | Accompanists as Community Musicians
Amanda Hodder, Music Director, Lyric Opera Melbourne, MMus at VCA |
Room 2 |
| 4.15 pm | Composer as accompanist, accompanist as composer.
Dr Calvin Bowman (see 10.00am) |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 4.15 pm | Coping with Orchestral Reductions
Alexander Hanysz - Freelance Accompanist |
Room 2 |
| 4.45 pm | Schoenberg: 15 Songs from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
Prudence Dunstone - mezzo soprano As well as performing Dr Dunstone presents her new English translation |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 5.30 pm | Panel:
“Being There” - professional accompanists on maintaining their lifestyle. Charles Bodman Rae leads a discussion with Monika Laczofy, Malcolm Martineau, Stephen McIntyre, David Miller & Sue Witham |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 6.00 pm | Close | |
| 8.00 pm | Optional: Musica Viva Recital
Cheryl Barker/soprano, Peter Coleman-Wright/baritone, Piers Lane/piano A program of art songs by Wolf, Strauss, Richard Mills, Schumann, Mendelssohn & Weill. Must be booked well in advance through BASS 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au. Quote “Delegate at the Conference of Accompanists” for 10% discount. |
Adelaide Town Hall |
Sunday June 1
Light refreshments are provided for delegates for morning tea and lunch.
| Time | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 am | Welcome and notices | Hartley Concert Room |
| 9.15 am | Recital
Yuhki Mayne - violin, Alexander Hanysz - piano Handel Sonata in A, Piazzolla Libertango, Ravel Tzigane |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 9.45 am | Training Accompanists
Sue Witham - Past President Queensland Guild, accompanist and educator Mitchell Leigh - President Queensland Guild, accompanist, educator and composer |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 10.15 am | The Pianist in a Touring Opera Company
Brian Chatterton OAM, Musical Director & General Manager Co-Opera Co-Opera accompanist, Julie Sargeant and Co-Opera singers, Joanna McWaters, Jeremy Tatchell, Lynnette Harris and Ernst Ens |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 10.15 am | Whose Brahms?: a study of early recordings of the Sonatas Opp. 78 & 100.
Sheila Guymer MMus - Freelance ensemble pianist USA/Australia, now on staff at the New England Conservatorium of Music. |
Room 2 |
| 10.45 am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00 am | Instrumental Master Class
David Miller AM, Head of Ensemble Studies, Sydney Conservatorium |
Hartley Concert Room |
| 12.15 pm | Diana Harris interviews younger generation accompanists on how they are “Staying Alive”. David Barnard, Alexander Hanysz, Amanda Hodder, Leigh Harrold and Julie Sargeant | Hartley Concert Room |
| 1.00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2.30 pm | Recital
Malcolm Martineau, piano and Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone perform art songs by Schubert, Brahms, Duparc, Poulenc, Bennett and arias by Mozart, Verdi and Tchaikovsky |
Elder Hall |
| 4.30 pm | Post Recital meeting of delegates for the official closing of the Conference. | Elder Hall |
| 7.00 pm | Optional - Conference Celebration Dinner at Adelaide’s historic Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide
$60 plus drinks available for purchase. Please contact the Secretary (08) 8431 6030 or e-mail accguildsa@museco.id.au |
Thank You
In presenting The Festival of Accompanists and the Conference of Accompanists and Associate Artists The Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia is immensely grateful to the following for their support.
| Associates
The University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music Major Sponsors SA Government Arts SA |
Supporters
Pilgrim Church in the City Private Donors Gerald Moore $5,000 plus |
