Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s Festival shines the light on Keyboard Accompaniment in Choral Music
Rarely is the art of choral accompaniment placed under the spotlight. Frequently, choral accompanying is wrongly considered to be at the bottom of the pecking order. The very nature of choral accompanying is where many accompanists quickly learn the art in a sink or swim environment. Speak to any accompanist and they’ll tell you how formative their choir accompanying experience has been in their career development. For the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia’s 2017 Festival, techniques of choral accompaniment will be brought to the fore, under the leadership of distinguished choral conductor, Leonie Hempton, Director of Music at St Peter’s Cathedral and for many years music educator at the Special Interest Music School, Marryatville High School. The Festival will follow the Guild’s successful three stage model of Wednesday Pilgrim Church Lunch Hour Concerts, an all-day conference on Saturday, followed by a Sunday concert highlighting the Festival Theme – for 2017…
Accompanists’ Festival 2017
FESTIVAL OF ACCOMPANISTS AUGUST 2-6 2017 The theme of this year’s Festival of Accompanists is KEYBOARD ACCOMPANIMENT IN CHORAL MUSIC – including the final 2017 Concert by The Young Accompanists’ Showcase … http://accompanist.org.au/event-infoforms/accompanists-festival/
AGSA – Geoffrey Parsons Award – 2017 Competition Announcement
MEDIA RELEASE The Geoffrey Parsons $6,000 Award becomes a national competition … Download the full media release document
The 2017 Geoffrey Parsons Award
The 2017 Geoffrey Parsons Award / $6000 / Entries close Midnight CST Saturday 1st July 2017 Applications are open for this year’s awards and the application form is now available to download. Visit the GPA page under the Event Info/Forms menu for further details.
Winners of the Accompanists’ Composition Award
Winners of the Accompanists’ Composition Award have been announced by the Endeavour Trio Congratulations to the joint winners … Thomas Devereux and Rachel Bruerville. Their compositions will be workshopped during the Accompanists’ Conference at Marryatville HS on Saturday July 30 and performed by the Endeavour Trio in their Elder Hall Recital on Sunday July 3.
‘Yes We Can …’ | Adelaide … by David Barnard
Saturday, 30 April 2016 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ACST) Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide Tickets: $15-$35 Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/yes-we-can-adelaide-tickets-21300347914 Miriam Gordon-Stewart – Soprano David Barnard – Piano Returning to her home city of Adelaide, USA & Germany based soprano, Miriam Gordon-Stewart is remembered for her spine-tingling performance as Desdemona in State Opera of South Australia’s 2014 production of Otello. Recent founder and Artistic Director of Victory Hall Opera in Charlottesville, USA, Miriam will be joined by 50th anniversary Churchill Fellow and collaborative pianist, David Barnard, in an all American program. She will share insights into her new role in the USA and present songs capturing a spectrum of American librettists and composers both old and new, including Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and John Luther Adams. This recital is presented in partnership with the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia. “Miriam Gordon-Stewart has a honeyed warmth to her soprano that…
2016 Festival & Conference of Accompanists
The 2016 Festival & Conference of Accompanists will run between July 27-31 and features the Endeavour Trio. For full details visit: Event Info/Forms > Accompanist Festival 2016