MEDIA RELEASE: Accompanists Guild of SA celebrates the pianists with some stunning woodwind
Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia Media Release ADELAIDE: 9 August 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Accompanists Guild of SA celebrates the pianists with some stunning woodwind. For the first time in its history the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia has focussed the entire year’s events on highlighting Piano with Wind. It culminates in the Accompanists’ Festival in September with a Week of Winds from September 24 to 30, 2012. The Guild’s 2012 Musician-in-residence is Timothy Young who is one of Australia’s most brilliant chamber music pianists and an outstanding example of the qualities he expects of his students—- that they are versatile, multi-faceted, creative, open minded and not bound by the limiting concept of what it means to be a concert pianist. For ten years Timothy has been a Resident Artist and Faculty member at the Australian National Academy of Music and is currently Co-ordinator of Piano. In a…
JEM (Junior Ensemble Musicians) Application form available
JEM (Junior Ensemble Musicians) 2012 Download and print the Application Form here for full details. The Accompanists’ Guild of SA provides an opportunity for six or seven young pianists to enjoy a new experience: that of performing in a small ensemble – the art of ‘Chamber Music’. The pianists will be joined by two other instrumentalists (also Primary School age) chosen by the Convenor in consultation with teachers. Preparation will result in a public Concert on September 26, 2012, which will be recorded by 5MBS. Anna Coppens is the Masterclass Presenter. Her bio can be found on the Application Form. Anna is highly respected by her students and ideally qualified for this engagement which, to conform with AGSA’s “Year of Winds” (the Festival focus for 2012), will include a wind instrument in each trio. Monika Laczofy is the JEM Convenor.
MEDIA RELEASE: 2010 Geoffrey Parsons Award Winner Announced
Dear Members of the Media Please find attached a media release announcing the winner of the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia’s 2010 The Geoffrey Parsons Award. Earlier this evening (3 July), the Final of the Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s 25th Geoffrey Parsons Award, named in honour of Australia’s greatest accompanist, took place in Adelaide at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide. The three Finalists competed for a cash pool of $4,000. They were selected from auditions earlier this week which included a performance of prepared works with their chosen associates, sight reading and a first rehearsal of the set work, Schubert’s Heimliches Lieben Op. 106, no. 1 with New Zealand tenor, Patrick Power. The Final was judged by a panel, chaired by the Guild’s Pianist in Residence for the 2010 Festival of Accompanists, Opera Australia’s Assistant Director of Music, Anthony Legge. He was joined by leading SA pianists and educators, Stephen Whittington and Berenice Harrison. In announcing the winners…
Media Release: Geoffrey Parsons Award Finalists
Dear Members of the Media Please find attached a media release announcing the 3 2010 Finalists in the Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s The Geoffrey Parsons Award: The three finalists who are competing for cash prizes of $4,000 are: Karl Geiger (Linden Park, SA) Andrew Georg (Pt Pirie, SA) Chris Lian-Lloyd (Paradise, SA) They will present their programs with the set work of a Schubert Lied, which they’ll perform with NZ tenor, Patrick Power. The 2010 Geoffrey Parsons Awards Final takes place this Saturday, 3 July, 7pm at the Hartley Concert Room, Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide. Accompanists’ Guild of SA in association with the Elder Conservatorium of Music presents The 2010 Geoffrey Parsons Award Saturday July 3, 7.00pm Hartley Concert Room, The University of Adelaide, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide TICKETS $15/$10/$5 Festival and Conference ticket holders free BOOKINGS No pre-bookings, tickets at the door. PUBLIC ENQUIRIES Accompanists’ Guild…
2009 Geoffrey Parsons Award Winner Announced
On July 9, the Final of the Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s Geoffrey Parsons Award, named in honour of Australia’s greatest accompanist, took place in the Hartley Concert Room at The Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide. The Award has become a centerpiece of the annual Festival of Accompanists. In announcing the winners, Leslie Howard, a Trustee of the Geoffrey Parsons Trust in London remarked ‘I’m sure Geoffrey Parsons would have been impressed that such a competition in his name exists in Adelaide South Australia. It was a pleasure to see some adventurous repertoire choices and such thorough preparation. It was typical of the spirit in which Geoffrey assisted young musicians that we had the very generous participation of such a distinguished artist as Natsuko Yoshimoto with whom all finalists rehearsed and performed.’ The 2009 winners were: FIRST PRIZE ($3,000) Mark Sandon (Gilberton, SA) SECOND PRIZE ($600) Chris Lian-Lloyd (Paradise,…
THE ACCOMPANIST TAKES CENTRE-STAGE
Accompanists’ Guild of SA Media Release ADELAIDE: Sunday 4 May 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTRALIA’S 1ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ACCOMPANISTS Friday 30 May – Sunday 1 June 2008 Elder Conservatorium of Music The University of Adelaide ` The world’s first renowned vocal accompanist, Gerald Moore, made famous the question, “Am I too loud?” From Friday 30 May until Sunday 1 June 2008, the Accompanists’ Guild of South Australia during its inaugural Conference of Accompanists and Associate Artists will consider that question and much more. The Conference is part of the Guild’s 25th Anniversary Celebration and coincides with the visit of a pianist often compared to Moore and Geoffrey Parsons, one of the world’s foremost vocal accompanists, Malcolm Martineau. During the three-days, Malcolm Martineau will be one of the many pianists to contribute as speaker, educator and performer. The Guild has attracted a rich array of presenters –…
MEDIA RELEASE: 2nd time lucky for 2007 Geoffrey Parsons Award Winner leading young Australian pianist, Amir Farid
Adelaide: Monday 16 July 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Thursday evening (12 July), the Finals of the Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s 23rd Geoffrey Parsons Award, named in honour of Australia’s accompanist par excellence for singers, such as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles and Olaf Bär, took place in Adelaide at The University of Adelaide. The three Finalists competed for a cash pool of $2,500. They were selected from a group of six pianists who undertook Stage One auditions earlier this week, where they performed prepared works with their chosen associates, sight reading and an unrehearsed reading of the set work, Schumann’s Märchenbilder No. 1, Nicht schnell with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra violist, Cecily Satchell. Judging the Finalists was a panel, chaired by the Guild’s Pianist in Residence for the 2007 Festival of Accompanists, Jean-Paul Sévilla, with local leading pianists and educators, Stephen Whittington and Leonie Hempton. The finalists apart from…
MEDIA RELEASE: 2006 Geoffrey Parsons Award Winner’s Recital, Pianist Anthony Hunt “Without a Song.”
Adelaide: 20 June 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In recent years pianist, Anthony Hunt, has made a name for himself as one of Adelaide’s leading repetiteurs, conductors and vocal accompanists. He has worked regularly with the State Opera of South Australia most recently as repetiteur for Mark Adamo’s Little Women. Last year Anthony and his wife, soprano, Jessica Dean, travelled to Germany to study with the Accompanists’ Guild’s International Patron, Phillip Moll. On Saturday 30 June at 7.30pm, in the Cynthia Poulton Hall, Anthony Hunt will present the 21st Geoffrey Parsons Award Winner’s recital in association with two of Adelaide’s fine young string players, violinist/violist, Imants Larsens and cellist, Gemma Phillips. This will be one of the rare occasions when Anthony is not accompanying a singer from the piano or the organ. The Geoffrey Parsons Award for excellence in accompanying and ensemble performance is offered annually by the Accompanists’ Guild in…