March 17
Conservatorium Open Academy - Rising Stars
Students from the Rising Stars program perform with a professional accompanist to present works they have been preparing with their teacher. Featuring a wide repertoire on a variety of instruments including violin, cello, piano, flute, clarinet and trumpet
March 19
Jazz in the Cafe - Kevin Hunt and Friends
Join us for jazz in a relaxed setting with Conservatorium musicians and friends - the perfect way to ease yourself into the working week.
Cocktail Hour - A New Century of Australian Song
Rowena Cowley, soprano; David Miller, piano – Music of Barbeler, Schultz and Abbott.
March 21
Lunchbreak Concert - Woodwind Unit
Students from the Conservatorium’s Woodwind Unit perform a 50-minute lunchtime concert in a program directed by their Chair of Unit, Michael Duke.
Alumni & Student Performance Series - Beethoven - All Five Piano Concertos Live - Concert 1
Cho Ki (Jacky) Wong, soloist and conductor; SCM Orchestra led by Ole Böhn – 3 piano concertos by Beethoven.
March 23
Princeton Jazz at the Con - Special Event
In this exciting joint venture, students from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Princeton University’s Jazz Departments will engage in a week-long exchange of cultural and musical ideas.
March 23
Cocktail Hour - Premieres
Katia Beaugeais, saxophone; Philip Shovk, piano – Music of Beaugeais, Caplet, Virtaperko and Tanaka.
Cocktail Hour - Heavy Metal in the Tropics: Gamelan Music of Bali
Ensemble Sekaa Gong Tirta Sinar; Gary Watson, leader – Music of unknown composers
March 28
Lunchbreak Concert - Wind Symphony
Wind Symphony students perform in a 50-minute Lunchbreak Concert – Program to be advised.
SCM Musicology Colloquium Series - Daniel Grimley: Oxford University
2012 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Delius, and this lecture focuses on one of Delius’s richest by most critically neglected works: The Song of the High Hills for orchestra and chorus (1911-12).
Alumni & Student Performance Series - Beethoven - All Five Piano Concertos Live - Concert 2
Cho Ki (Jacky) Wong, soloist & conductor; SCM Orchestra led by Ole Böhn – 2 piano concertos by Beethoven.
March 29
10 Year Sydney Reunion - Class of 2002
Get your classmates together to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of your graduation from the University of Sydney.
This magazine was originally published in Conversation Issue 1, of 30 April 2012, published by the Conservatorium Students' Association. The print edition can be found on Issuu; it has been digitised by Alexander Poirier.