BAROQUE and BEYOND: Beatrice Colombis - violin, Laura McDonald - piano

 

EMERGING CONCERT ARTIST SERIES: Nurturing the next generation of musicians and  making live music accessible to all.

This concert series is held in the St. Jude's Church Bowral, a beautiful historic space with a lovely acoustic for live music.  Each concert presents a new emerging artist to the community.  The artist's have reached exceptional performance levels and the concerts offer the community the opportunity to hear some of Australia's finest young performers.  For the second concert in the series we welcome: 

Beatrice Colombis  - violin

Beatric, 19, is in second year at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying violin under Goetz Richter. This year Beatrice performed and toured with the Winther Quartet and was recently awarded the Henderson Travelling Scholarship for her string quartet “Asta” at the Con. In July they travelled to study in Finland, Austria and Germany. Beatrice was the recipient of the Richard Mills first prize in the Melbourne Bach competition in 2021 and is a regular member of Ensemble Apex.

Laura McDonald  - piano

Laura, (L.Mus.A, B.Mus.A (hons), post grad. studies Italy and Russia). A full travelling scholarship from Sydney University allowed Laura to continue her studies in Italy and Russia. While abroad Laura was very successful in international piano competitions. Laura has taught and adjudicated at the Sydney Conservatorium, University of NSW, St Catherines’s School, Ascham School and currently is acting Head of Keyboard at MLC, Burwood. Laura particularly enjoys working with advanced students on aspects of performance practice.

We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which these concerts will be held, the Gundungurra people and the Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the ongoing connection that Aboriginal people have to this land and recognise Aboriginal people as the original custodians of the land.