MUSIC AND TEA at the GALLERY: Beatrice Colombis - Violin, Laura McDonald - piano BAROQUE and BEYOND

 

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

This concert series is held in the BlueScope Gallery at Wollongong Art Gallery, 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 all reached an exceptional performance level and the concerts offer the community an  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.

Concert Host ~ Ann Lehmann-Kuit

These concerts are specifically designed to be inclusive: in addition to event timing, location, the provision of morning tea and the free entry, music therapist Ann Lehmann-Kuit, will host the concerts to maximise connectivity between performer, audiences and the space. 

Ann is a musician, music therapist & lecturer. Ann plays classical guitar, mandolin & lute and is a poet/ singer songwriter.  Ann coordinates Jam n Bread, an intergenerational series of free musical community gatherings featuring musicians from different cultural backgrounds. She runs the Folk School and Youth Tradition Awards through the Illawarra Folk Festival. Ann lectures at UOW and WSU, and works at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music as a music therapist and Classical Guitar teacher. Ann is passionate about giving people of all ages opportunities to ignite their expressive confidence and connect through music.

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