(An encounter with history…. Unperturbed, we are looking forward to a final PhiloMusica event for this peculiar year on December 12 at the Kendall School of Arts. The topic is everywhere…..music and gender identity!

Join us to hear music from woman composers of all ages … Australian composer Dulcie Holland and the nineteenth century German Romantic Clara Schumann. Holland’s work is imbued with tradition. Sydney Symphony Violist Rosemary Curtin and pianist Jeanell Carrigan will perform Holland's viola sonata written in 1932 on the Australian viola (made by AE Smith) on which the work was likely first performed by Roslyn Gumpertz. How fitting for Kendall which has always celebrated the jointure of making, doing and creating!

In addition to Sydney Symphony Violist Rosemary Curtin, performing sonatas by Brahms and Holland with Jeanell Carrigan, this event features songs and Romances by Clara Schumann performed by the talented young singer Ines Paxton and violinist Goetz Richter and smaller works by Dulcie Holland.

The performance at 2 pm on December 12 is introduced in a philosophical pre-concert talk on Music and Identity commencing at 1 pm by Goetz Richter, convenor of the Kendall PhiloMusica series. Attendance at the pre-concert talk is free with admission to the concert.

All proceeds from the event benefit the Kendall National Violin Competition.