Heralding from a sold-out final concert from 2017, Friends of Music Series return in 2018 with a stellar lineup of top Melbourne emerging musicians, boasting from a variety of styles ranging from classical, folk to jazz and contemporary performances.
In September, we welcome flautist, Mark Shiell, presenting Orange Dawn: Music that captures Nature, Vitality and Beauty.
About the Artist
Mark Shiell grew up on a farm in Western Victoria.
Flat paddocks to the horizon, dry daytime heat, cool quiet nights.
A great place for a young musician to dream. Mark’s began his musical journey as a flautist. In the early 1990’s he studied at the VCA and won many awards including the Gwen Nisbett Award and the Clarke Scholarship. Before conducting took his focus Mark played as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician around Australia and Asia.
Over the last two decades his commitment to regular conducting roles has accounted for the majority of his musical life. Guest conducting has included the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony, St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Victorian Opera and Sydney Sinfonia.
At the end of 2016 Mark began a new journey with the flute. Over the course of 2017 this journey grew with recital and concerto performances. He is now embracing the flute once again as his main musical passion. Seeking to combine meditation and music and returning after so long Mark feels that playing the flute is filled with the magic it had when he was a boy on a farm in the Wimmera.
About the program "Favourite Encores and Melodies"
Associate Artist: May Gavin
Faure: Berceuse Op. 16
Ravel: Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera
Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39, no. 15
Drdla: Serenade no. 1
Pierne: Serenade, Op. 7
Ries: La Capricciosa
Chopin: Variations on a Theme from Rossini's La Cenerentola
Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15
Elgar: Salut d'Amour, Op. 15, No. 2
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About the 2018 FOMS
Concerts at St. George's proudly presents the 2018 FOMS, showcasing top Melbourne emerging musicians!
Concerts at St. George's is voluntarily managed by a team of musicians with the vision to establish St. George’s Anglican Church in Travancore as a new music performance venue in Melbourne’s inner northwest. Aligned with this vision is the annual Friends of Music Series (FOMS), showcasing top Melbourne emerging musicians.
Your support for the local arts scene will be tremendously appreciated, with all proceeds from the 2017 FOMS concerts directly contributing to further enhancing the performance space at St. George's. The proceeds will also speak volumes for continuing the fundraising spirit for the Moonee Valley City community, and for continuing the vision for quality, affordable concert-going experiences for the local communities.
Stay tuned for more updates at www.concertsatstg.org!
The 2018 FOMS is proudly supported by CutCommon Magazine.
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St. George's Anglican Church, Travancore
55 Lucknow St, Travancore VIC 3032, Australia
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