7 June
The Operatic Trumpet
Phill O'Neill – trumpet
Ingrid Sakurovs – pianoforte
'Largo' from Xerxes - George F. Handel (1685 – 1759)
'Theme and Variation' from Norma - Arban (1825 – 1889)
Rusalka's Song to the Moon - Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
On With the Motley - Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 – 1919)
Habanera - Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Winterstürme - Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Du bist der Lentz - Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
O My Beloved Father - Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Softly Awakes my Heart - Camille Saint-Saens (1835 – 1921)
Nessun Dorma - Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Phill O'Neill – trumpet
Phill was born in Adelaide and began to play the cornet at the age of seven under the tutelage of his late father Des O'Neill, to whom his album "The Operatic Trumpet" is dedicated. For nearly 15 years Phill has worked full-time with the Australian Defence Force Bands. His career highlights have included playing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, solo performances at numerous National Rugby League and Australian Football League matches and touring Australia as a soloist alongside Guy Sebastian. Today Phill is a freelance trumpet player and educator teaching at Cranbrook School and Moriah College.
When not playing trumpet Phill is a mad AFL supporter and loves cheering on the Port Adelaide Football club.
Phill plays Stomvi Trumpets
Ingrind Sakurovs - pianoforte
Ingrid Sakurovs is a repetiteur, vocal coach, and piano teacher. She is also kept busy as an accompanist for frequent exams, auditions, and recitals, and has been one of the official accompanists for the Sydney eisteddfod and the band association of NSW for more years than she cares to count. She was musical director and conductor for Rockdale opera company for ten years, and has also conducted about twenty amateur musical theatre productions.
Ingrid is a master of the kitchen when no one is around. She draws influence from television shows like Master chef France and The Great British Bakeoff. Some day when there isn't music to be made she wishes to host her own dinner party and cook a feast for her friends.
14 June
Presbyterian Ladies' College Baroque Ensemble
Senior Baroque Ensemble
Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 11 - G. F. Handel (1685 -1759)
Andante Larghetto, e staccato
Allegro
Abdelazer Suite - H. Purcell (1659 - 1695)
1. Overture
2. Rondeau
3. Air
4. Air
5. Minuet
6. Air
7. Jig
8. Hornpipe
9. Air
Harpsichord: Horatia Ma
Prelude and Fugue in D Major BWV 874 - J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
Senior Baroque Ensemble
Chaconne des Scaramouches Trivelins et Arlequins - Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
Junior Baroque Ensemble
Kanon - Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
Minuet - Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
Senior and Junior Baroque Ensembles
Concerto in D Major for Strings RV 121 - Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Allegro Molto
Adagio
Allegro
Senior Baroque Ensemble
Violins
Catherine Zhao
Jessica Cheng
Lucy Dube
Jane Ma
Marina Ruan
Violas
Elisheva Biernoff-Giles
Vanessa Kwa
Cellos
Jenny Gao
Yasmin Yoo
Harpsichord
Horatia Ma
Junior Baroque Ensemble
Violins
Stephanie Chew
Ruby Huang (and viola)
Maddy Wood
Cello
Emma Zhang
Director: Monique O'Dea
Presbyterian Ladies' College has owned a harpsichord for many years. In 2015, the Senior Baroque Ensemble was formed. The project commenced with the purchase of a quartet of Period Instruments. This was a great challenge for the students who embraced the playing of Baroque music on Period Instruments so successfully that they soon expanded to ten players.
The Junior Baroque Ensemble was formed in 2018.
21 June
Kathryn Dries (soprano) & Callum Close (piano)
"A little bit of Britten"
Folk Songs Arrangements
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 76)
Early One Morning
Greensleeves
O Waly, Waly
Cabaret Songs
Music: Benjamin Britten (1913 - 76), Text: W. H. Auden (1907 - 73)
Tell me the truth about love
Funeral Blues
Johnny
We'll Gather Lilacs from Perchance to Dream by Ivor Novello (1893 - 1951)
Kathryn Dries, Soprano
Kathryn Dries has been singing and playing the piano for thirty years. Serious vocal studies commenced at the age of sixteen under the expert guidance of mezzo-soprano Irene Waugh. Kathryn has a Bachelor of Music from Newcastle University Conservatorium of Music as well as a range of qualifications and awards in both singing and piano. She has an extensive knowledge of opera, Lieder, art songs, Viennese operetta, choral repertoire Gilbert & Sullivan and Musical Theatre.
Kathryn has had a career in performance for twenty years. She has performed various major roles and she has featured as a soloist in an abundance of oratorios and recitals. Kathryn is also the Musical Director of Port Harmony which is a prominent vocal ensemble based at Soldiers Point in Port Stephens and teaches singing and piano in various locations throughout the Central Coast and Sydney.
Kathryn's two most recent performances are the Alto Rhapsody by Johannes Brahms, with full wind ensemble and chorus, and the soprano solo in Joseph Haydn's 'The Creation.'
Callum Close, Piano
Callum Close (b.1991) began musical studies at a young age and graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Newcastle in 2013, where he studied Pipe Organ with Dr. Philip Matthias and conducting with Dr. David Banney. Callum also holds an A.Mus.A & A.Dip.SCSM in classical piano.
Prior to his position as Organist & Director of Music at St Luke's Anglican Church, Callum was Sub-Organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle and musical director of a number of community choirs, including Newcastle City Choir (2013-16) and the Conservatorium Songshine Choir (2015-18). Callum leads an active performing schedule as a recitalist, accompanist, conductor and chorister, having performed in cathedrals and churches across Australia and internationally.
Outside of his musical interests, Callum is the Philanthropy Manager at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and a Board Director of PACT centre for emerging artists.
28 June
Titus Grenyer - organ
Flötenkonzert op. 55 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846)
Elegy - Titus Grenyer (1998-)
Fantasia & Toccata in D minor Op. 57 - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Titus Grenyer is the current Organ Scholar at St James' King Street, and Organist at St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney. Beginning with violin and piano and supplemented with music composition and theory lessons, he moved to the organ in 2013 when he was awarded the inaugural IMB Roger Soden Organ Scholarship at Wollongong Conservatorium, and thereafter decided to pursue organ as his main instrument. In 2016, he began a Bachelor of Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Organ Studies, and in the same year was awarded an Organ LMusA with distinction.
Titus is currently midway through a research Honours programme, where he is researching the musical life of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) of Douglas Mawson.
Whilst an organist by trade, Titus' musical interests are eclectic, ranging from music-hall, modern pop, Balinese gamelan and traditional Korean music. He hopes for a collaborative future for music and for society.

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