Together To Remember - A Remembrance Day Concert

Snowy Monaro Arts Council, with the support of Regional Arts NSW proudly presents "Together To Remember - A Remembrance Day Concert"
Sunday 11 November at 3:00pm
Cooma Ex-Services Club, Vale Street, Cooma

Organised by Snowy Monaro Arts Council, with the support of Regional Arts NSW and South East Arts, the aim of the event is to bring people ‘together to remember’ and to celebrate the strength of the human spirit through music during times of conflict.

Ninety six years ago people from this district gathered when the Men from Snowy River Recruiting March made its way from Delegate through Cooma, Nimmitabel, Cooma, Bredbo and Michelago toward Goulburn to enlist for the First World War.

One of these Men from Snowy River, Ernest Corey, who joined the March at Cooma went on to be the only soldier to receive the Military Medal with three bars. The Ernest Corey Memorial stands in Vale Street and Corey’s descendants are local residents today.

At the 11 November concert instrumentalists and vocalists will present a repertoire of music which has inspired, encouraged and brought joy to the hearts of people – from those on the front lines to those keeping the home fires burning, to those mourning loved ones. Among the many items are the Irish patriotic song “The Minstrel Boy”, the “Colonel Bogey March” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. The haunting ‘Adagio for Strings’, the comical ‘Run Rabbit Run’ and the rousing ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ will be performed by several local ensembles, instrumental and vocal.

Some items have been arranged by local musicians, and one special piece will be premiered at the concert – Robert Shearer’s major choir and symphonic work, ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. Wilfred Owen has been called one of the greatest war poets to have written in the English language. He wrote ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ as a requiem to the loss of young life during the First World War. Robert Shearer has set the poem against sections of a requiem mass.

One dollar out of each ticket sold for this concert will go towards Legacy, a charity providing services to Australian families suffering financially and socially after the incapacitation or death of a spouse or parent in the defence force service. Tickets are available at The Fabric Salon.

This special concert, proudly supported by Regional Arts NSW and the Cooma Ex-Services Club will be on Sunday 11 November at 3:00pm at the Club on Vale Street, Cooma.

Orchestra Concert presented by Snowy Mountains Ensemble

Snowy Mountains Ensemble presents an Orchestra Concert
Saturday 27 October at 7:00pm
Cooma Ex-Services Club, Vale Street, Cooma

This concert will feature the Snowy Mountains Ensemble and guest soloist Jessie Regan.

Jessie is a member of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.

Some of the pieces to be performed include:
'Memory' from Cats, by Lloyd-Webber
'Spring' and 'Autumn' from Four Seasons, by Vivaldi
'Jupiter' from Planets Suite, by Holst
Czardas by Monti
plus Celtic dances

Tickets are available at The Fabric Salon in Cooma

Matthew Ventura Flute Recital

Matthew Ventura Flute Recital this Sunday 9 September

Sunday 9 September 2:30pm
St Paul's Anglican Parish Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma

Accomplished young flautist Matthew Ventura is giving a recital this Sunday at 2:30pm, in preparation for his Diploma Flute examination in Sydney later this month. The first half of the repertoire will be Matthew's exam repertoire and the second half will consist of fun, enjoyable pieces he selected for their audience appeal.

Accompanying Matthew on piano will be Canberra accompanist Anthony Smith, also Matthew's talented sister Caitlyn.

Matthew would love audience attendance and support to ensure an authentic performing-infront-of-a-live-audience experience (let's face it, frankly nerve-wracking).

Tickets are only $15 Adult - $10 Concession - $5 Student and Matthew's wonderful family will provide a sumptuous afternoon tea.

Nikolay Khozyainov - People's Choice Prize Winner, Sydney International Piano Competition

See pianist Nikolay Khozyainov in recital
Sunday 16 September at 3:00pm
St Paul's Anglican Parish Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma
Tickets available at The Fabric Salon and at the door

Snowy Monaro Arts Council is proud to be hosting a visit by Nikolay Khozyainov - this year's winner of the People's Choice Award at the Sydney International Piano Competition.

Nikolay was born in Blagoveshchensk, Russia and is studying at the Pyotr Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory under professor Mikhail Voskresensky.

At only 18 Nikolay was the youngest finalist of the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2010, awarded with distinction. Following is a list of his achievements thus far:
2003 - 1st Prize and Special Prize - Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte - Czech Republic (aged 11)
2004 - 1st Prize - Ninth International Carl Filtsch Piano Competition - Romania (aged 12)
2008 - 1st Prize - Piano Competition A Scriabin - France (aged 16)
2010 - Special Prize Winner, Youngest Finalist of the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, Poland (aged 18)
2012 - 1st Prize - Dublin International Piano Competition - Ireland

Then, at the Sydney International Piano Competition held in July this year he claimed not only the People's Choice but also:
2nd Prize
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Prize for best overall performance of the two Concertos
Prize for the best performance of a work by Liszt
Prize for the best performance of a Study by Liszt in Stage 1
Prize for the best performance of a work by Schubert
Prize for the best performance of the Virtuoso Study in Stage 1
Prize for the youngest Finalist

Nikolay has wowed audiences in the renowned concert halls of Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Malaysia, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, France, USA and Japan.

We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing this brilliant young man to Cooma on Sunday 16 September for a recital at 3:00pm in St Paul's Anglican Parish Hall.

Tickets are $25 Adult, $20 Concession, $15 Snowy Monaro Arts Council Member, $5 Student. The tickets are available at The Fabric Salon in Cooma, and at the door from 2:30pm.

STRANGE WEATHER - MUSICAL, NOT ONLY METEOROLOGICAL

See the Strange Weather Gospel Choir in concert!
Next Saturday 25 August
7:30pm
At St Paul's Anglican Parish Hall, Commissioner Street, Cooma
Tickets at The Fabric Salon, Cooma
and at the door

The Strange Weather Gospel Choir is a community choir in Canberra, more than 60 voices strong. The choir’s unique sound and exuberance have seen it grow to become very popular in the Capital region.

‘Strange Weather’ performs a wide variety of gospel music – from traditional African American spirituals through to contemporary – and secular music as well.

Experienced at performing at many venues in Canberra, on the far South Coast and in country New South Wales, the choir will be visiting Cooma this coming Saturday 25 August.

During the day they will participate in the Cooma Choir Festival, and in the evening they are performing at 7:30pm in the acoustically excellent Anglican Parish Hall.

Tickets for the performance are available at The Fabric Salon, and at the door. Get your tickets early as seating will be limited.

Welcome to the Snowy Monaro Arts Council blog - all about the activities of the Snowy Monaro Arts Council Inc. We are based in Cooma, in the Snowy Mountains. We aim to bring a diversity of high quality musical presentations to the Cooma-Monaro district, and to recognise and celebrate the wealth of talent we have in the district.