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Term 4 | Week 4 News

HUME CONVERSATIONS TERM 4 | WEEK 4

In the last few weeks, Hume Conservatorium was thrilled to work with the Goulburn Indian Community to offer them space for the first annual Diwali Festival. It was amazing to hear beautiful cultural songs and see the colourful dances.

Our October Concert Series ended with the Luminescence Chamber Singers last Sunday. It was a wonderful concert filling the Old Ceramics Hall with their incredible harmonies.

We also made some cool steampunk sculptures from some broken instruments at the Victoriana Steampunk Fair.

Rocky Hill has Continued to rehearse here for their upcoming production of the Addams Family. 🖤🦇✨ The production features Hume Con Staff and students in the orchestra!

We have also hosted several get-togethers for the Goulburn Social Dance Club. And a beautiful photographic exhibition of native orchids for the K2W Glideways program.

2024 SCHOLARSHIPS NOW OPEN

Hume Conservatorium offers annual scholarships to young musicians in the local community. All styles of music are acceptable when applying for a scholarship. Scholarships are awarded based on both current achievement and assessment of potential and
may be awarded in six categories –

Junior – AMEB Grade 4 (or equivalent) and below
Senior – AMAB Grade 5 (or equivalent) and above
Baldsing Jazz Scholarship
Blake Sheridan Scholarship for Voice
Missing Instruments

Scholarship applications close at midnight on 6 November 2023. APPLY NOW!

Become a Scholarship Super Supporter!
If you or someone you know might like to support the Conservatorium by offering a scholarship or bursary we would love to chat with you. Scholarships can be named, specific or general depending on your wishes. Contact [email protected] to schedule an appointment or Donate Today!
All donations are 100% tax deductible.

EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

26 October Performance Prac. Performance Practices are free performance opportunities and are held in weeks three 6 and 9 each term. They are a great way for students to showcase their learning and get ready for performances. Talk to your tutor for more information.

28 October Goulburn Diwali Festival Get ready for a night of lights, laughter, and love as we celebrate the Festival of Lights right here in Goulburn with our friends at the Multicultural Centre.

28 October Connect at Gunning Opening on the new gallery at Gunning featuring a performance by the Gunning Public School Choir and The Young Colts .

29 October Luminescence Chamber Singers 2pm in the Old Ceramics Hall – an amazing vocal group.

4 November BUSKOUT! Annual Youth Busking Competition, this year we have teamed up with Pictures and Popcorn in the Park! SIGN UP

24-26 November Bundanoon Folk Festival featuring Local, National and International Acts Including our own Bluegrass Band.

Musicianship and composition classes will be offered at half-price for the remainder of the year. Any student with a serious interest in their music will benefit from the chance to understand more about how music works and explore creating music of their own. ENROL NOW

Hume Con is excited to now offer music therapy sessions for a whole range of clients, in areas of disability, ASD, mental health and ageing. You may also learn a bit of guitar, piano or drums as part of the therapy! Starting on Mondays. Registered NDIS provider. For more information contact [email protected]

K-2 Group Lessons for 2024: Introduce your children to group music lessons as they approach attending primary school in 2024. Group lessons may be available for piano, guitar, ukulele, strings and woodwind. By offering group tuition at a low cost we believe all students will be able to access the lifelong benefits of music education. For more information about the amazing benefits of music education for primary students check out this article on the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s program at a Western Sydney Primary School.

11/11/2023

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Term 4 | Week 2 News

HUME CONVERSATIONS TERM 4 | WEEK 2

We were excited to welcome students back after the spring break. We are looking forward to an exciting term of music learning, with more opportunities for students and ensembles to perform and share what they are learning. During the holidays we had workshops at the Con with the APRA AMCOS SongMakers Program, Composition for Video Games, and two major concerts:

The finale of the Australian Chopin Festival and
the Australian Vocal Ensemble.

Some of our students also teamed up with the Vocal Muster in Bowral for 5 days of song-making, interviewing, recording and industry mentoring.

As part of the Lilac Festival Battle of the Bands 6 groups performed to an excited audience. The overall winners Ladies Night were featured in the Lilac Parade the next day. Congratulations to the runners up Wretched Arms and Divorce Complex and peoples Choice Winners Midnight Mojo. Huge thanks to our esteemed panel of judges, the Lilac Festival Committee and Divall’s for the truck.

Last week the Hume Con Bluegrass Band performed at a fundraiser for the Bundanoon Folk Festival as part of an emerging artist scholarship program funded through the Country Arts Support Program and Southern Tablelands Arts. You can check them out in November at the Folk Festival.

Our own Mighty Tunesmiths featured as part of the Mighty Playwrights program with the Goulburn Mulwaree Library and The Lieder Theatre. Our six young composers wrote music for scripts written by primary school children. The plays were performed last week at GPAC! Mighty Tunesmiths are Callum White, Austin Johnson, Ben Holmes, Nathan Reyno, Ben Chalker and Zadan Evans. Our wonderful mentors are Andy Picker, Garth Prentice, Steve Routley, Charlie Peterson and Greg Angus!

2024 SCHOLARSHIPS NOW OPEN

Junior – AMEB Grade 4 (or equivalent) and below
Senior – AMAB Grade 5 (or equivalent) and above
Baldsing Jazz Scholarship
Blake Sheridan Scholarship for Voice
Missing Instruments

Scholarship applications close at midnight on 6 November 2023. APPLY NOW!

EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

28 October Goulburn Diwali Festival Get ready for a night of lights, laughter, and love as we celebrate the Festival of Lights right here in Goulburn with our friends at the Multicultural Centre.

28 October Connect at Gunning Opening on the new gallery at Gunning featuring a performance by the Gunning Public School Choir and The Young Colts .

29 October Luminescence Chamber Singers 2pm in the Old Ceramics Hall – an amazing vocal group.

4 November BUSKOUT! Annual Youth Busking Competition, this year we have teamed up with Pictures and Popcorn in the Park! SIGN UP

24-26 November Bundanoon Folk Festival featuring Local, National and International Acts Including our own Bluegrass Band.

30/10/2023

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Spring Holidays at Hume Con

Music doesn’t stop just because school does. Find something going on for you at HumeCon!

Spring holiday workshops raging in ages from 12-24 – book your place now. Places are limited, though, so get in quick. Participation in any workshop includes free tickets to see Australian Vocal Ensemble, Ensemble Offspring and The Australian Chopin Festival finale. You don’t want to miss out!

APRA AMCOS Songmakers Workshop

Tuesday and Wednesday 3rd and 4th of October

Join three brand new mentors for two days of writing, recording and producing your own song. Numbers are limited to 16 students aged 16-24, so get in quick.

More Info + Sign up!

Video Game Composition

5 October - $20

Join us for a one day workshop learning to compose for video games with our very own Charlie Peterson. Charlie will help students develop composition skills and understanding of musical genres and moods. Limited to 16 students. Includes refreshments!

Woodwind Lesson Trials

Wednesday, 27th of September

Ever considered learning a woodwind instrument here at the Con? Trial a lesson learning a woodwind instrument with Emma! Lessons will go for 15 minutes each. Please contact Emma via the link below to reserve a spot.

Contact Giselle Newbury to claim your free concert tickets – only for students participating in our holiday program, meaning attendance to at least one workshop. Get in quick and check our website for more information on these events!

01/09/2023

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Lilac Festival Battle of the Bands

Come down and see Goulburn's youth battle for the title of this year's champion!

Or- join the battle yourself. If you are 24 years or under and musically inclined, Goulburn wants to see YOU up on the stage proving it.

Goulburn is full of young and talented musicians, and not often is there an opportunity to see them all together in the one concert. Even less often is the chance to prove yourself top of the talent. If you think you’ve got what it takes, scan the code to join the battle.

Returning for its second year after a highly successful debut, Goulburn Lilac City Festival’s Battle of the Bands is returning to Hume Conservatorium to test the local talent once again. Looking for soloists, duets or bands to participate in two heats: 12-17 and 18-24.

Saturday, September 30th From 4:30pm onwards Hume Conservatorium Old Ceramics Hall Time and tickets TBA Scan the code to join!

Scan the code to join!

Winners of last years competition!

30/08/2023

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An Evening with Simon Napier-Bell

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

What do George Michael, Sinead O’Connor, WHAM, Marc Bolan, T-Rex, Ultravox, Boney M, Dusty Springfield, John Paul Young, Japan, Candi Staton, Asia, Jimmy Page and the Yardbirds all have in common? They were managed by this guy.

Monday, 11th September, 6:30-8:30pm Hume Conservatorium, 160 Bourke Street GA $35

An unmissable musical opportunity is coming to Goulburn this September that any 70s to 90s music fan won’t want to miss. Simon Napier-Bell, manager of a multitude of talent ranging from Sinead O’Connor to Jimmy Page will be gracing the Hume Con stage with his stories of rock and roll debauchery on Monday, 11th of September for an entertaining, hilarious and insightful few hours with this music industry titan. Simon will be conducting an audience Q&A, along with recounting his showbiz stories.

Music manager, songwriter, author and film maker Simon Napier-Bell is hard to match in music industry knowledge, experience and impact. In 1966 he co-wrote Dusty Springfield’s number one “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” which was later covered by Elvis. He’s worked beside peers such as Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham, managers of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones respectively, where he learnt the skills needed to make his own clients household names too. He was the one who oversaw the entry of Jimmy Page into the Yardbirds, and as credited by the man himself, ‘discovered‘ John Paul Young (at a bar, in fact). On top of managing these music giants, he has also written several books, including ‘Black Vinyl, White Powder’, ‘Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay – The Dodgy Business of Popular Music’ & ‘The Business – A History of Popular Music from Sheet Music to Streaming’ as well as produced several documentaries: ’27 Club: Gone Too Soon’ with Netflix detailing the mythical coincidence of the famous musicians and the psyche of creative music artists, ‘George Michael: Portrait of an Artist” with Amazon Prime, ‘To Be Frank’ with Netflix on Frank Sinatra, ’50 Years Legal’ marking the milestone of the UK decriminalising homosexuality and “Raiding the Rock Vault,” the number one music show in Las Vegas.

28/08/2023

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Luminescence Chamber Singers

As A Flower Unfurls

A daffodil emerges from beneath the frost. A bird sings; a flower unfurls. The first signs of spring are symbols of hope and promise, rebirth, renewal, and the passage of time. From Renaissance polyphony to contemporary classics, Luminescence Chamber Singers celebrate spring, the blossoming flowers, the shifting tides, and all that the changing seasons can mean to us.

Featuring music by Giaches De Wert, Robert Davidson, James Wade, as well as the premiere of a Leah Blankendaal’s “Lake”, and a new instalment of Andrew Ford’s “Red Dirt Hymns.”

Sunday, 29th October 3pm-4pm

Luminescence is a vocal ensemble of chamber singers based in Ngunnawal country (Canberra) comprised of vocalists mezzo-soprano Aj America, baritone Lucien Fischer, soprano Veronica Milroy, soprano Rachel Mink, bass Alasdair Stretch and tenor Dan Walker who are coming to the Hume Conservatorium to treat Goulburn and surrounds to a musical experience celebratory of the original instrument- the human voice. Luminescence aims to deliver artistic and educational programs to ignite the brain of their audience by providing a voice to the human experience of all kinds. Since 2015 the chamber singers have been performing extensively in Canberra and surrounds with an annual concert program on top of a range of festivals, collaborations and other events. Packing a wide repertoire from renaissance to this century, all while frequently premiering new material from local Australian composers.

Under their belt of experience, the Luminescence Chamber Singers have made appearances at the High Court of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery and Parliament House, as well as performances at the Jewish Archives Festival in Sydney 2017, Enlighten Festival in 2018, Four Winds Festival in Bermagui 2019 & 2020. Since 2017 the Chamber Singers have made annual appearances at the Canberra Intenational Music Festival, performing in over 10 festival programs including the world premiere performance of the 2017 Opening Gala Betty Beaver commission, alongside William Barton and Clive Birch.

16/08/2023

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Ensemble Offspring: The Surge

The Surge

7pm, Friday 6th October Hume Conservatorium Old Ceramics Hall

Unfortunately for reasons beyond our control we have had to cancel the Ensemble Offspring concert. Refunds have been or will be issued.

Ensemble Offspring are Australia’s leading new music group, standing at the forefront of musical innovation. Uniting the country’s most fearless and virtuosic instrumentalists under the leadership of internationally acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwards OAM, they subvert classical music traditions and deliver concerts that “burst with imagination, energy and inspiration” (Seesaw Magazine). Together, they create “visceral, joyous music” (Sydney Morning Herald) through kaleidoscopically varied performances that blaze a trail for Australian music.

“As the foremost champions of contemporary music in Australia, Ensemble Offspring have commissioned and premiered over 350 works and have toured new Australian music around the world. Their dedication to excellence and amplifying underrepresented voices has earned multiple APRA Art Music Awards and an ARIA Award nomination. Through their pioneering spirit and relentless commitment to equality, Ensemble Offspring continue to shape a vibrant and diverse artistic future for Australian music.”

The Surge by Ensemble Offspring is an unmissable music experience coming to regional NSW, a multi-layered feast of music, ideas, lessons from the past and hope for the decade ahead. Accompanying them to reignite two 90s classics by iconic Australians Peter Sculthorpe and Nigel Westlake are leading guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vladimir Gorbach, as well as five recent commissions depicting current cultural, political and social situations threatening Australia. Aussies Robert Davidson, Felicity Wilcox and Jessica Wells compose engaging, thoughtful works specially for the Surge that examine everything from human-induced climate change to the pervasive influence of the internet. Paired with stunning live visuals by the creative Peachey & Mosig, be immersed into 90s nostalgia considering poignant social revelations.

Through their pioneering spirit and relentless commitment to equality, Ensemble Offspring continue to shape a vibrant and diverse artistic future for Australian music.

16/08/2023

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Australian Vocal Ensemble

'Tumbling Like Stars' - using the human voice to tell the stories of our time and place through song

Four of Australia’s finest vocalists come together in a visionary performance combining heavenly vocals in a chamber setting. AVÉ is an elite chamber ensemble that is warm and welcoming to all, using the human voice to tell the stories of our time and place through song. Katie Noonan’s new project, Australian Vocal Ensemble, will intertwine new Australian compositions by Anne Cawrse, Robert Davidson, Thomas Green, Alice Humphries, Zac Hurren, Stephen Leek, Katie Noonan and Jessica Wells, alongside new arrangements of music by Bach, Handel and Tomás Luis de Victoria, exploring the extrodinary vocal music from the late Renaissance and Baroque era, all set to the words of Australian poet David Malouf.

Sunday, October 8

Doors 2pm, Concert 3pm

Don’t miss an opportunity to see a truly unique performance of soaring vocals as they celebrate the release of their debut album ‘Stars’.

AVE intertwines Australian compositions alongside new arrangements of Renaissance and Baroque greats creating a beautiful tension between ties to more traditional European music and modern Australian classical.

AVÉ is four of Australia’s finest, internationally renowned vocalists, a treat to host for Goulburn here at the Hume Conservatorium. On their first national tour this year and soon to record their debut album, this is a concert we know Goulburn and surrounds does not want to miss. Katie Noonan, after extensive yet ambitious planning launched Australian Vocal Ensemble, or AVÉ, recruiting three extraordinarily talented Australian vocalists- Tenor Andrew Goodwin from Sydney, Mezzo-Soprano Fiona Campbell of Perth and Bass Baritone Andrew O’Connor, also of Sydney. Katie set out to illustrate Queensland’s creative leadership in creating a professional, classical vocal quartet, now uniquely the only one like it in Australia. Their uniquely crafted repertoire blends both old and new to demonstrate Australian music history and culture- from the old of spiritual late renaissance and early baroque, or the golden age of vocal polyphonic and quartet writing, to the new Australian music of the 20th and 21st century. This is a unique, valuable experience to explore a talented, crafted blend of new Australian performers, alongside Indigenous songs and Renaissance and Baroque pieces, all blended with brand new works. All programs feature new Australian music and engagement with our First Nations community.

“‘Yes, we are dreaming big- starting a new arts organisation in the middle of a global pandemic, but as Uncle Kev Carmody so eloquently said, from little things, big things grow, and we have big and bold dreams.’ These dreams include employing singers, commissioning 10+ Australian composers per year, working with some 250 vocal students and 450 community singers each year, mentoring an emerging quartet, performing to 3500 regional audience members across Queensland and to a national metropolitan audience of more than 5000 each year.”

16/08/2023

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Australian Chopin Festival

Sunday, October 1st, 3pm Grand Finale Concert with Ewa Pobłocka and David Pereira $40pp, $30pp concession or $20pp for Hume Con students!

A beautiful Sunday afternoon concert in Historic Goulburn at the Hume Conservatory with two world class musicians, Ewa Pobłocka and Canberra’s own, cellist David Pereira.

A beautiful program of solo and chamber works of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Kats-Chernin. Australia’s involvement with Chopin’s music began as early as 1843 and he has been one of Australia’s favourite composers ever since. Join us as we add to this rich history of Chopin in Australia!

Grand Finale Concert Program

Bach, Viola Da Gamba Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028

Beethoven, Cello sonata No.4 in C major, op.102 no.1

De Falla, Suite Populaire Espagnol

Kats-Chernin, Blue Silence

Chopin, Introduction and Polonaise for piano and cello

Kats-Chernin, Remember Bialystok

Join talented and experienced musicians Ewa Poblocka and David Pereira as they pay tribute to the renowned, influential musician Frederic Chopin on the first annual Friend’s of Chopin‘s Australian Chopin Festival. There is no one more qualified to entertain Goulburn with Chopin and friend’s tribute- Poblocka having won the tenth international Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1980), the International Viotti Music Competition in Vercelli (1977) and the International Festival of Young Laureates in Bordeaux (1979). She graduated with Honours from the Academy of Music in Gdansk, 1981. Poblocka has an extensive list of countries she’s performed in- from throughout Europe and the Americas to Singapore, South Korea, China and Japan, and of course, Australia. She is also the first polish pianist in history to record both volumes of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by Bach.

Pereira is an Australian born Cellist, graduated from Sydney Conservatorium in 1974 before spending the next few years studying at Indiana University, before he was invited back home to join the Australian Chamber Orchestra as Principal Cellist and the Australian Ensemble in 1980. In the late 80s he was Principal Cellist in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He spent a large chunk of the 90s and 2000s as Senior Lecturer for Cello at the Canberra school of Music (now the ANU school of music) and has since been part-time employed there. David is regarded as one of Australia’s most significant and talented practicing musicians.

11/08/2023

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Vocal Masterclass with Chris Nolan

Wednesday, 16th August, 6pm

In collaboration with Dianna Nixon of Wild Voices Music Theatre, Hume Conservatorium brings to Goulburn and surrounds a valuable learning experience for senior students in drama, dance, music and voice, as well as teachers, directors, musical director and performing artists. Chris Nolan, a leading voice teacher with extensive experience in musical theatre and contemporary commercial music styles, will present his workshop ‘What Next?’

Chris Nolan has an extensive list of achievements under his musical belt including his role as vocal coach for the lead on the national tour of Elvis: The Musical, preparations for the covers Chris in Miss Saigon and Elphaba for the upcoming tour of Wicked, and has coached performers in Hamilton, The Lion King, Moulin Rouge, West Side Story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tina- The Musical, Come From Away and Mary Poppins. His feats have earned him the title of becoming one of the world’s first certified Singing Athlete trainers, a new system based on the brain being utilised coaching many of Broadway’s leading performers. On top of this, he is the first PhD researcher who has conducted research with this group of performers.

Dianna Nixon, Chris’ host for the region from Wild Voices Music Theatre, provides additional insight for those training in the performing arts, with frequent experience working with singers and dancers to provide them and their teachers and choreographers a valuable learning experience while reinforcing sound pedagogic principles.

Chris’ interactive workshop ‘What Next?’ will be a valuable, unmissable learning experience for vocal performers providing them with insight into the transition between developing work in their hometown to further their life on the stage or roles that support staged performance.

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