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by lyndie on May 20 2008
You may think we've been quiet, but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy! Over the last few months we have been looking at how best to move forward with the Sydney Flute Festival. As we have had significant international interest in the festival we have decided to change the name of the Sydney Flute Festival, to the Australian Flute Festival. We then began to think about whether Sydney was in fact the most central city to host the Festival. After much deliberation, it was decided that the 2009 Australian Flute Festival would be held in Adelaide, at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide from Saturday 3rd - Monday 5th of October.
Next we set about inviting our International artists. We are very excited to have secured Jean Ferrandis from Paris, Tara O' Connor from New York and Uwe Grodd from New Zealand.
Liz met Jean in Paris in January and David and Lyndie heard him perform at NFA. You will find him a wonderful flautist and teacher. At the Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris, he teaches the art of living through music, as much as he does the subtleties of the flute. Jean performs regularly all around the world and is a prolific recording artist. Check out his website http://jean.ferrandis.free.fr It's well worth the visit!
Tara-Helen O'Connor lives in New York. She is a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, awarded to only a few woodwind players in it's 25 year history. Tara is flute soloist with the Bach Aria Group, performs with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Bargemusic and made her debut at the Mostly Mozart Festival in 1999. She records for Arcadia and Koch International and is Professor of Flute at the Purchase College Conservatory.
Many of you will know Uwe Grodd. He is New Zealand based but performs, teaches and conducts regularly internationally. Uwe is Associate Professor of Conducting and Flute at the University of Auckland.
Over the next few days we will be making some changes to the website. The url will change to www.australianflutefestival.com, but we will maintain a link from sydneyflutefestival.com.au to the new address.
We will post the list of Australian guests as they get confirmed and keep you updated on the Professional Development Day for teachers that we are planning.
We are hoping to get the repertoire for all the competitions up soon, so that you have ample time to study and practice the pieces, so be sure to visit the site regularly.
Grants are available to assist young Australian flautists attend a Flute Festival or Flute Event during 2009. Please send a letter requesting financial assistance to David Cubbin Memorial Fund, C/- Robert Brown, PO Box 3228, Norwood, SA 5067 by Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Please include your contact information - postal address, telephone number, e-mail address. Applicants are required to provide a supporting letter from their teacher.
The Australian Flute Festival Committee
Elizabeth Koch - Artistic Director
elizabeth.koch@adelaide.edu.au
David Leviston - Director
david@leviston.net
Lyndie Leviston - Director/coordinator
lyndie@leviston.net
0424 504 104
PO Box 190
Northbridge
1560
Previous Events and Festivals
SFF Festival 2007 Sep 30 2007 to Oct 01 2007
Janet Webb Recital Aug 26 2007 to Aug 27 2007
Sydney Flute Festival 2006 Jul 14 2006 to Jul 17 2006
