Emerging artists concerts

Music

A new free concert series makes its debut at the University of Adelaide this month.

The Emerging Artists concert series will see the Elder Conservatorium of Music present six classical and jazz concerts over seven weeks in October and November.

The concerts will showcase the outstanding talents of music students and are aimed at providing them with additional performance experience.

"It's extremely important for students to have public concerts to perform in," said the Conservatorium's Head of Strings, Keith Crellin.

"As staff, we can remember the kind of experience such performances gave us when we were students. The reality is that there are just not enough opportunities around to gain such experience.

"Students and staff are very excited about this new concert series, and we believe it will help to kick-start some careers for our student performers."

The concerts will be run as a 6.00pm-7.00pm "cocktail hour" series, with drinks and nibbles provided after each concert. Starting on Friday 2 October, performances will be held in the Hartley Concert Room, in the Hartley Building off Kintore Avenue, except for one performance in the Scott Theatre on Friday 9 October.

"The Hartley Concert Room is an intimate, chamber-type concert setting," Mr Crellin said. "I'm looking forward to seeing how the audience responds to the performances in that setting, especially with the mix of classical and jazz music that we have in the program.

"The performers themselves will be highly representative of the best of what our students can do. There will be singers, violinists, pianists, brass players and many others."

Mr Crellin said the Spring session of this concert series would serve as a pilot program, with the potential for more concerts next year.

For more information about the Emerging Artists concert series, contact Susie Gold on +61 8 8313 0304, email susan.gold@adelaide.edu.au or visit: www.music.adelaide.edu.au