Ensemble Offspring Showcases 2017 ‘Hatchlings’

Ensemble Offspring Showcases 2017 ‘Hatchlings’

Ensemble Offspring’s springboard for emerging composers Hatched Academy, presents the works of four successful composers to enter their 2017 training programme. These four successful ‘Hatchlings’ were chosen from over 60 applications. They are Ciaran Frame (NSW composer), Luke Carbon (VIC clarinet + sax), Jasmin Leung (QLD composer) and Kieran Welch (QLD viola). The concert will feature the premieres…

Ensemble Offspring Presents World Premieres In ‘Who Dreamed It?’

Ensemble Offspring Presents World Premieres In ‘Who Dreamed It?’

Ensemble Offspring presents Who Dreamed It?  a phantasmagoric concert featuring three world premieres, that might be the soundtrack of a sleeping mind inspired by dreams, fairytales and fate. US-based Australian soprano Jessica Aszodi takes centre-stage in this suite of surprising and beguiling works which will lead the listener down the unmapped byways of the imagination. Step…

Concert Review: Schubert’s Trout/Omega Ensemble

Concert Review: Schubert’s Trout/Omega Ensemble

Schubert’s Trout Omega Ensemble:  David Rowden (Co-Artistic Director and clarinet), Maria Raspopova (Co-Artistic Director and piano), Alexandra Osborne (violin), Veronique Serret (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello), Alex Henery (double bass), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Michael Dixon (horn)  27 July 2017, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner One of Schubert’s best-loved works, the Trout Quintet (D.667), was voted number one in ABC-FM’s Classic 100 Chamber Music survey in…