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The 2018 Grants Calendar is due to launch on Tuesday 27th March, 5.30pm. At an event hosted at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, the Board of the Ballarat Arts Foundation will reveal the key decision making dates for the year as well as the raft of impending events and activities.
Attendance is invitation only.
The Anglican Parish of Springmount presents
'The Four Seasons Fine Music Festival' featuring Greta Bradman.
Ticket Pricing
Adult $25.00
Senior/Student $20.00
Children under 14 years Free but must have a ticket ($0.00)
Ticket Purchase
Early purchase tickets will be available a few weeks before each concert weekend:
Creswick Visitor Information Centre
41-43 Albert Street, Creswick, Vic 3363.
Tel (03) 5345 1114
Clunes Visitor Information Centre
The Warehouse, Clunes
36 Fraser Street, Clunes, Vic 3370.
Tel (03) 5345 3359 (Closed Tuesdays)
Online @ www.trybooking.com
Select ‘Buy Tickets’, then ‘Search’ for Four Seasons Fine Music Festival.
Trybooking will not accept purchases once all online tickets have been sold.
TICKETS FOR THE GRETA BRADMAN ‘HOME’
TOUR ARE SOLD SEPARATELY - DETAILS INSIDE THE PROMOTIONAL BROCHURE.
PRICES DIFFER FROM THE ABOVE.
Door Sales
Door Sales may be available, depending on the number of early purchases.
Seating
The doors will be open ó hour before each concert.
There is no allocated seating.
Promotional brochure available here
Underdog
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Underdog is the first #LoveOzYA short story anthology for unpublished Australian writers. We are seeking submissions from Australian young adult fiction writers of all ages.
We believe young adult fiction is the perfect form for expressing what it means to be Australian, given that our country is, in essence, a 'young adult' itself. We are particularly interested in short stories that celebrate the diverse, dynamic and ever-changing nature of our young nation's culture, or that challenge the idea of what it means to be 'Australian'.
At Underdog, we are dedicated to providing unpublished writers with a platform for their stories, as we believe there are too many brilliant tales that never get told, too many voices that go unheard. The selected short stories will be published in an anthology by a local independent publisher in 2018.
The Four Seasons Fine Music Festival offers four outstanding weekend festivals of fine music and song. Performances are linked to the heat of February’s High Summer, to the cusp of Autumn-Winter in Clunes, to shadows and shimmering candlelight and the heady aroma of mulled wine in the Winter Solstice, and the effervescent renewal of life and energy with Spring Vitality.
Musicians will play an extensive range of western, European and Indian musical instruments, including the beautiful historic pipe organs at St John’s Church, Creswick and St Paul’s Church, Clunes.
Each venue has first class acoustics, with each church being a significant building in the historic central Victorian goldfields area. The festival will annually showcase a great diversity of quality music and choral performance.
SPRING I:
Vitality and Energy
Saturday 28 October, 7.00pm.
Venue: St Paul’s Church, Clunes
Babaganoush Gypsy Ensemble
Babaganoush is an energetic, exuberant and rapturous five-piece band that will mesmerise you with their spicy melodies, hot rhythms and fiery vocals. Violin, clarinet, piano accordion, bass, percussion and bouzouki create warm, sensuous and intoxicating sounds, exquisite for dancing. You may find yourself dancing in the aisle! They play the best mix of Gypsy Music, Balkan Beats and Greek Folk, full of passion.
SPRING II:
Vitality and Energy
Sunday 29 October, 2.00pm.
Venue: St John’s Church, Creswick
Rhys Boak and Bruno Siketa Rhys studied piano and organ from an early age and since completing studies at The University of Melbourne, his career as organist, pianist, choral conductor and arranger has taken him around the world. He has toured Europe, including performing in Bach’s church in Leipzig and in the Bonn church where Beethoven was organist; given the first-ever series of classicalorgan recitals in China and performed organ to full houses in Tokyo. His many, notable musical collaborations include the celebrated Greta Bradman.
Presently Organist-Manager of Music at St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne, his recordings are regularly broadcast on ABC and MBS networks.
Bruno obtained his Bachelor of Music Performance at VCA, was sub-principal trumpet with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for two years and since 2003 has been guest principal trumpet or casual trumpet with most Australian State orchestras and symphony orchestras. He toured China as principal trumpet andperformed solo and with organ at Music at the Basilica Festival. He has performed solo at Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival and performs regularly at St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne. He recently performed and recorded many new works by Australian and other contemporary composers, including with the Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra.
Early purchase tickets will be available a few weeks before each concert weekend:
Creswick Visitor Information Centre
41-43 Albert Street, Creswick, Vic 3363.
Tel (03) 5345 1114
Clunes Visitor Information Centre
The Warehouse, Clunes
36 Fraser Street, Clunes, Vic 3370.
Tel (03) 5345 3359
(Closed Tuesdays)
Online @ www.trybooking.com
Select ‘Buy Tickets’, then ‘Search’ for Four Seasons Fine Music Festival. Trybooking will not accept purchases when all online tickets have been sold.
Adult - $25.00
Senior/Student - $20.00
Children under 14 years - Free - but must have a ticket ($0.00)
Door Sales may be available, depending on the number of early purchases.
Seating - The doors will be open ½ hour before each concert. There is no allocated seating.
Refreshments will usually be available for a small charge after each concert.
The Ballarat Arts Foundation is pleased to have announced the winners of the 2017 grant round.
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