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Sally Cooper in Recital with Leigh Harrold
- Date:
- Sunday 18 September 2011
- Time:
- 12:30pm
- Location:
- St Michael's Uniting Church
SALLY COOPER in recital with LEIGH HARROLD
Supporting the Save Cambodian Children Fund Australia
One of Australia's top violinists.
A brilliant performer.
This is concert of high quality and great warmth.
A magnificent gift of music for the beginning of St Michael's Week.
Tickets: $20, $10 concession
Photo: Shannon Morris- The Weekly Review
Proceeds go to Save Cambodian Children Fund Australia
To find out more about the Save Cambodian Children Fund, or to donate please visit: http://www.sccfa.org.au/
Biographies:
Sally Cooper (Violin)
Sally is a past winner of ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards. She has played as a soloist with all the major Australian Orchestras and regularly features in the Myer Music Bowl concert series. With the Melbourne Symphony in 1996, she was given a standing ovation by a crowd of over 25,000. Similarly, Sally received rave reviews for her performance with the ASO at 'Symphony under the Stars' in Elder Park to a crowd of 23,000.
Sally leads the String Section of ‘Dancing with the Stars'. She has recently toured and recorded with Guy Sebastian and was invited to be guest concert master for Il Divo's Australian tour.
Sally was recently signed to Universal Music Australia with whom she is recording a solo album due for release soon.
Leigh Harrold (Piano)
Leigh enjoys a reputation as a "musician of rare talent and intelligence". He has performed extensively throughout Europe, North America and Australia as soloist and chamber musician, including concerts at Australia House in London, the Royal Academy of Music, the Mozarteum in Salzburg and concerto engagements with the Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras and the ANAM Chamber Orchestra. He has recently returned from an extensive tour of the United States and Canada where he gave lectures on and performed the solo piano music of Robert Muczynski. In June 2002, Leigh traveled to the Orkney Islands to perform a concert of Peter Maxwell Davies' works in the presence of the composer.
While studying for a Ph.D. in piano performance and working at the Australian National Academy of Music, Leigh finds time to go on long walks, read voraciously, and write musical articles and programme notes. He holds two University medals - one for Music and one for Applied Science.
Each year, St Michael’s Uniting Church presents two individuals with ‘The St Michael’s Medallions’ in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the community.
The award is designed to recognize individuals whose work assists in the prevention of violence, trauma and destructiveness or alternatively, promotes growth, health and well-being.
The Medallions are designed to be an encouraging voice in the community, affirming individuals whose outstanding work might remain unrecognized.
Join us for the week filled with events celebrating these high achievements and elevating our spirits.
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