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Teddy Tahu Rhodes has been appointed to the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium where he will play a leading role in its Classical Voice department.
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, based on the Greek legend, is a short, challenging piece, with an incomplete score. Composed in the 17th century, it is regarded as the oldest opera in English.
In a show of strength reflective of its growing presence on South Australia’s orchestral music calendar, Adelaide Youth Orchestras' 2014 Season will be its largest ever, with more community concerts and a collaboration of ‘titanic’ proportions with the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra.
The Adelaide Youth Orchestras’ dynamic 2013 season will finish on a high note at Elder Hall on Sunday 24 November with an End of Year Concert featuring performances by three of AdYO’s orchestras - the Adelaide Youth Wind Orchestra, the Adelaide Youth Sinfonia and the Adelaide Youth Strings - including three new works by some of South Australia’s rising young composers.
The final of Australia’s most lucrative and prestigious award for the collaborative pianist, the Accompanists’ Guild of SA’s 29th Geoffrey Parsons Award, took place on August 18th in Adelaide at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide.
Evenings at Elder Hall continues with two magnificent concerts in August, beginning with a free concert by the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra to introduce music lovers to the rising stars of the Elder Conservatorium.
In a unique presentation, the Elder Hall Masterclass series brings to the Elder Hall stage this masterpiece by playwright Terrence McNally, for one performance only.
The Elder Conservatorium of Music and the Helpmann Academy invite you to experience the cool sounds of South Australia’s most outstanding emerging jazz musicians as the Elder Conservatorium of Music recognises its top Jazz Studies graduates at the Jazz Awards 2010.